This is a two-part series to locking down the computer to provide maximum protection. Even though this guide will sound intrusive ...more
How many people use the big search engines here? I'm going to estimate 90% of everyone on WonderHowto uses one of the following on ...more
Hello everyone and welcome to Part II - The Ultimate Guide: Diagnosing & Fixing Connection Issues. In this tutorial we will ...more
About Today's topic Today we will talk about diagnosing and fixing connection problems. Let's face it - the truth is everyone who ...more
Good point You are absolutely right ”
I typically use windows 7 just out of convenience and efficiency, but if I am feeling paranoid I use Linux (which has Tor and other various things for the overparanoid), haha. I don't think I have ... more
UPDATE: INFOSECURITY WORLD IS NOW KNOWN AS WIRE STORM TECHNOLOGIES. QUESTION: Why are you changing the name? RESPONSE: Just over a month ago, I wanted to make my own blog. I wanted to help as man... more
It all depends on how advanced these criminals are. For example, you cannot track someone down through an IP address. You would need to be a police officer with a warrant out to track the IP addres... more
One can also lure a person to his website where extended browser information is gathered. An example of what can be extracted form a browser is here http://www.stayinvisible.com ”
Hello and welcome to another InfoSecurity World tutorial. The intent of this article is to teach one how to encrypt sensitive files. When set up correctly with a strong password, it would be almost... more
I want to write this article because in my childhood, I had experienced internet stalking which ultimately ended in physical stalking which then lead to several attempted abductions. I have now lea... more
Thanks, Rachel. I do my best to make good articles that will benefit everyone at WonderHowTo. I mean we have beginners, intermediate and advanced computer users here and that is why I like to do bl... more
Great information. Thank you. ”
Today's article serves as a general guide to keeping Windows 7 and Vista clean. The goal is to clean up your messy computer and have it running at maximum performance in no time. The question at ha... more
When I'm feeling extra paranoid, I just boot up a VM and tunnel my services, then shred the VM when I'm done. There are WAY too many ways to make a system secure xD. I guess it all depends on what ... more
I have to agree with you on that Alex. I was once told to have a dual OS. In example, Linux Mint with Windows Seven. Keep my confidential files on Mint and never access the internet on that while u... more
This tutorial will be based on creating a partition in Windows Seven. I have seen so many people attempt to do this themselves without guidance. Ultimately, they end up with a corrupt system. The a... more
Nawh, I've actually already posted a lengthy, multipart guide on securing computers for both Linux and Windows :). I could get really specific with Linux...but it's so secure by default, that a lot... more
I would post a tutorial on securing Linux but considering I've spent a max two days using Linux I don't think I'm qualified to give a tutorial on that OS at the moment. However I have plans on doin... more
Damn linux users... :D ”
This is Part II in the Lockdown: The InfoSecurity Guide To Securing Your Computer series. Before beginning, check out Part I. This article will cover using alternate software to increase your secur... more
You could use Google Sharing by Moxie Marlinspike. It anonymizes your searches entirely and you get to keep using Google. Best of both worlds. ”
Cool tutorial man :). Chrome has sandboxing in it by default :), though, as with everything, there are exploits to escape the "jail" so-to-speak. Don't forget to mention VMs and disabling JavaScrip... more
switch back to google in minutes... though, it tracks me :D ”
Nice , but if you search for images , it takes you either to bing or google . ”
The best way to get into it is to force yourself to use it. No dual boots, or VMs to allow you to go back to Windows. That's when I got good at Linux :D. The necessity of needing to be able to do e... more
Welcome to InfoSecurity World, Matt. Nice to see you here :-). Thanks for the link. The problem with that though is the results usually aren't very relevant. Using https://www.duckduckgo.com is a l... more
This is a two-part series to locking down the computer to provide maximum protection. Even though this guide will sound intrusive, we are talking about reality here. Extreme measures must be taken ... more
If you go here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duck-duck-go-html-search-plugi/?src=ss You will find the duckduck go search engine, so you can use it from your search bar by default ”
hmm, well usually with linux, at least in my experience, its pretty complicated and tough to get it going, but once it works perfectly once, it does so until you break it. rather like sterling engi... more
Thanks Alex & Christopher - I don't know too much about Linux. Still learning the very basics when it comes to that. So going from Christopher's post, I'm guessing Linux has a better way dealing wi... more
How many people use the big search engines here? I'm going to estimate 90% of everyone on WonderHowto uses one of the following on a regular basis: Google, Bing or Yahoo! Search. The question is: a... more
That is why I try and use Linux as much as possible. Sadly, the educational systems of today do not make it easy. great article! ”
Cool tutorial! Ah, the days of Windows networking xD. I remember, I would often share internet with my ethernet devices via my laptop, and Windows could decide if it liked sharing the connection or... more
Hi everyone, I have decided to take InfoSecurity World a step further and create pages for some social networking sites. I have taken this step to improve engagement among our followers and beca... more
Hello everyone and welcome to Part II - The Ultimate Guide: Diagnosing & Fixing Connection Issues. In this tutorial we will discuss more advanced methods that I took in order to fix our home networ... more
OK, now show me a way to prevent even a rookie computer person from knowing exactly what you did. ”
It's entirely true. As soon as the data is released, it's gone forever. That's why I use one in my computer now, it's worth not having to shred everything every time you need it gone. **Delete my ... more
Not too sure to be honest. I haven't switched to SSD. However after doing a general Google search CNET showed up with an interesting article. It states that the normal secure erasing utilities (Suc... more
Today we will talk about diagnosing and fixing internet connection problems. Let's face it—the truth is everyone who uses a computer and has an internet connection will have to deal with this at so... more
Very thorough. I've heard that newer SSDs don't require this as there is no tracable memory once the bits are zero'd out. Do you know if that's true? ”
Today's tutoria demonstrates how to erase data permanently so that it cannot be recovered. Many believe that having a file shredder on the computer means you are up to no good. So when might you w... more
I hadn't heard of Comodo, what a great alternative :). Right now, a friend has got me hooked on luakit and writing custom rules for whitelisting everything. Tedious, but it works I suppose. ”
Previously, we talked about how to secure Firefox. Today, we will talk about securing a Chromium based Browser. Why? Because Chrome recently beat Firefox in holding more customers. It is obvious t... more
Anonymity is something that doesn't exist today. Everything you do in the world is tracked, from the purchases you make to surfing the internet—even taking pictures on your iPhone. Everything you h... more
Windows 8 Beta (Developer Preview) It wasn't too long ago that Windows 7 was released, and now Windows 8 Beta is here. I did do a Google search to see when the stable version will be out but wasn'... more
Merry Christmas all! I hope you are all having a very wonderful day! Today we will be talking about further measures you can take to secure your Windows 7 logon screen. To see my previous post on... more
Hello and welcome to yet another InfoSecurity World tutorial. This post is based on the Windows 7 'GodMode' panel. Windows 7 comes with many hacks, cheats and tweaks. This bonus lesson will teach y... more
This article relates to changing the settings in Adobe Flash so that you can improve your overall computer security and privacy. Changing these settings might have a negative performance impact on ... more
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