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Post by cutter on Mar 7, 2005 14:18:34 GMT -5
I know I saw a similar thread on the SX forums...and honestly anyone that doesnt know these simple things to keep themself protected well, almost deserves to be hacked..but I still ahte to hear about it happening heres a very simple list of some very basic rules to live by 1-never accept a file from ANYONE doesnt matter if u know the person or not...just dont do it. Easiest way for someone to get a trojan on ur drive 2-Always keep auto-protect running for ur antivirus software. I use nortons, and it works great, it updates itself automatic, and it catches and deletes shit thru email even 3-Firewall, Firewall, Firewall! I dont know how many ppl ive heard that got hacked and had either no firewall running, or open ports...Personally I use a hardware firewall that my router has built in...but nortons and macaffee both have firewalls that work great. If you dont have or cant afford to buy it, zonelabs has a free downoadable firewall that you can get here --> www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jspZonelabs also has virus software, and a free spyware detecrot ( i havent used the spyware detecror) 4-spyware detector, I use spybot S&D which you can get here www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html It works great, make sure its updated. Other good tips to avoid being hacked -change ur password regularly (for uo account) -dont use the same password for uo that u use on forums, or anything -Change ur email password periodically (yes some ppl get hacked by friends who guess their email password and know their uo account name) -i know theres more, feel free to add stuff to this thread, paypal hacking is another biggie, always gotta be careful who you deal with in paypal/ebay, but ill save that for another thread.
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Post by Flagg on Mar 7, 2005 15:03:23 GMT -5
I am a PC/Network support technician for an automotive company. That said I don't know everything but I do know a lot. 1. Make sure you have all the latest updates from microsoft. www.windowsupdate.com2. Make sure you have an antivirus scanner running at all times. Norton is a good one to have however it doesn't catch and clean everything. 3. Get an antispyware program. I have used adaware and spybot. Neither one of them are as good as microsoft's free beta antispyware program. Go to www.microsoft.com and find it under popular downloads. 4. Once every two weeks or so, go to yahoo or google and search for " free online antivirus scan" you should see trend micro house call or something run that. You should also see the 4th one down should say panda online scanner you can run that one as well. They seem to catch trojans that norton doesn't. People bring in their home computers to me at work all the time with browser problems and spyware is the #1 cause. I usually get a case of beer for my hard labor hehehe. Let me know if you guys have any questions or problems with your computer.
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Post by Elvis on Mar 7, 2005 21:03:17 GMT -5
GODAMMIT just make whole damn thing guest postable. I don't want to only talk about stupid antivirus! and i dont want to make another temporary email account thats different than the one i use for uo and my bank to register with here and i shouldnt have to. what good does registration info do for you? are you going to spam email people with it selling cutters E-LONG8 YER PECKR pills? fuck that. you have no need to get my email address. what good would a temporary yahoo email like elvishumpedyermama02023@yahoo.com do anyway for you. registration is stupid as swampys.
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Post by cutter on Mar 7, 2005 22:24:59 GMT -5
noone can seey our email addy i think cept vampy if u have it hidden make a hotmail or yahoo email it takes ten seconds...
and its to keep from people (not naming names) that like to spam up the boards and shit w/ virtual graffiti from having an easier time of it We even have the screenshots section viewable by guests, but only members can post =p like tha carrot infront of the horse eh =p hehe
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Post by mac on Mar 8, 2005 13:23:55 GMT -5
GODAMMIT just make whole damn thing guest postable. I don't want to only talk about stupid antivirus! and i dont want to make another temporary email account thats different than the one i use for uo and my bank to register with here and i shouldnt have to. what good does registration info do for you? are you going to spam email people with it selling cutters E-LONG8 YER PECKR pills? fuck that. you have no need to get my email address. what good would a temporary yahoo email like elvishumpedyermama02023@yahoo.com do anyway for you. registration is stupid as swampys. How would you suggest we hold posters accountable?
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Post by Elvis on Mar 9, 2005 2:23:33 GMT -5
If it something bad then IP address and time is all you need to send to the fbi and they well get subpeeena for name and address from isp. fbi can do anything these days. if bad post is not bad enough to send to fbi then who cares. I do kung fu on you all night long and you like it now let me post on real board please!
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Post by mac on Mar 9, 2005 9:34:34 GMT -5
What about people who don't do something bad enough to send to the fbi? Like posting someones personal info. Some people can use a dynmic IP too. If a person registers then we can delet user and block e-mail. Pain to get a new e-mail address so that works well enough.
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Post by Elvis on Mar 9, 2005 20:49:12 GMT -5
If someone gets your personal info then you have more problems than just a stupid note on a uo board.
dynamic ip still gets logged at isp. and fbi can get records from them no problem.
posting personal information may get them lawsuit so the person posting it is an idiot and the person who gets posted could make some cash if they know lawyer buddys.
nobody is anonymous on the internet if the law want to find you bad enough. unless they post from someone elses unsecure wireless access point.
and if i had personal information about someone i wanted revenge on id post it on match.com or something similar saying they like large fat gay men, women over 70, and sheeps. anyone who waste good prank material like that on a uo board is just dumb.
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Post by Fuddrucker on Mar 9, 2005 20:56:27 GMT -5
What about people who don't do something bad enough to send to the fbi? Like posting someones personal info. Some people can use a dynmic IP too. If a person registers then we can delet user and block e-mail. Pain to get a new e-mail address so that works well enough. For the record, a single gmail account spawns 50 invited accounts that each start off with 50 more invites, and I'm not sure gmail even uses the anti-autoregister features yahoo does, so creating a new email addy is hardly an issue.
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Post by Elvis on Mar 10, 2005 19:58:10 GMT -5
exactly! what is to stop someone from making a user named db4ballsweat and posting all sorts of nasty stuff as registered user?? registration just a pain in the ass it dont do nothing unless you like to keep track of how many posts you do. i dont give a crap abotu that.
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Post by Elvisballsweat on Mar 10, 2005 20:25:56 GMT -5
nasty nasty nasty nasty..... Your just lazy.
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Post by cutter on Mar 10, 2005 21:24:43 GMT -5
well for once if ur registered as elvis, it keeps guests from posting with ur name...aka Cyric making posts as Vampiress, etc... it was things like that that made us institute the no-guest posting in the first place has nothing to do with us wanting ur email...lol what are ya scared we will spam ur box with llama pornography
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Post by Elvis on Mar 11, 2005 19:39:04 GMT -5
well for once if ur registered as elvis, it keeps guests from posting with ur name... elvis impersonators! it is flattery that people want to be like me. and even if i cant control what elvis impersonators post, that is the risk i am willing to take to be a guest. and it give you moderators something fun to do - compare impersonators ip address logs agaist regular posters logs and prove to the world that the elvis impersonator is actually kamikaze's mom cause shes in love with me irl. telling the difference is not hard - can you tell the difference?
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Post by vampiress on Jun 29, 2005 4:20:21 GMT -5
ones the REAL elvis, ones the UO elvis.. lol J/K We all know Elvis is hot irl! nice pitchfork!
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Post by Flagg on Jun 29, 2005 12:19:36 GMT -5
Vampy, was is with you in replying to 2 month old threads?
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