Guide on How to Stay Safe While Online

[Chiron]

(07-08-2012 09:22 PM)Nige_40 wrote:  For me, on what I have been using. I have my search engine set for https://startpage.com/ and with that you can look at a page without opening it fully via ixquick proxy. Not only is that nothing stored like your IP etc.

Thanks, I recommend Startpage in my article about How to Protect Your Online Privacy.

(07-08-2012 09:22 PM)Nige_40 wrote:  And for the 2nd one I have been using for a while is Matspoon (Closethedoor) < is the name of program and it shows your processes and if you see one you’re not sure scan it with closethe door you can kill it.

In my article about How to Know If Your Computer Is Infected I already advise people to use KillSwitch to do something very similar to this. It's also advised in my article about How to Clean an Infected Computer.

(07-08-2012 09:22 PM)Nige_40 wrote:  In addition, my 3rd and final one is running a DNS service called Sendori not only it helps you get a steady internet service it helps you on typos in the address bar of your browser. For example I may type http://www.gogel.com Sendori corrects it and takes you to the right site of http://www.google.com. If I did not have Sendori for instance I would of types http://www.gogel.com and that would have lead me to a nasty site with a virus added/malware.

Thank you. It also appears that Sendori also protects you from certain phishing pages and malware pages. I'll definitely be testing out this service for future updates of my article.

(07-08-2012 09:22 PM)Nige_40 wrote:  So all of those products I use and that is my setup.

You may all know on what I have typed already, but I just thought I share.

Regards

Nigel.

Thank you very much for sharing your setup. I really appreciate it.

[Nige_40]

(07-09-2012 12:16 AM)Chiron wrote:  

(07-08-2012 09:22 PM)Nige_40 wrote:  For me, on what I have been using. I have my search engine set for https://startpage.com/ and with that you can look at a page without opening it fully via ixquick proxy. Not only is that nothing stored like your IP etc.

Thanks, I recommend Startpage in my article about How to Protect Your Online Privacy.

(07-08-2012 09:22 PM)Nige_40 wrote:  And for the 2nd one I have been using for a while is Matspoon (Closethedoor) < is the name of program and it shows your processes and if you see one you’re not sure scan it with closethe door you can kill it.

In my article about How to Know If Your Computer Is Infected I already advise people to use KillSwitch to do something very similar to this. It's also advised in my article about How to Clean an Infected Computer.

(07-08-2012 09:22 PM)Nige_40 wrote:  In addition, my 3rd and final one is running a DNS service called Sendori not only it helps you get a steady internet service it helps you on typos in the address bar of your browser. For example I may type http://www.gogel.com Sendori corrects it and takes you to the right site of http://www.google.com. If I did not have Sendori for instance I would of types http://www.gogel.com and that would have lead me to a nasty site with a virus added/malware.

Thank you. It also appears that Sendori also protects you from certain phishing pages and malware pages. I'll definitely be testing out this service for future updates of my article.

(07-08-2012 09:22 PM)Nige_40 wrote:  So all of those products I use and that is my setup.

You may all know on what I have typed already, but I just thought I share.

Regards

Nigel.

Thank you very much for sharing your setup. I really appreciate it.

Thanks for info on Killswitch, and what to set for search engine. Your welcome on Sendori yeah its worth a look into.

Regards

Nigel

[MidniteQue]

This information is so valuable to us who have relied on McAfee or Norton (because that is what everyone does) to take care of the whole Internet problem. These tutorials are great for learning about what is going on out there and how to protect your computer, privacy and safety. The search engine is really helpful.
I did a search in the tutorials for Sendori and it sent me here. Loved the article. I'm thinking that Sendori could be a lot like the DNS protection programs you are writing about. From what I am reading on the web Sendori is a virus or malware program to avoid and get off my computer. It may be behind my heavy adware type malware infection.
I'm just learning about HIPS and DNS. If Sendori 'protection' is similar to the ones you are writing about it would be great if there was mention and warning about it.

[MidniteQue]

OH sorry. I just read the previous posts (I hadn't read the last page of posts......my bad). Here's the mention of Sendori I was looking for. The research I am reading reveals Sendori to be a sort of middle man to advertisers. For several thousand a merchant seller can sort of park in Sendori and Sendori will sneak their stuff into browser advertisements for a month. It completely takes over the DNS of the person who has it on computer. As spyware it keeps track of habits and such about person on computer. Also I read that it leaves one vulnerable to Trojan attack and such. Plus it is near impossible to uninstall...a sign to me of 'keep off the computer'.
I've had it on my computers for some time and am now reading error logs and see that it may be the reason for hardware problems I am having. 6 month old computer and wifi, some hardware and my HP assistance all seem to be conflicting with Sendori.

[nero]

Very useful post.Thanks for the post.How to configure Comodo Secure DNS.

[Nige_40]

That is all good feedback that, Thanks MidniteQue and nero