Keyloggers, what to know, what to do (READ)

[Neema]

Use one PC/Mac for WoW and once PC/Mac for browsing/downloading, and you'll be fine. At home I have a Linux PC to browse with and a Win2k PC to play at, never had a virus on the WoW comp for 3 years or so. Well, nothing that my anti-virus and firewall has picked up anyways....

 

[Joy]

Yes...since having and using two seperate computers falls within the same lines as using safe software on one main PC

 

[Bani]

yeah I plan to potentially sacrifice my work laptop in favor of WoW security lol

 

[Zula]

speaking of viruses, downloaded a music file today and now i have trojan.delf =/ and my virus scanner says it cant delete it...HELP!

 

[Ayu]

speaking of viruses, downloaded a music file today and now i have trojan.delf =/ and my virus scanner says it cant delete it...HELP!

Googled it and found this: http://www.pctools.com/mrc/infections/i .... n.Delf.QN/ Dunno if it works, but worth a shot atleast.

 

[Joy]

Stats on the DPK site:

Firefox - 77.8 %
Internet Explorer - 12%
Safari - 9.6 %

Not bad, but 12% of you is still clueless

 

[Alanis]

I got boobs so it ok :yes:

 

[Anshrr]

Sorry, FF has a much worse memory leak problem than IE(7), so I can't really be bothered installing it this time around.

 

[Joy]

Yer, cause restarting your browser once an hour is a much bigger issue than having to format your PC or start looking for a new WoW account

 

[Gombur]

Never experienced problems with memory leak in FF.
Love the damn thing

 

[Anshrr]

Only time I've gotten a virus that made me reformat, was cause of no firewall. (Don't ask me why, cause I'm not a networking kinda guy, but we used our laptop at inlaws' house, where theres no hardware fw, and got a virus really fast. Don't think we were on any dubious websites either /shrug).

With a fw in our router, av software, and nagging in the browser turned on, I really haven't had much problem at all.

 

[Bani]

OPERA

 

[Neema]

OPERA

I would go with Firefox if it weren't for one thing in Opera that makes me stick to it:
- in browser mail function
Just love that thingy, never missing any emails ever cause I always browse the net And yea, I know there are addons for Firefox that does the thing, but it's not the same. <3 Opera

Conclusion:
Stick to either Firefox or Opera, _NEVER_ use IE unless it's for a special site - like my opera and firefox got some problems with my bank's webby, so I use IE for that. Also, if you're looking for a free firewall solution, I recommend Comodo, which is pretty nice - they also supply a free anti-virus, but I prefer using AVG (free) or NOD32 (pay)

 

[Bani]

Opera and AVG, <3 you long time Neema :yes:

 

[Joy]

Bump for Teowen :S

 

[Braque]

There is an email phishing scam going on at the moment, just a reminder, so not follow links in emails requesting that you "confirm your account". The "wowmail" address is a free email hosting company, and not used by official blizzard emails.

 

[Teowen]

Bump for Teowen :S

I've been using FF for as long as I can remember ;<

 

[Joy]

Bump for Teowen :S

I've been using FF for as long as I can remember ;<

Including NoScript?

And what about email?

 

[Joy]

Timely bump for the next noob.

 

[Kirki]

Here's some handy advice i got recently on avoiding keyloggers:

- Save your passwords in a .txt file and copy-paste them, instead of actually typing.
(Not handy if ppl you don't trust have access to your pc ofc!)

- Alternatively, tab between the username and password and type them bit by bit.

- Using On-Screen Keyboard doesn't let the keylogger trace the "keys" that are pressed.
(Start->Programs->Accessories->Accessibility->OSK)