Wednesday, January 15, 2014

New updates

With New year comes with new updates! Here's some new general plans for 2014!
  1. New Terms of use and disclaimer! Check it out it has been updated!
  2. end of unit of security hopefully by the 15th 
  3. P.V.C. and new side topics
  4. Hacking and deep web!
  5. Check out January updates for  added features.
  6. former M.E Mill editor will be posting hot topics linking to this Blog, for old fans to keep in touch with new posts!
  7. Change of administration settings!
  8. A.arts galleries update.
  9. More!!! check out Blog's over view for more detailed information.

Final Security Tips I

You have learned to how to prevent your system to be infected in general and important ways; as the end of security topic of this Blog, there are going to be last tips and facts about security of your system.

  • Update all of your applications even if they take time, it's much better than re-installing the operating system because of a malware problem.
  • Get a legitimate Anti Virus + Anti spyware and Firewall program. [Windows fire wall is not as precise.]
  • Don't fall for online ransom and scams, always ask is it too good to be free? Never click on ads say "your Computer is infected, run a free scan". When you run this program it will probably create random files on your computer and call them as harmful, whats next? you got it right! they ask for amount of money to remove them, after math? your computer is not functioning better but all of your personal information has been released by you accepting the terms of service. A good Example of a scam is My Clean PC which has been advertised in media. Here's link of its reviews.
  • Scan your download, especially compressed folders such as .Rar and .Zip folders.
  • Don't click on any links you see, this is especially stressed for E-mails and social networking sites, you don't want them to take control of your account.
  • Do not make same password for everything, If a hacker finds it all of your online services is in their control. Click here for ways to make strong passwords.
  • Do not download by peer to peer, i.e torrent, you never know whats on your host computer until you open or execute it. try to download them from local server
  • The movies and songs that require you to execute a program are probably a malware, There is no .exe[ Executable ] extension for Mp3 and Mp4 files or  any media extensions!
  • Since there are many topics to cover  about this post, it will be divided into two sections.



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Friday, January 10, 2014

System Security I, S III

For previous Security sessions of  I and II Your browser is now secure and you know most of the ways that you can protect your self from malware on the internet; Though there are many ways that your system can be infected!


  1. Downloading

  • Stealth Malware/Viruses + backdoor system

 When you are downloading a file from a third party website or potentially harmful, you never can know what's in the file until you open or execute it. Many of them could be the actual program but also installing an hidden virus known as Trojan virus. This programs could be from annoying level to a sever level that your computer could turn into a bot and be controlled from another system. This method is called backdoor, your computer is monitored by other groups of people, so your personal information is in danger of published by them; on a large scale similar event happened to "P.S.N" and "Snap chat".
  • How Can you prevent it?
Well you might have already guessed, one major way is to purchase and Anti malware software that has smart download and insight intelligence, Personally I Recommend Norton Anti virus, It is pre-equipped with all of these editions. Always scan zip folders, and  test your new installed program on a test computer if you don't have one, run it on standard user account so if the program transmitted malware, it didn't have the administrator permission. Pay attention to your computer activities when you are online and offline, have anything changed after installing program?

    2. Exploits
  • Your computer can be attacked frequently if your system firmware is not updated or patched for a while. Average time a computer survives online is with out any security update is One Hour! When you don't update your programs such as windows update, java and adobe, you can have the similar if not the same experience! What could happen is when using those programs a hacker could find your vulnerability soon enough that they can insert malware codes through the opening in the program. Solution? It's easy update your software no matter how long they take. If you don't have the original software,  you can download patches on the internet, but be careful while some of them could be infected by malware.