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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ? ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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. ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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. ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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: ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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). ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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 ... | ||
| 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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Denis Mello
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I understand the principles and the application of Network managament, from the OSI schema to mechanisms of detection, intrusion, security issues and vulnerabilities, how-to-attack and defend from crackers. I always look to be updated with the latest security holes. I also know OS like Windows 2k, 2k3, Linux, HP-UX and Solaris as best as other platforms.
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General Motors, VIVO, Petrobras, OptiGlobe, Brazil Telecom, Hewlett-Packard.
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