A study conducted by Professor Martin Gill of the University of Leicester came to the conclusion that second hand computers pose a great risk of fraud and identity theft. They purchased six computers in the course of their study from various second hand channels. Six computers may not seem to justify the results but it can be seen as an indicator. Half of them had not been securely wiped while one had not been wiped at all. Two of the three contained enough information for identity theft.
how to trace a hacker
This is a nice beginners tutorial that tells you how to trace people who try to break into your computer. It covers lots of explanations to questions like “How do these people find their victim?” and “What the phrases TCP/UDP actually mean”.
Home Pc Firewall Guide
I know that some of you are using a firewall and therefor the home pc firewall guide site might be worth a visit. The website has more sections than I can list here so i stick with some interesting ones and leave the rest to you. To start with a good one, Installig Security Products, a guide on how to install security type software on a new windows operating system.
Run other Oses on your pc
There are occasions where you probably want to run a different os without really installing it. If you are running windows you probably would like to refresh your linux skills but dislike the idea of installing it on one of your partitions. The guys at wolphination explain an easy way to run on os inside your real os.
Computers in Movies
I thought about writing on this topic for some time, I think it started with the movie Independence Day. You know, the movie where aliens invade the earth and destroy some major cities and the like. They defeat the aliens by uploading a computer virus to the alien mainframe which of course is compatible to the virus.
Guide to Pc Building
I bought my first pc and it was a bad one. I had not much experience with personal computers and needed one for work. It was badly assembled, lacked some of the features I wanted and was highly overpriced. After about 2 years of using this bad Pentium 75 I decided to make a list of pc parts for my new pc and build it myself.
Who is connected to your pc right now ?
CurrPorts displays the list of all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP ports on your local computer. For each port in the list, information about the process that opened the port is also displayed, including the process name, full path of the process, version information of the process (product name, file description, and so on), the time that the process was created, and the user that created it.
