Comments on: “Firewall Update Notification” http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90 Computer Security News for Everyday Computer Users Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:51:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: blog http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-19798 blog Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:55:54 +0000 http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-19798 Andrew, Thank you for inquiring about "choking off traffic..." We are currently in the process of upgrading our web site and with that upgrade; we will be introducing a new page named "PC-Armor University" where we will be offering very affordable video tutorials designed to walk any English speaking computer user through the process of hardening Windows 2000 and XP. Our idea is if more people eliminated computer vulnerabilities and knew how to check for malicious email content and protect themselves from becoming compromised by malicious web sites, the numbers of zombie computers and Botnets would go down...if these numbers decrease, then the amount of spam and attacks should decrease as well. Of course, the end user needs to get on board with this idea and many people do want to understand how to secure their systems...the problem is the information guiding them through the process is either highly technical and complicated, or simply not readily available. We will start offering video tutorials soon that the end user will be able to download to their computer and view using Windows Media Player. The videos will literally show you every mouse movement and screen as if you were viewing it live; all you have to do is repeat what you see on your computer(s). The videos will have narration explaining the process and why each configuration step is being implemented. It will be up to the end user to do as we do. We hope to have the web site ready within the next couple of weeks; the time frame is dependent on the web developers. We hope this answers your question. PC-Armor Andrew,

Thank you for inquiring about “choking off traffic…” We are currently in the process of upgrading our web site and with that upgrade; we will be introducing a new page named “PC-Armor University” where we will be offering very affordable video tutorials designed to walk any English speaking computer user through the process of hardening Windows 2000 and XP. Our idea is if more people eliminated computer vulnerabilities and knew how to check for malicious email content and protect themselves from becoming compromised by malicious web sites, the numbers of zombie computers and Botnets would go down…if these numbers decrease, then the amount of spam and attacks should decrease as well. Of course, the end user needs to get on board with this idea and many people do want to understand how to secure their systems…the problem is the information guiding them through the process is either highly technical and complicated, or simply not readily available. We will start offering video tutorials soon that the end user will be able to download to their computer and view using Windows Media Player. The videos will literally show you every mouse movement and screen as if you were viewing it live; all you have to do is repeat what you see on your computer(s). The videos will have narration explaining the process and why each configuration step is being implemented. It will be up to the end user to do as we do.

We hope to have the web site ready within the next couple of weeks; the time frame is dependent on the web developers.

We hope this answers your question.

PC-Armor

]]> By: Andrew http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-19795 Andrew Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:16:06 +0000 http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-19795 So it's now March, 2008 and I thought you should know that this same message is still out there (again)!!!!!!! In my newest version, the stop after the address in CA and make no mention of the FL advertising firm. Coincidentally, did you ever hatch that idea for "choke off this traffic and make it more difficult for spammers and other cyber criminals succeed in their malicious craft"? If you did ... How much is it and where can I get? So it’s now March, 2008 and I thought you should know that this same message is still out there (again)!!!!!!! In my newest version, the stop after the address in CA and make no mention of the FL advertising firm.

Coincidentally, did you ever hatch that idea for “choke off this traffic and make it more difficult for spammers and other cyber criminals succeed in their malicious craft”? If you did … How much is it and where can I get?

]]> By: Phil http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-13291 Phil Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:02:29 +0000 http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-13291 My friend got the same e-mail, so I did the research. Thanks, Phil My friend got the same e-mail, so I did the research.

Thanks,

Phil

]]> By: blog http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-7690 blog Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:19:32 +0000 http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-7690 We agree. The problem is all the zombie computers in the Botnets...how do you shut them ALL down? There is a lot of malicious content being spewed out from infected computers from normal everyday people who are unaware that their systems are infected and churning out malicious content. We are currently working on an idea to help choke off this traffic and make it more difficult for spammers and other cyber criminals succeed in their malicious craft. We hope you keep reading our blog, because within the next couple of months, we plan to unveil this idea. We agree. The problem is all the zombie computers in the Botnets…how do you shut them ALL down? There is a lot of malicious content being spewed out from infected computers from normal everyday people who are unaware that their systems are infected and churning out malicious content.

We are currently working on an idea to help choke off this traffic and make it more difficult for spammers and other cyber criminals succeed in their malicious craft. We hope you keep reading our blog, because within the next couple of months, we plan to unveil this idea.

]]> By: Jarvis White http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-7651 Jarvis White Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:18:36 +0000 http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-7651 Thanks for the info. It's too bad there isn't some way to shut down these predators... Perhaps there will be someday. Thanks for the info. It’s too bad there isn’t some way to shut down these predators… Perhaps there will be someday.

]]> By: blog http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-7574 blog Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:27:17 +0000 http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-7574 <p>Isn't it strange how these things circulate, go away, and then re-surface later? In fact, I received another one today; identical to the first, except this time...the URL they wanted the victim to click points to a "<strong>Payday Loan Service</strong>". When I checked out the registration information for the domain, I found it was owned by an Advertising company in Florida; however, when I looked up the originating IP Address for the e-mail, I found that it came from Brazil. The important thing for people to remember is: <strong>do not</strong> fall for social engineering tricks and <strong>ALWAYS</strong> question any e-mail asking for information OR selling something, because chances are high that it is fraudulent. </p> <p>A little research is always worth your time!</p> Isn’t it strange how these things circulate, go away, and then re-surface later? In fact, I received another one today; identical to the first, except this time…the URL they wanted the victim to click points to a “Payday Loan Service“. When I checked out the registration information for the domain, I found it was owned by an Advertising company in Florida; however, when I looked up the originating IP Address for the e-mail, I found that it came from Brazil.

The important thing for people to remember is: do not fall for social engineering tricks and ALWAYS question any e-mail asking for information OR selling something, because chances are high that it is fraudulent.

A little research is always worth your time!

]]> By: Murray Martin http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-7448 Murray Martin Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:58:25 +0000 http://www.pc-armor.com/blog/?p=90#comment-7448 Thank you for posting this information as it was very helpful. I am a computer technician and a client forwarded this same email to me today, questioning whether it was valid or not (so it's still floating around five months after your post). While it's obvious it's a scam, your in-depth analysis of the message was both interesting and helpful. Again, thank you! Murray Martin Thank you for posting this information as it was very helpful. I am a computer technician and a client forwarded this same email to me today, questioning whether it was valid or not (so it’s still floating around five months after your post). While it’s obvious it’s a scam, your in-depth analysis of the message was both interesting and helpful. Again, thank you!

Murray Martin

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