Risky Business: Security Software Testing

Written by Tim Klemmer


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We see this allrepparttar time. Users send in emails or write notes in newsgroups complaining that such-and-such a package is preventing them from installing a new game or that such-and-such version is saying that their new game is infected.

Or worse still, things just don’t workrepparttar 118466 same anymore sincerepparttar 118467 software was installed. Downloads become more tedious because instead of just clicking download, now users are forced to answer questions about each download or approve downloads. Solution So what’srepparttar 118468 answer? The answer as we have been touting in these series of articles regarding security software is to move to a more centralized approach. Instead of installing scanning software on your computer, install behavior-based software on an off-site testing server that receives test requests fromrepparttar 118469 email server. All emails are routed throughrepparttar 118470 testing server.

This then can be expanded to include web traffic that runs on a 10-second delay much like talk radio. You connect throughrepparttar 118471 internet, all subsequent downloads, ActiveX controls, etc. are routed via a testing server and then arrive on your PC or are halted and removed and you receiverepparttar 118472 appropriate message.

Inrepparttar 118473 time that it takes to receive a file, it can be tested, and trouble software can be detected. This approach works for detecting everything from viruses to worms to spyware. You as a user notice no long waiting, no downtime, no drag, and no incompatibilities.

Tim Klemmer CEO, OnceRed LLC http://www.checkinmyemail.com Tim Klemmer has spent the better part of 12 years designing and perfecting the first patented behavior-based solution to malicious software.


Delete Cookies: New-Age Diet or Common Sense Internet Security?

Written by Nick Smith


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* Cookies rememberrepparttar last page or position you were on atrepparttar 118465 site. Like a virtual bookmark, this is especially helpful if you are reading online or accessing several pages of information.

There are many other ways cookies can be used, and there is obvious potential for abuse. You probably wouldn’t eat a cookie given to you by a complete stranger, especially if you didn’t know what was in it. The same common-sense principle holds true while you’re online, and exercising a little caution can save you from a lot of heartache later on. Blocking any and all cookies will guarantee no personal information is leaked throughrepparttar 118466 cookies, but many sites will either not be able to or will choose not to interact with you.

The trick, then, is to letrepparttar 118467 good cookies through while screening outrepparttar 118468 bad ones, not at all dissimilar to what you do when you hover overrepparttar 118469 cookie tray at a party - you takerepparttar 118470 ones you want and leaverepparttar 118471 rest behind. This can be accomplished in a few different ways.

First, you can periodically delete allrepparttar 118472 cookies on your hard drive. This will systematically wipe out all unwanted cookies that have made their way to your computer. Unfortunately, it will also take care of allrepparttar 118473 good cookies too. If you only userepparttar 118474 internet occasionally (i.e. a few minutes a week), this option might work for you.

Second, you can try to go about it manually. Many browsers that allow you to block cookies also include a feature that allows you to include a list of sites from which you will allow cookies. The advantage of this method is it places virtually complete control over cookies into your hands, allowing only those that you want to be placed on your hard drive. The disadvantage is that it can become very burdensome (at times downright annoying) having to constantly updaterepparttar 118475 list of allowed sites.

Third, you can call in some third-party software to help out. The best programs will scan your computer to find allrepparttar 118476 cookies and put them into a table or list. This saves yourepparttar 118477 trouble of having to dig around your hard drive to findrepparttar 118478 files yourself (try looking for a folder named "Cookies"). Many programs will also indicate with some degree of confidence whether a given cookie is wanted or unwanted, and provide a convenient way to deleterepparttar 118479 ones that you decide you don’t want.



Nick Smith is a client account specialist with 10x Marketing - More Visitors. More Buyers. More Revenue. For great software to delete cookies, check out ContentWatch, Inc.


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