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| Static IP Addresses | 6/24/2008 | Dave Mitch |
Q: I have a "dumb" question. We are getting an installation at our office from a company called Logix. ...
A: A good description is available on wikipedia at ...
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| can somebody send me a virus this way? | 6/21/2008 | Drew Williams |
Q: i was recently on AIM in a chat room, and got into it with somebody......they claimed to be a ...
A: Yes they can definitely do some terrible things to your computer. Buy a firewall (Symantec), get a ...
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| Tracking an Imposter Myspace profile | 6/19/2008 | Drew Williams |
Q: I have an ex who has created a fake imposter myspace profile of me, including my pictures and real ...
A: You will need to get a lawyer that has a background in "cyber law" but clearly, you have some ...
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| Trouble accessing .mil and .gov websites. | 6/18/2008 | Dave Mitch |
Q: I'm hoping you can help me. I work for a small contractor and we have 5 computers in our office (3 ...
A: Check the IP, Subnet mask and gateway entries on the laptop on which you want to check the ...
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| Website access blocked for certain countries? | 6/10/2008 | Drew Williams |
Q: This is strange. I am travelling & have been accessing http://www.mbf.com.au/ (an insurance ...
A: Yes, you are absolutely correct. There may be reasons why you cannot access the site--and the ...
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| Job as a Penetration Tester? | 6/8/2008 | Drew Williams |
Q: I am considering getting a job in Penetration testing. I am pretty familiar with the Job specific ...
A: Pen-testers are usually part of pre-sales teams, high-end consulting contracts, or spot-checkers for ...
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| Bank and Paypal | 6/5/2008 | Dave Mitch |
Q: My question is regarding a transaction between The Royal Bank of Canada and Paypal . Using a ...
A: Was the e-cheque transaction between your bank account and Paypal on a secure (https ) connection ? ...
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| VPN and what files are transferred | 6/4/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: If I am away on a business trip and connect to the internet using the hotel's IP service and perhaps ...
A: No it is not. But the files are still on your computer, and if its a business computer, unless you ...
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| Antivirus updation with a LAN computer | 5/31/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: helo sir, In our office we have LAN connection with all others computers but the internet connection ...
A: I an guessing from the information you gave me that the only computer that has Internet access is ...
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| uncomfortable with boys loitering in front of house to obtain free internet | 5/30/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I hope this makes sense; some neighborhood boys have been loitering at the edge of my house, right ...
A: What is happening is a crime. Accessing someone Internet without permission is against the law. ...
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| Transferring files from | 5/26/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I stored some large files to xdrive.com. Now I want to transfer some of those files to another ...
A: Hey Reza, I would Download the e-mail attachments (or entire e-mails) to a thumb/USB drive or ...
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| Internet Security | 5/23/2008 | Drew Williams |
Q: When is it safe to make payment on the internet by entering my credit card information? Someone ...
A: The "S" in "httpS" means "Secure Server." First, three are a couple of things you should know. 1. ...
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| Transfer of file | 5/16/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I have some bulky files that I want to send to a friend. I can't send my mail because mail capacity ...
A: I actually had this problem myself before I got a remote computer acces system. But I was able to ...
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| Downloading files | 5/12/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I'm not sure if this is your area of expertise but you definetly know more than me ;) Anyway, I am ...
A: It sound like the web site has a windows specific program running the DL. I would suggest using a ...
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| internet | 4/22/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I want to manage my internet bandwidth,i mean i want to find which of my windows installed programs ...
A: I do not know of one that tells you each individual program is using. You can look at your systems ...
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| Mouse Problem | 4/17/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: Sir, Mouse of my computer suddenly stops working. Its an optical mouse & seemingly there is nothing ...
A: There can be several reasons this is happening. Does your typing also hesitiate sometimes? Usally ...
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| Internet Access | 4/6/2008 | Denis Mello |
Q: We have a Sony computer using XP and want to block some access to the internet for our kids. When ...
A: It's quite probable that someone else put a password before you. The hint was also set to remember ...
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| using mobile/cell phone to access the internet | 4/6/2008 | Denis Mello |
Q: I am sure this is pretty simple for you but I am slightly confused. I wonder if you can help. ...
A: As in the local you're going to there is no broadband, you can do one of the following (depending of ...
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| Internet Computer Security | 4/4/2008 | Denis Mello |
Q: I have a laptop, I access the internet through linksys wireless. I have McAfee Antivirus with a ...
A: Security is a concern that most of the users should take in account. Yes. People can remotely ...
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| Annoying CiD popups | 3/31/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: Greetings Commander Can you help me remove these? I know it can be done as I had the issue a couple ...
A: Hey Barry, Since I know how annoying these stupid pop-ups can be I was able to DL the program it ...
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| Annoying CiD popups | 3/30/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: Greetings Commander Can you help me remove these? I know it can be done as I had the issue a couple ...
A: See my last answer.. and here is another answer I found that was said to work by those that tired ...
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| Annoying CiD popups | 3/30/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: Greetings Commander Can you help me remove these? I know it can be done as I had the issue a couple ...
A: Hey Barry, After a little research on CiD Popups here is what I found. The CiD pop-up is an ...
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| interference on computer | 3/30/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I'm on a desktop computer at my home my wife has a laptop and my son has a PS which he plays on line ...
A: You are not going crazy. Although having to listen to that all the time at night could make you go ...
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| Annoying CiD popups | 3/29/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: Greetings Commander Can you help me remove these? I know it can be done as I had the issue a couple ...
A: Yep those teens can really mess up a computer can't they! LOL You need to have installed and ...
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| Norton vs. others? | 3/26/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I am buying an HP laptop to run Quickbooks for my internet business and access my ecommerce back end ...
A: I would have to say the best one is one that you install and keep updated and run on a regular ...
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| Laptop protection | 3/25/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I just bought a new laptop,and I have heard of software that can track your computer if it is ...
A: Computrace (www.absolute.com) and CyberAngel (www.sentryinc.com) are tracking programs that sell for ...
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| ip or url address track | 3/22/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: My daughter is 14 years old. There is a website called voyforums that concerns me. It allows people ...
A: Yes there are many places out there on the Internet that are dangerous for young people and they get ...
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| Re: How to block the access to MSN & Internet Explorer | 3/17/2008 | Paul Walsh |
Q: Our workstations have Windows XP Pro that comes with Internet Explorer. Our company wants to block ...
A: I have created a registry key to achieve this, you can download it from here: ...
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| IP ADDRESS | 3/14/2008 | Paul Walsh |
Q: I've got this guy from Africa trying to scam me. He uses religion as a front but then asks for ...
A: There is no absolutely reliable IP address tracking available for a few reasons: (1) The IP address ...
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| IP ADDRESS | 3/14/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I've got this guy from Africa trying to scam me. He uses religion as a front but then asks for ...
A: Nigeria is widely known for its Internet Scams. You should report it to the FBI (if your in the US). ...
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| IP ADDRESS | 3/14/2008 | Drew Williams |
Q: I've got this guy from Africa trying to scam me. He uses religion as a front but then asks for ...
A: Addresses are "zoned" based on a series of four sets of numbers. Each number is assigned to a higher ...
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| IP ADDRESS | 3/14/2008 | Denis Mello |
Q: I've got this guy from Africa trying to scam me. He uses religion as a front but then asks for ...
A: Yes, they are. They perform a lookup over DNS Servers on the Net. Remember that, although the guy ...
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| Kerio Personal Firewall Alert | 3/13/2008 | Paul Walsh |
Q: A Kerio Personal Firewall alert popped up saying: an application is trying to communicate with a ...
A: If you have the Mcfee version of Kerio KWF, a VPN tunnel is set to scan web and email traffic for ...
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| IP Changer? | 3/9/2008 | Denis Mello |
Q: Q:i have cable net in my home n office.i change IP address in home n office, this hard word for me. ...
A: How are you? This time I don't know any software that do it, however there are some developments ...
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| Aboyt Spyware | 3/6/2008 | Denis Mello |
Q: Can any one tell wat actuallly a Spyware is? My IE ^ is not working properly. I get msgs like ...
A: How are you: SPYWARE: computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to ...
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| Nortons Problems | 2/24/2008 | Paul Walsh |
Q: We have the latest version of Nortons (360) and it keeps warning us that auto protect is turned off. ...
A: This can be caused by a few things namely: (1) If a system restore was performed (2) Conflict with ...
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| Locate IP address of a poster | 2/24/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: Is there any possibilities to locate an IP address of a poster in a forum? I'm not an administrator ...
A: Hey Big, Nope sorry, the only place the IP registers is on the computer hosting the forum or in the ...
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| disk encryption | 2/23/2008 | Drew Williams |
Q: I am an home user and have been using a computer for ages. As many users, I have some very personal ...
A: Go to these sites and have a look around. I like them the most (for light work). But if you have ...
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| email security | 2/21/2008 | Paul Walsh |
Q: I have received emails from "myself". The emails are about supplying various pharmaceutical drugs. ...
A: You're probably being "spoofed." The emails you're getting from yourself are returns that had ...
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| viruses | 2/19/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I am not real computer literate - but I am getting messages saying I have a trojan horse - download ...
A: You are not alone in not being sure what is going on. But you are better off than most because you ...
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