Protect Yourself Against Unwanted Online Parasites

[ChaosOrb]

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How you ever been a victim of spywares/trojan horse/viruses and worms? If you ask me, yes I have been and plenty of times. As I did my research on how to stop and defeat them, installing Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware software(s) might not be enough.

I’ve learned that you can effectively stop them even before you open them. How? Through HOSTS File.

read more....Protect Yourself Against Unwanted Online Parasites

[personalmgt]

the VGUI of the guy's notepad is pretty neat eh. useful for coders

at topic, you can always use netstat -b on cmd though and look for malicious transmissions from your computer to the internet. that is, if the malware hasn't blocked you on using cmd

[rockford_fosgate09]

Happy Browsing! thank you for sharing

[ChaosOrb]

@personalmgt: it's Notepad2 from Florian Balmer.

for ordinary users, updating their HOSTS file is complicated enough, how much more if they would use nbtstat.

[moz_k2]

nice info

@TS
espiya d.i ka?
hehehe

[ChaosOrb]

@moz_k2: yup, pero dili ko active, gamay ra gani ko ug post, mostly sa IT board...


This article is a must read for those who don't have Anti Virus/Spywares installed on their computers

[sactus]

nice info bro,
akong gi-try ug block ang google gisuon nako tong iyang example pero ma-open raman gihapon nako..
ngano kaha?
na-try na ni ninyo?

[ChaosOrb]

try this:

Spoiler: Add these entries to your HOST file 

127.0.0.1 www.google.com
127.0.0.1 google.com

ang sa example kay wala man nag add ug another entry for www

[sactus]

ok na bro, na-block na nako successfully,
if mag unblock ato bro, igo ra i-delete tong imong entry?

[moz_k2]

I download the host file
taasa sa lista oi
hehehe
abot man ug 16K plus