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By popular request:
http://www.cert.org/homeusers/HomeComputerSecurity/
also see these security tips from PokerStars:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...55.html#676608
UPDATE: Some recommended security downloads. There are certainly others out there that will do a good job so feel free to add your recommendations but these will make you pretty bulletproof:
free:
Windows Defender - a must install for XP SP2+ users (already included with Vista):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...r/default.mspx
free:
Mozilla Firefox. If you're still using Internet Explorer thou art a moron:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
free:
Spybot Search & Destroy (spyware detection and removal - I like that it alerts you to new programs that are trying to change registry entries plus it has other useful tools):
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
free:
Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition 8.0. Similar and a good complement to above. You can run both at the same time but Spybot does detect the Ad-Aware install and lets you know that if you have the AdAware option to scan inside archives enabled, AdAware may find files in the Spybot-S&D folder. Spybot-S&D does not contain any spyware, but it creates backups of everything you fix (until you remove those backups from the Recovery list), and AdAware complains about these backups. You can safely ignore these backups found by AdAware:
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-Ann...?tag=mncol;pop
free:
Comodo Internet Security Firewall + Anti-Virus: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
free :
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition (don't install if you install Comodo - more than 1 anti-virus installation on your computer can cause problems):
http://free.avg.com/
free:
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall (personally, I prefer Comodo - the paid version of ZoneAlarm Security Suite provided by my ISP has caused boot problems for me in the past due to a corrupted dll file requiring a boot from CD then a manual uninstall/reinstall so I finally toasted it permanently)
http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en...e-firewall.htm
free
KeyScrambler Personal is a free plug-in for your Web browser that protects everything you type from keyloggers. It defeats keyloggers by encrypting your keystrokes at the keyboard driver level:
http://www.qfxsoftware.com/index.html
not so free ($29.99):
KeyScrambler Professional (same link as above). Additional functionality protects your poker clients from keyloggers. Advertised to work with Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, PokerRoom, PartyPoker, UltimateBet Poker, Bodog Poker, Doyle's Room, Microgaming Network, 24h Poker, Carbon Poker, PlayersOnly Poker, Titan Poker, CD Poker, Hollywood Poker, VC Poker, Pacific Poker, Everest Poker, and ChiliPoker.
Also not so free - buy a router. Give yourself a physical firewall as well as a software firewall. If you're just plugged into a modem you're vulnerable.
More anti-spyware apps:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Super Anti-Spyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/
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