General :: Windows To Surf The Web To Avoid Spyware?
May 18, 2010I would like to use Linux in a VMWare Player window within Windows 7 to circumvent spyware infections. Is this a feasable idea or should I just dual boot?
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General :: Old HDD Attacked By Virus XP Pro OS And Avast Anti-spyware Didn't Protect
Oct 5, 2010Advised on another forum to install XP pro then Linux on HD. Decided to try it. Not that savy with computers and have a mini-laptop in addition to desktop that was attacked. Virus
cause most programs to fail. Disc was nearly full (250GB) so I'm buying a refurbed Seagate (500GB) and need to learn to back up files onto flash drive or something. Lost a lot of photos and emails that were good reference material. Heard a lot about Linux so I'm going to give it a try.
General :: Avoid "privacy Pitfalls" In Windows?
Jun 7, 2010I have a Windows and a Linux machine.In Windows, everytime I visit a site, a lot of cache/history files are created on my machine. I setup my Firefox to don't save anything.but Windows saves a lot of "temp" files, some filenames I opened for example are inserted in registry (like video names). Each video I open in VLC is shown in "Last shown videos". In windows, all files opened can be found at "Recent opened files" as well.
A lot of these privacy configurations can be tweaked (VLC and "Recent opened files" in Windows) - it's a PITA doing it individually, but it's possible - but there isn't a guide to these "internal" privacy traces that are left on Windows installation (inserted in registry for example) In Linux, I just know there are these problems in app level (like VLC), and in "system level "(like bash_history).
is there a complete guide to avoid undesirable traces of what I did/watch/used in my Windows machine? (Delete everytime the PC is restarted, or even avoiding recording these info at all). (I'm mainly interested in config made by Windows itself when installing software and writing to registry. A guide with configuration guides to different types of software is a bonus, I know it's impossible to have a complete guide for it).I'm not interested in a VM machine, since I want to be able do control these issues in my own host and understand the privacy risks involved.
Ubuntu Installation :: Avoid Windows 7 Overwritting GRUB?
Jan 16, 2010Why does Windows (7) [over-]write the MBR [pseudo-randomly]? And what settings can I change to prevent that?
Background : I used to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows-7 on my gaming-laptop, but periodically I run into GRUB-got-messed-up-please-fix-me-again welcome screens. how-to guides on restoring GRUB, but no obvious ones on how to avoid messing up GRUB in the first place. Whats interesting to note; I have another work-laptop that dual-boots Windows XP and Ubuntu just fine (for the past year) and have never run into any GRUB-got-messed-up-please-fix-me-again situations.
My Hypothesis : I have a hunch that Windows 7 writes to the MBR for enabling Restore-Points.
OpenSUSE Install :: How To Avoid Windows MBR From Overwriting And Corrupting Grub
Jul 18, 2011I had opensuse/winxp running.
First windows xp wouldn't boot - then opensuse **** out and I had nothing but a black screen. I spent about two days trying to figure out what in god's name happened. I finally got a copy of winxp recovery disk and it couldn't find the partition that windows was on. That gave me some idea of what was going on. So I tried to fix the matter from partitionmagic. I reinstalled grub making sure that everything was associated properly. I still couldn't get either opensuse or windows to boot after many many different trial and error attempts.
After deciding there was no help for it. I decided to slave my hard drive and wipe to start over. So I booted partition magic from USB and deleted my opensuse partition and -what do you know - windows booted right up. Aside from feeling windows xp's smug grin as the logo appeared - i am perplexed as to how this happened. My guess is that MBR tried to overwrite grub. But I think that the loader was confused and trying to boot from the wrong partition.
I want to reinstall opensuse again. However I want to make sure that this doesn't happen. I need my xp partition for examsoft because wine doesn't seem to work for it and I can't vbox it. So is there some way to make sure that when I do install from DVD on my USB that:
1) repositories are correct
2) MBR doesn't overwrite grub (should I install Grub2 or LILO?)
General :: Installing Java In Asus Eee 2G Surf
Mar 19, 2010I have just bought a used Asus Eee pc 2g surf. I travel a lot and the Asus fits my needs on travels, but i have serious problrms installing java. I have never used Linux before. I have manage to download java and open and accepted the licens. The problem now is to go further and get it to work. I don't know Linux and wher to go ind and give the right commands to link Java to Mozilla. I have read a lot about how to do it. It is so easy they say but for me it is not. I dont know where i am going in, program to open. I have struggled for a week now.
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Jul 5, 2011I hate this, when the Optical Drive is locked, if I not burning something on the disk!
I just want to remove it, by pressing the eject button on the drive, but this is not working because Linux locks it I know, I could eject it via the Device Notifier, but I want to eject it at anytime by pressing the eject button on the drive.
General :: Surf The Net, Email, Everything But Get Maptool To Recognize Correct IP?
Oct 12, 2010I am hoping someone out there is an avid dungeons and dragons player who possibly uses maptool. I am having issues getting connected to a server. I can't even join a server. This is making me barking mad. Everything else seems to work great. I can surf the net, email, everything but get maptool to recognize my correct IP.
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Nov 5, 2010I can't seem to get my adapter to work on my Debian Squeeze system. I have the wpc54g linksys notebook adapter and disk... but the disk will not autorun...I have gotten as far as to the adapter being activated, shows connection 97%, but I can't surf!
View 6 Replies View RelatedRed Hat / Fedora :: Spyware Antivirus For F12?
Apr 11, 2010I've fedora 11/12 in my desktop in home- some other members in the house also the desktop for various reasons. I noticed that there have been a lot PORNO site visits from the desktop. The computer kinda running slow- Although I tried to scan - avg and f-prot- somehow I don't see theme scanning my pc - so I can't find any kind of spyware or virus- which I think impossible since there have 100 s of visits on those free adult sites and I am sure they would leave some footprints on my machine.
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Jul 18, 2011I know Slackware probably doesn't require too much protection from viruses or spyware, but I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to help protect it (other than Common Sense).
I ask this for 2 reasons:
1. I'm Paranoid
2. Every now and then I mistype a website I go to and it takes me to a completely different website which frightens me because of my paranoia.
So is there anything I can do to help protect Slackware, and in the rare case I get a virus is there a way to remove it directly?
Is it also possible to use Slackware (currently Master drive) to remove a virus on Windows (slave drive)?
Ubuntu :: Infected Some Data Mining Spyware?
Jun 22, 2011Recently, I've been contacted through AIM by a showgirl who wants me to watch her webcam. I found it very unusual that I was contacted about this, especially through AIM. Now, I don't actively give out my AIM screen name. The only place I am aware of it being posted up is on Facebook, and even I have my privacy on Friends so no one outside my network could see it... and even then my birthday on Facebook is underaged for this scandalous activity.
So I don't believe my screen name was gathered from Facebook in its use in this.Is it possible that I am infected some data mining spyware? How does Ubuntu deal with tracking cookies? I also consider that my screen name was mined from someone else's AIM account by which I was then contacted.
Ubuntu :: Antivirus Or Spyware Program - Firewall Enabled By Default ?
Apr 24, 2010Im a long time windows user and just installed Ubuntu 9.10 and have heard that i dont need any antivirus or spyware program on it, also is the firewall enabled by default if there is one and last thing do you need to do things like disk clean and defrag if so how.
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Aug 25, 2009Does anybody know if there is a quick and easy way to simply disable samba security to avoid "Access Denied" errors when trying to access shares via Windows XP?
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Mar 29, 2010I get the following prompt everytime I try to connect a server using SSH.
I type "yes", but is there a way to aovid this?
The authenticity of host '111.222.333.444 (111.222.333.444)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is f3:cf:58:ae:71:0b:c8:04:6f:34:a3:b2:e4:1e:0c:8b.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
General :: Avoid Users To Change Password
Oct 21, 2009I'm using opensuse and i'm trying that users cannot change his own password (mantaining /bin/bash users active). Do you know how can I do it?
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Sep 28, 2010I have execute following command and got the following warning.
[root@sina0012 /]# serviceconf
No display information -- gtk_init not called
Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
General :: Avoid DNS Cache Flush- Reboot?
Oct 21, 2010idea to store the dns cache over the reboot in linux(which should not flush the dns cache on reboot).
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Oct 7, 2010I'm using Xterm. While running a prog/command if I scroll up and reading something on the screen, the xterm view resets to bottom if there is some output from the running command.
I tried enabling/disabling jump scroll, asynchronous scroll, scroll to bottom on tty output options of Xterm with no avail. In one way or the other way, the screen is scrolling or resetting to bottom if there is some output to screen.
I want to stop this behavior and the scroll should work as if it is in Konsole. The new output to screen should simply add at the bottom and the current viewing point should remain unscrolled. pls let me know if there is any working solution for this xterm problem.
General :: Avoid Logging With Root User?
Jul 22, 2010I have created a linux machine and installed some softwares on it with root user privileges . I used to login with root user credentials for doing the various task.
Later i have realise that this is not the best practice to follow and there should be a new user with less privileges to be created for doing the day to day task.
I have read the steps to create the user but will that new user sufficient enough to do the task that i m doing it through root user?
Will my software allow the new user to work on them?
I would be glad if someone points me to a guidelines on what should be my next step?
General :: Avoid Internal And Data Fragmentation?
Jan 11, 2010Is there any way to avoid internal and data fragmentation?
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May 19, 2011I use ffmpeg to convert my files, but when I do so, I lose the keyframes metadata from my flv files. The command I use right now is: $/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i %s -ab 96k -ar 44100 -b 500k -r 25 -f flv %sHow can I avoid ffmpeg to delete the keyframes info?
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Jul 30, 2011I will be setting up a computer for people who have very little experience using computers and I want to limit their ability to break things. I'm thinking Linux is the way to go but I don't know what distribution to use. I don't know anything about their hardware other than it is an old laptop. I don't have a lot of experience with Linux, but I would think that without sudo there is not a lot of things you can break.
What would be a good Linux dist that has everything out of the box? (flash, vnc, office, etc) How should I set up the user account to avoid giving them too much power, yet still allowing the computer to be useable for daily tasks? (Will they be able to update software?) I also want to be able to control the machine remotely since I won't have physical access after I set it up, so I am looking into ssh, vnc, (or a better alternative?).
General :: Check And Fix The Permissions To Avoid Writing (chmod O-rwx /home/*)?
Jan 17, 2011I would like not check first, and if not ok, then to write the permssisions. Means no use to write endessly on disk if not needed. How to check and fix the permissions to avoid writing (chmod o-rwx /home/*) ?
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May 28, 2011I have an Ubuntu development server and a Windows 7 workstation. I use Windows Gvim to edit files on the linux server, over a samba connection.Saving files from Windows change the Linux permissions in weird way depending on the Windows app I'm using and also depending on whether there's a file extension or not.Here are some testsNo extension; Notepad2: 644 to 764
matt@mattserver ~ % ls -l testfile
-rw-r--r-- 1 matt matt 0 2011-05-28 07:09 testfile
--- Save from Windows Notepad2 over network ---
[code]....
Slackware :: How Safe Is To Surf With OS
May 27, 2011i use slackware 2 months ago.13.1 at start and now 13.37.today i finaly enjoy the wireless conection with "wicd".i want to know how safe is to surf with this OS.
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Mar 26, 2011I want to run Ubuntu Server Edition just at home, however to avoid having to reinstall it in the future when i upgrade hardware, I was thinking of virtualizing it first. Are there any minimalistic virtualisation solutions available at the moment for this sort of purpose? Or even better a linux distro just for this?
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May 20, 2011I have three pc's in the house, one desktop and three laptops. the two windows pc's (windoze 7) worked with dsl and firefox just fine. my linux debian laptop DID give me a network connection, i can log in as admin and change the router/modem ect with no prob. i cant get the default browser in debian to load a page. iceweasel says cant resolve the host name. i have WOW and secondlife installed and both games work fine. i can get a connection on the wireless and play them with no prob. I cant surf the web with any default browser in debian. i have a internet connection. i just cant surf so its got to be in the web browser settings? i looked, did not change anything, but do not see what could be causing this.
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Dec 28, 2009I'm in troubles with the OpenVPN, I've seen tons of tutorials on the Internet of how to setup it, but failed at last... If somebody could help me a little, I'll really appreciate that.The problem is, I can connect to VPN server, passed the authorization, but I can't surf the Internet through the OpenVPN server...
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Mar 6, 2010I have Huawei B970b (see specs). It a router with wireless and GSM capability. It works ok in XP. I can connect and ping its IP 192.168.1.1. In Ubuntu I can see the wireless SSID and could connect to the router but I can not surf the net nor I can ping 192.168.1.1.
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