[Hidden-tech] who knows about botnets?

[Seth Seeger]

There are three very easy things you can do:

1.  Never connect your computer directly to the internet.  Always have 
a hardware firewall in between.  (Any of the Linksys/D-Link/etc 
router/firewall products.  They're rather inexpensive.)

2.  Never use IE.  There are other very good browsers out there.  My 
two favorites are Firefox and Opera  (both free).

3.  Do not download games or pirated software off the internet.  Legit 
applications from reputable sources are great.  But never download 
games advertised as "free".  And never download pirated software.  Both 
are good sources of viruses, adware, spyware, etc.

-Seth

On Jan 8, 2007, at 10:01 AM, A - Z International wrote:

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> Hi all,
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> The NY Times ran a very scary story on the front page yesterday about 
> botnets and their potential for destroying computers and gathering 
> financial information. They did have a box that offered advice, most 
> of which I knew about and was doing, thanks (in a funny way) to that 
> identity theft incident of mine a year ago.
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> Anyone know about Noscript and other utilities that will help these 
> predators stay clear of our systems -- primarily us Windows users?
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