Computer virus is deadly. They often spread without any apparent contact and can be harmful, or even worse, fatal to your computer. Individuals who create these viruses, estimated at about 10-15 days a new one, is the electronic version of terrorists. Their goal is to cause damage and destruction on as many people as possible by disabling, stealing, damage, or destroy the resources and information computer. Usually, they do not have any specific target in mind, so that no one is safe. If you access the Internet, or sharing files with other computers, or take anything from diskettes, CD, or DVD to your computer, you will be vulnerable to viruses. Read the rest of this entry »

Solution 8: Beware of unknown. Exe file

A virus is a program that must be run to do the dirty work, so it may have. Exe extension. Unfortunately, this is the same extension used by legitimate program files. So, do not panic if you find a file called Word.exe or Excel.exe in your system – they’re your Microsoft software. Just do not EVER open a file with the file. Exe extension if you do not know what the goals are. Read the rest of this entry »

Although there is no warning signs to indicate that spyware or adware being installed on your system, there are some signs tell a tale remind you of their presence, after the install. I have gathered you here to tell the story convinence 10 signs that can warn you of the existence of spyware or adware on your computer. Here they are. Read the rest of this entry »

In the first line, adjust the path to the directory where your. Htpasswd file. Once this is set up, you will get a popup dialog when the folder is on your website. You will be prompted to log in to view it. Read the rest of this entry »

Most people on the internet is good, honest people. However, there are some people browsing the Internet comes from the fun poking around your site and find security holes. Some simple tips can help you secure your website in basic ways. Now, clearly, the subject of data security is a complex one and is described in this column. However, I will handle the very basics that must be done will alleviate many potential problems that may allow people to see things that should not. Read the rest of this entry »

You reduce the error Reporting Level

Speaking mainly to PHP here because that’s what I work in, errors and warnings generated by PHP, by default, printed with the full information to the browser. The problem is that this error is usually a full path to the directory containing the script. Giving away too much information. To alleviate this, reduce the level of PHP error reporting. You can do this in two ways. One is to adjust the php.ini file. This is the main configuration for PHP on your server. Search for display_errors and error_reporting landing. However, if you do not have access to this file (on the shared hosting is not much), you can also reduce the level of error reports using the error_reporting () function of PHP. This is included in the global script file that you will be working across the board. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you the victim of identity theft? According to Joanna Crane from the Federal Trade Commission’s Identity Theft Program, 80% of victims who call the FTC says they have no idea how this happens. Read the rest of this entry »

Of 3.Principle Least Privileges

This is especially important if you run a program as root for each part of the runtime. When possible, a program should drop any rights it does not need to, and use the right level for only those operations that require them. This example is a Postfix mail, which has a modular design that allows the parts that require root access to run a special part of who do not. This form of separation of the right to reduce the number of road that leads to the root, and enhance security throughout the system because some of their routes that remain to be analyzed critical security issues. Read the rest of this entry »

1. Input Checking

Always check the user input to ensure that what is expected. Make sure that does not contain characters or other data that can be treated in a special way by the program or the program which is called by program.This often involve characters such as checking quotes, and check the input characters are not like ordinary non – character text string that is expected. Often, this is a sign of an attack is to try several types. Read the rest of this entry »

Example of a program that will check the file permissions, and then open the file. Between permission status check () call and open the file fopen () call an attacker can change the file opened by the name of another file with the original file name. To prevent this, fopen () file first, and then use the fstat (), which carry information file, not the file name. Since the file information always refer to a file opened with fopen (), although the name of the file and then change, then the fstat () akan akan check guaranteed rights of access to the same file. Many race conditions, and there are many ways to prevent them by carefully choosing the framework of the implementation of certain functions. Read the rest of this entry »