Safe user sandbox?
*This question is from a SearchWindowsSecurity.com reader: I’m in a position to redesign our IT systems (network, servers, PCs, software, etc.) this summer, and I am undecided on which path to take. I’d like to disconnect our systems from the Internet so that we don’t have to deal with all of the garbage that comes [...]
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| April 13, 2005 2:15 PM
Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Development, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Management, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Product evaluation, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Spyware, Trojans, Vendors, Viruses, vulnerability management, worms
*This question is from a SearchWindowsSecurity.com reader: I’m in a position to redesign our IT systems (network, servers, PCs, software, etc.) this summer, and I am undecided on which path to take. I’d like to disconnect our systems from the Internet so that we don’t have to deal with all of the garbage that comes [...]
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| April 13, 2005 2:15 PM
Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Development, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Management, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Product evaluation, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Spyware, Trojans, Vendors, Viruses, vulnerability management, worms
How did I get a virus on my computer?
Do you hear that question or something similar too often? We’re taking an informal survery on SearchSecurity.com to find out what the most common security-related user questions are. Results will be compiled into a question and answer tip that you will be able to post or handout to your users. What are the top 5 [...]
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| April 15, 2005 6:07 PM
Administration, Application security, Architecture/Design, backdoors, Biometrics, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Documentation, Encryption, Exchange, Features/Functionality, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, IDS/IPS management, Incident response, Installation, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Managed security services, Management, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Service and support, Service contracts, Service evaluation, Signature updating/Management, Single sign-on, Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, vulnerability management, Wireless, worms
Do you hear that question or something similar too often? We’re taking an informal survery on SearchSecurity.com to find out what the most common security-related user questions are. Results will be compiled into a question and answer tip that you will be able to post or handout to your users. What are the top 5 [...]
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| April 15, 2005 6:07 PM
Administration, Application security, Architecture/Design, backdoors, Biometrics, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Documentation, Encryption, Exchange, Features/Functionality, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, IDS/IPS management, Incident response, Installation, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Managed security services, Management, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Service and support, Service contracts, Service evaluation, Signature updating/Management, Single sign-on, Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, vulnerability management, Wireless, worms
trojan horse downloader
hi i have a win NT4.0 sp6 server.its a DNS and web server. from few days the IE was redirecting the sites to some search engines.when i scaned with AVG it detected some trojan horse downloader.i healed the trojan and restarted the DNS.the problem was solved.but after some hours the problem arise again.since then i [...]
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| November 2, 2011 3:57 AM
backdoors, Backup & recovery, configuration, Current threats, DataCenter, Hacking, Hardware, Help Desk, human factors, Installing/upgrading operating systems, Intrusion management, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Security, Server management, Servers, Spyware, Tech support, Trojans, Viruses, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, vulnerability management, Windows, Windows on Intel, Windows Server 2003, worms
hi i have a win NT4.0 sp6 server.its a DNS and web server. from few days the IE was redirecting the sites to some search engines.when i scaned with AVG it detected some trojan horse downloader.i healed the trojan and restarted the DNS.the problem was solved.but after some hours the problem arise again.since then i [...]
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| November 2, 2011 3:57 AM
backdoors, Backup & recovery, configuration, Current threats, DataCenter, Hacking, Hardware, Help Desk, human factors, Installing/upgrading operating systems, Intrusion management, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Security, Server management, Servers, Spyware, Tech support, Trojans, Viruses, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, vulnerability management, Windows, Windows on Intel, Windows Server 2003, worms
Melissa virus
Anyone have any stories about Melissa infections or other impacts caused by the virus when it ran rampant five years ago?
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| March 22, 2005 3:10 PM
Administration, backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Security, Service and support, Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, worms
Anyone have any stories about Melissa infections or other impacts caused by the virus when it ran rampant five years ago?
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| March 22, 2005 3:10 PM
Administration, backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Security, Service and support, Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, worms
Spybot and Searchmbilecomputing.com
I recently installed spybot on my computer and set it to “Display dialog when blocking” bad cookies, etc. When I am on the searchcomputing.com website, I noticed that the frequency of messages informing me that “bad” cookies are being blocked increases significantly. My question is why this is so and how big a risk am [...]
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| December 16, 2004 11:59 AM
backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Security, Spyware, Tech support, Trojans, Viruses, worms
I recently installed spybot on my computer and set it to “Display dialog when blocking” bad cookies, etc. When I am on the searchcomputing.com website, I noticed that the frequency of messages informing me that “bad” cookies are being blocked increases significantly. My question is why this is so and how big a risk am [...]
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| December 16, 2004 11:59 AM
backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Security, Spyware, Tech support, Trojans, Viruses, worms
Running more than one anti-spyware tool
I’ve recently been talking to some IT security professionals about the absence of a single tool that can fix all of their spyware problems. It seems that to get most of the spyware off of a Windows system you need to run more than one spyware checker, and you need to run them in a [...]
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| December 13, 2004 3:32 PM
backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Product evaluation, Spyware, Trojans, Vendors, Viruses, worms
I’ve recently been talking to some IT security professionals about the absence of a single tool that can fix all of their spyware problems. It seems that to get most of the spyware off of a Windows system you need to run more than one spyware checker, and you need to run them in a [...]
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| December 13, 2004 3:32 PM
backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Product evaluation, Spyware, Trojans, Vendors, Viruses, worms
Norton Antivirus/Internet Security 2005
I have received several calls from users that their upgrade of Norton Antivirus or Internet Security 2005 fails. The natural reaction I had was to uninstall the previous version and install 2005. However after the 2005 upgrade even though the previous version is listed in Add/Remove programs, the uninstallation fails. All users have SP2 installed. [...]
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| October 11, 2004 12:52 PM
backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Norton, Spyware, Symantec, Trojans, Viruses, worms
I have received several calls from users that their upgrade of Norton Antivirus or Internet Security 2005 fails. The natural reaction I had was to uninstall the previous version and install 2005. However after the 2005 upgrade even though the previous version is listed in Add/Remove programs, the uninstallation fails. All users have SP2 installed. [...]
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| October 11, 2004 12:52 PM
backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Norton, Spyware, Symantec, Trojans, Viruses, worms
Norton WMI Update
I have a problem:- When I click the NAV icon in the system tray I get first window installer message, which dies and then an error message A product that requires Norton WMI update is still installed on this system”. NAV seems to be working in the background, although I have to go to sheduled [...]
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| September 28, 2004 2:57 PM
backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, worms
I have a problem:- When I click the NAV icon in the system tray I get first window installer message, which dies and then an error message A product that requires Norton WMI update is still installed on this system”. NAV seems to be working in the background, although I have to go to sheduled [...]
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| September 28, 2004 2:57 PM
backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, worms
Small Business Server and Anti Virus software
Could anyone recommend Anti Virus software for MS Small Business Server 2003 ? Which software would give the best price/quality relation: - reliable - not slowing down any file operatations - easy to keep up-to-date (automatic updates) Kaj Bredenberg
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| September 22, 2004 5:31 AM
backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, worms
Could anyone recommend Anti Virus software for MS Small Business Server 2003 ? Which software would give the best price/quality relation: - reliable - not slowing down any file operatations - easy to keep up-to-date (automatic updates) Kaj Bredenberg
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| September 22, 2004 5:31 AM
backdoors, Current threats, Hacking, human factors, Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, worms
