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People keep asking me:

Is AV dead? Is HIPS the ultimate solution? Are we going to need to have chips surgically implanted in our…”

Okay, let’s not degenerate this in the first fifty words. I’d like to start with some facts about the state of software security for PCs.

1.   The world

What is a firewall?Let’s start with the Webopedia definition:

(fīr´wâl) (n.) A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. Firewalls can be implemented in both hardware and software, or a combination of both. Firewalls are frequently used to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private networks

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/17/take-away_scam/

interesting read, and one we should learn from. in the online world, before paying, we must verify legitimacy of the site! this must be a basic rule we should all follow for a healthier internet and healthier pocket!

Melih

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http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=116685&WT.svl=news2_1

“The attackers used an army of bots from around the globe to hammer the servers with bogus and abnormally large DNS requests — partially formed DNS messages of over 350 bytes each, according to a report from the ISC. The majority of the traffic came from nodes in Seoul (61

Hi Everyone

http://www.comodogroup.com/products/comodo_security.html

a bit of self promotion, but it does truly help end users. The more sites verified by Comodo the better for end users.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Melih

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