Do a reformat - clean install everything you 'normally' use, including AV and spyware stuff - then ghost the bastard to a dvd

 

makes my rebuild oh so much quicker - reformat and unghost my default image

Good point.

 

That is easily the best way to format/install each time.

yeah ghosting is the best way to go set it up once.

 

reformat and before you know it your back to were you started.

 

and who was it that mention zone alarm ad a good firewall???

 

i would be going for M$ stuff before i touched zonealarm.

 

its like fixing a leak in a boat by takeing bits from other parts of the hull.

 

then you got one fixed leak and two new ones.

 

personally i use spybot and avg.

 

i go to alot of "suspect sites" like torrent and other such sites and don't have much of a problem because i montior the pc all the time with constant netstat/a commands in the command prompt evey now and then.

 

one thing i find that works better than a firewall is a ip spoofer.

 

can't hack me if you can't find me.

 

even if it only slows em down

one thing i find that works better than a firewall is a ip spoofer.

 

can't hack me if you can't find me.

 

even if it only slows em down

 

whats this do??, I'm not up with computer babble

what would you ever need to use that for?

its like having fake number plates on your car.

 

if you got anyone trying to track you down looking for you car and license plate.

 

they aint gonna find ya

you mean if you gonna hack the FBI or the pentagon? :)

 

seems practicall if thats what ya after.

 

while your in there database find me a cheap SR20 :( :wink:

lol, i think we flatter ourselves by thinking that people are going to try and hack us. but then again i float around in an insecure bubble on the internet saying it'll never happen to me :)

I always have everything backed up....so it doesn't bother me if I have to format....and at the end of the day, it's just a computer and completely replaceable...and quite cheap for slightly older parts from computer fairs etc

they can actually get real expensive though at the top end. :)

OK guys after running a NETSTAT I have noticed I have Kazaa references in there

 

TCP sr:epmap ssm.kazaa.com:0 LISTENING

TCP sr:microsoft-ds ssm.kazaa.com:0 LISTENING

 

See the attached file for the complete list of them

 

Q: - What process is firing these up and how do I remove them ?

netstat.txt

They will be your kazaa file sharing ports wont they?

 

But I'm not running kazza and it is long gone from my machine - so what is opening the ports ?

Done and Done - they return nothing

 

Wonder if its limewire opening them ???

No.

 

 

I think I know what it might be - "MyPopupKiller" has an option to hide Kazaa ads - so I guess to do that it listens on the kazaa ports - will try and switch that option off and do a restart and see what happens

webroot spysweeper is the only thing that saved my 'puter.....norton did nothing for me