Posted on 11 October 2011.
Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.
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Posted on 10 October 2011.
The report reviews protection from BlackBelt, BullGuard, ESET, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Trend Micro, VIPRE and Webroot. It’s not a malware detection report, which means it does not include in-depth research into malware detection rates, though some basic tests were conducted. All apps besides Trend Micro Mobile Security, which failed to detect a specific group of samples, passed with flying colors.
Flaws were found elsewhere, however. AV-Comparatives noted that although all of these apps supposedly have the ability to wipe data remotely (in the event of a phone being stolen), none of them managed to irretrievably remove information. According to the report, “in all cases it was possible to recover photos, music, documents and so on from the external storage card, even using a free program.”
Obviously, that’s a serious issue, and one that developers need to address. Most security apps claim the ability to wipe data remotely as an important feature. If it doesn’t work properly, users could be purchasing a false sense of security.
AV-Comparatives’ full report is 48 pages long,
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Posted on 05 July 2011.
Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.
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Posted on 29 June 2011.
Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
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Posted on 28 June 2011.
You can
The startup interface of MBSA is very simple and basically offers only three options: scan a computer, scan multiple computers, or view existing security scan reports. The sidebar also offers links to the program documentation and the Microsoft security website.
Note that you require Administrator rights for all machines that you wish to scan. You can scan a single or multiple systems based on the computer name or IP address. If you select to scan multiple computers, you need to enter a domain name or a range of IP addresses.
For this demonstration I went with scanning a single computer.
The scanning options are straightforward, although not necessarily clear for the inexperienced user. If you don’t understand what some of the options mean, click the > Scanning Options link at the bottom for detailed explanations. The information will load in a separate Internet Explorer window.
The scan merely takes a few seconds and returns an overview of issues found in different categories. Each item is scored and a summary of the result is provided, along with links to further information material.
Checks that were passed receive a green score, items that could not be checked are marked with a grey minus, room for improvements is highlighted by a blue score, a yellow score indicates a non-critical vulnerability and a red score alerts the user to a failed check and thus a critical security issue. Follow the respective links for detailed information about what was scanned or instructions on how an issue can be corrected.
All reports are saved and can be accessed at a later time for reference. You can also print or copy your report to the clipboard.
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer is a very good tool to quickly get an overview of security-related settings on your Windows machine. Instructions for correcting detected security misconfigurations are very clear and should therefore be easy to follow for the average user. Overall, the documentation is surprisingly detailed and well done, almost as if Microsoft expected non-IT folks to use this tool.
It must be said though that fixing most configurations does require some basic understanding of how Windows works. For example an issue with the file system is not necessarily security relevant and the instructions do not provide information on how to find the drive that doesn’t run NTFS. Moreover, some issues require advanced knowledge and should be left to the experts to be fixed, for example setting a password expiration.
For more information, also have a look at this article from Microsoft Patterns & Practices:
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The startup interface of MBSA is very simple and basically offers only three options: scan a computer, scan multiple computers, or view existing security scan reports. The sidebar also offers links to the program documentation and the Microsoft security website.
Note that you require Administrator rights for all machines that you wish to scan. You can scan a single or multiple systems based on the computer name or IP address. If you select to scan multiple computers, you need to enter a domain name or a range of IP addresses.
For this demonstration I went with scanning a single computer.
The scanning options are straightforward, although not necessarily clear for the inexperienced user. If you don’t understand what some of the options mean, click the > Scanning Options link at the bottom for detailed explanations. The information will load in a separate Internet Explorer window.
The scan merely takes a few seconds and returns an overview of issues found in different categories. Each item is scored and a summary of the result is provided, along with links to further information material.
Checks that were passed receive a green score, items that could not be checked are marked with a grey minus, room for improvements is highlighted by a blue score, a yellow score indicates a non-critical vulnerability and a red score alerts the user to a failed check and thus a critical security issue. Follow the respective links for detailed information about what was scanned or instructions on how an issue can be corrected.
All reports are saved and can be accessed at a later time for reference. You can also print or copy your report to the clipboard.
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer is a very good tool to quickly get an overview of security-related settings on your Windows machine. Instructions for correcting detected security misconfigurations are very clear and should therefore be easy to follow for the average user. Overall, the documentation is surprisingly detailed and well done, almost as if Microsoft expected non-IT folks to use this tool.
It must be said though that fixing most configurations does require some basic understanding of how Windows works. For example an issue with the file system is not necessarily security relevant and the instructions do not provide information on how to find the drive that doesn’t run NTFS. Moreover, some issues require advanced knowledge and should be left to the experts to be fixed, for example setting a password expiration.
For more information, also have a look at this article from Microsoft Patterns & Practices:
What is your opinion? Do you think this is a useful tool? Please share your thoughts!
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Posted on 05 May 2011.
Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.
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Posted on 01 March 2011.
Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.
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Posted on 19 January 2011.
Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.
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Posted on 12 January 2011.
Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.
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Posted on 30 December 2010.
Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.
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Posted on 17 December 2010.
Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
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Posted on 22 October 2010.
Compared to Windows, Mac operating systems are indeed safer and Mac viruses are a rarity. But that does not mean Mac is impenetrable. The main reason that there are so far fewer viruses for Mac is the still dominating market share of Windows computers. Security through obscurity, it’s often dubbed; although the gap is steadily closing.
This creates a false sense of security and causes people to be negligent in how they approach the internet. Far too many people are using a Mac with confidential files and no software security whatsoever. In the line-up below, you’ll see the top security applications for Apple computers.
A virus scanner takes a look at all your files and searches for properties that are known to belong to viruses. This is one of the best ways to keep your computer protected. In July 2010, Matt Smith wrote a more
iAntivirus is exactly what you’d expect from the screenshot above; excruciatingly simple. Once you’re past the installation and have fired up the application, you’ll be able to select from two options. Scan my Mac will make sure you’ve got no viruses between the files already residing on your computer. The button below, Protect my Mac, turns the continuous iAntiVirus surveillance on or off.
Mac natively allows you to create password-protected disk images, but it’s a slow, tedious job and surprisingly many software alternatives have risen to the challenge. SecureFiles performs those tasks and, contrary to most alternatives, is entirely free.
To create a secure volume, a virtual vault so to speak, enter the name and filesize. After specifying a password, the volume will appear in the specified location. You can use this volume like a regular folder, by dragging in the files and folders you want to protect. Once you’re finished, you can use SecureFiles to compact the volume with a 128-bit AES encryption.
If you’re not satisfied with the user GUI Mac OS X has to offer for its native firewall, you should give NoobProof a spin. Like the name implies, it’s a largely foolproof application that allows you to create additional rule sets for the firewall.
By and large, you can use NoobProof to handle additional services on a port-specific level. If you were looking for a disconcerting amount of control, try
Did we miss any other great Mac security tools? Tell us why you would add them in the comments below!
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Posted on 08 October 2010.
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Posted on 15 September 2010.
Comodo claim that their firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.
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Posted on 07 September 2010.
It’s cool because you can tell your friends where you happen to be in case they want to join you. You can also see where your friends are. It’s Facebook’s way of integrating your online life with your “real” life.
There have been some rumors going around about it though. People saw it appear and began to think that their locations were automatically being broadcasted to the whole world. Think about the security implications a move like that would have made! Let me be the one to tell you that it is certainly not the case.
Another problem I have begun to see several users run into is not understanding the privacy features of Places. We’ve been trying to figure those things out for a long time and it seems every time we finally do work it out, they change everything again. Go figure. Check out some MakeUseOf articles that will help – links are at the end of this article.
Facebook did however, come out and share with us the ins and outs of Places’ privacy settings. Let me quickly share some tips and links that should put you on the right road.
There are various aspects of Places you have privacy control over.
A check-in is when you tell friends in a post where you are. For instance, if you’re hanging at a coffee shop, you can check in there to tell friends you’re there. You can control who sees your checkins in the privacy settings area.
You’ll see the check-in setting on the overview.
Notice that you can also customize the setting by clicking on Customize settings. Scroll down until you see Places I check into. Realize that you can go beyond limiting your privacy to just sharing your location to friends and limit it to either a contact group or even just an individual.
We should be familiar with tagging by now. We know we can tag people in photos and even
With Places, people can tag you if they know you are in the same location as they are. This can be cool. People can use it to get together and connect with friends and colleagues. Some people may be a bit squeamish about it though. If I wanted to check in this place, I would have myself!
OK, so you don’t want to be tagged in a place. There are several things you can do. You can remove the tag just the same way you would any other tag, or you can disable the ability for your friends to tag you altogether (a bit draconian, don’t you think?). Just hit up the same Customize settings and go to the Things others share section.
When and if you do decide to check in some place, you’ll notice an area showing who else of your friends are there.
You actually have control over whether or not you show up in this section when someone checks in. Go to things I share –> Include me in “People Here Now” after I check in and you can chose to enable or disable the option.
There are even more options when it comes to your Places privacy settings. Check out this video Facebook put together to learn more:
Since there has been some confusion about Places, what it is, what it does, and the privacy settings, Facebook went ahead and put together a whole help section that should help some. Go to
If you want to give some constructive suggestions,
Here’s some MakeUseOf articles that will help out with your Facebook security settings :
I hope some of these tips will aid you in your future Facebook Places endeavors. Tell me, have you begun using Places? Did you find the original proposition a little creepy like a lot of other people did?
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