Online Security

Daniel Mayhew25 October 2010

What was the name of the vpn and is it windows only

Emily25 October 2010

I completley agree with you the internet is a increadable dangerous place as one of my friend has found out before

Anonymous25 October 2010

i was on facebook and i minimized it when i unminimized it like 20 mins later i had 11 unread messages on chat from different people, on all of them it was replys to messages i had never sent to people and most of the people spoken to i never spoke to on fb, i just knew them. i quickly posted some statuses apolijising to people and then i watched as chat windows popped up with suff "i" was saying to people even though i wasnt saying it, now this time the person started telling people i had been hacked and fraped, i was truly appalled i still dont know who it was :( frape is serious and very annoying and people shouldnt do it.

RLJ25 October 2010

Just logged on to the site and was greeted by the following message from my Kaspersky AV: http://oas.five.tv/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/fwd.five.tv/gadget-show/1500116703@Top,Middle,Right!Top Detected: Trojan-Clicker.HTML.IFrame.g Possibly a false positive, but.. worth checking. I've found the site www.bleepingcomputer.com to be very useful in the removal of malware.

jonathan wiesner25 October 2010

the best prog on the box

Paul25 October 2010

Also bear in mind internet security is also an issue on phones now. I had almost £800 removed from my bank account through a well known music download/apps store when the only place i had ever used it was on my phone. Because it was a phone I couldn't even get onto the site on my laptop to close the account. Got the money back pretty quick but definitely has altered my use of my phone even if i did only ever download apps worth pennies they could still use that to order huge amounts online without my knowledge.

Anonymous25 October 2010

GET A MAC!!!!

Nick25 October 2010

I don't think I'm posting in the right place, but its to do with my broadband speed. I'm currently on Sky broadband 'upto 8mb' but it was until we upgraded to 'upto 20mb' that we noticed something wrong. I get about 50kb/s average, if the router hasn't got a problem... We contacted sky and they blamed it on the BT exchange. They said they'd do something about it, but 7 months later; no difference. My mum says shell phone up but she never does, was wondering what you would suggest? Thankful advance!

alan25 October 2010

free programmes i use AVG ANTIVIRUS for virus and spam protection and ADVANCED SYSTEMCARE BOTH for spyware and adware and C C cleaner to clean the computer and registry

jonathan wiesner25 October 2010

the best prog on the box

Anonymous25 October 2010

I have experienced identity theft first hand from online scammers, once it starts they pass your details on to other criminals who do the same it never ends. The only company that helped me out was Fraudlock, hats off to them, first rate service. Of course if I had been more aware in the first place this wouldnt of happened, however the Police are not interested in this sort of crime unless its on a large scale and the criminals know that. Simple answer get yourself fraudlock the best Seven quid I ever spent!

Nick25 October 2010

I don't think I'm posting in the right place, but its to do with my broadband speed. I'm currently on Sky broadband 'upto 8mb' but it was until we upgraded to 'upto 20mb' that we noticed something wrong. I get about 50kb/s average, if the router hasn't got a problem... We contacted sky and they blamed it on the BT exchange. They said they'd do something about it, but 7 months later; no difference. My mum says shell phone up but she never does, was wondering what you would suggest? Thankful advance!

Marcia25 October 2010

Just seen the piece on online security on episode 13 and would like to point out that your Gadget Show Live website, selling tickets is NOT secure!! When reaching the page to submit name and address and other personal details, we noticed that the address bar did not display https, just the standard http. My husband (who works in IT security) viewed the webpage in raw html format and noticed that data submitted from that page would also be unencrypted (the post link also submits via http) Is there a secure way that we can buy Gadget show live tickets please?

bridge037025 October 2010

The VPN was Hotspot Shield

Martin Kelly25 October 2010

Online security should be taken very seriously it can ruin lives. Please find a full guide at www.MicroRepair.eu

Steve Foxton25 October 2010

To truly keep your details secure you will need several items. 1. A secure proxy server that acts as a "go between" for your computer and the internet. Ideally with its own built in antivirus to scan items before they hit your computer. (http://www.proxysite.co.uk/ for list of proxy servers in uk) 2. Encryption on the line enables that any traffic that you transmit will be secure as it will only be readable. (http://www.smarthide.com/) Also recommended software: Malware Bytes Anti Malware http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php Trend Antivirus Internet Security (built in firewall, application security and 3 licenses for the price of one) http://uk.trendmicro.com When using credit/debit cards online, unlike your tv example valid payment entries will display several things. 1. SSL security (via the padlock icon) and usually 128 bit security 2. Sensitive fields are blanked on entry. e.g. credit card no becomes **** **** **** **** 3. Use of google checkout or paypal secures this more, and you also never mentioned the "Verified by Visa" security which give double authentication for payment.

Anonymous25 October 2010

Apologies I didnt give the name of the Fraudlock website www.fraudlock.co.uk

von25 October 2010

The free VPN software was Hotspot Shield - http://hotspotshield.com/

Anonymous25 October 2010

I found out to my cost just what you can loose by buying on line. If I had paid with a credit card I could be due some recompense but because I paid with my maestro (having never having had any previous problems) I lost out. Not a happy person!!

Mark Henrick25 October 2010

i recommend either tor (quite slow), openVPN (depends on your connection speed) or for advanced users (especially linux users) and SSH SOCKS proxy (depends on your connection speed)

Wes25 October 2010

Don't forget good old common sense people, don't open an email which looks suspicious, certainly don't follow links in those emails which claim you need to confirm account details! These phishing attacks are one of the most common attacks today.

Daniel25 October 2010

I totally agree about the internet being a dangerous place. Last year I went to a hotel and used a free wifi. I logged on to a free wifi but unaware to me it wasnt a real one but one made by a criminal. On the network i signed into my bank to pay off a bill. Big mistake being though i was on the fake wifi. The next day all of the money from my account had gone. They had got away £40000 which i never saw aggain. Remember DONT USE WIFI NETWORKS YOU DONT KNOW OR TRUST!!

Chris Fleming25 October 2010

Two tips for staying secure online: First, is to use https versions of websites like facebook and google. This will mean that anyone intercepting your traffic won't be able to make any sense of it. The firefox plugin https everywhere is great for doing this automatically: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere My second is to ensure that you use a secure and unique password for every website that you use. However these are impossible to remember so I use keepass: http://keepass.info/ to store these. I then share the password file using dropbox, so that I can access these from multiple computers.

Duncan25 October 2010

I recommend the new Secunia PSI beta located on (http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/). Unlike Microsoft/Windows Update, it will warn you and update vulnerable software such as FireFox, Chrome, Adobe products etc. The beta version can automate the updates, whereas the older PSI versions just warn you and provide links. I also recommend using FireFox with three addons, NoScript, WOT and AdBlock. NoScript will prevent unwanted scripts running on your browser. Just by visiting this web page you are actually running scripts from five other sites such as doubleclick.net and facebook.net. Do you trust them? WOT will provide guidence on links for search engines and you can also see other peoples ratings. AdBlock, well you can guess what that does.

Anonymous25 October 2010

A few weeks ago I tried to sell my Samsung S5560 on Amazon for £130 but i was scammed by a nigerian (i was new to amazon selling). I was sent an e-mail from what looked like Amazon but was a fake saying that my phone had sold and that when i sent a reply e-mail saying that i had sent the phone in the post, my phone would be taken off Amazon and the money would be transfered into my account... IT DID NOT HAPPEN!!!!!! so when the phone did not come off Amazon i called customer services and they told me there was nothing they or I could do to get it back. So basically because of a fake e-mail a nigerian had my phone and i had lost £130. P.S: An apple mac is much better than a windows computer for anti-virus software :D

tana25 October 2010

trust me,a padlock doesnt guantree safe browsing.

MikMac25 October 2010

Store a text file with your passwords on some trusted secure on-line storage or webmail account and use copy and paste to input your passwords. This method foils keyloggers sometimes found on public computers, you can even use your own coded references such as the street name of your local branch instead of the bank name in this file.

Pete F25 October 2010

Could you reduce risk of financial loss by doing online purchases using a pre-paid card which you only charge up with enough cash to fund the current purchase. Extra security at the expense of extra cost and some inconvenience?

Lesley25 October 2010

Hotspot Shield is adware, see link; http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/anchorfree-responds-on-hotspot-shield.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SunbeltBlog+%28Sunbelt+BLOG%29

Carl Witcombe25 October 2010

With regards to online security, if you have wireless connectivity ensure that your WiFi connection is encrypted using WPA/WPA2, if using WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) this provides limited security as this encryption can be cracked within 3 Mins(It really is that easy). My recomendation for software would be BitDefender Total Security, This program contains all kinds of security features including the usual items plus Privacy Control, Vulnerability and Game Mode. I would never trust any free anti-Virus Software on my PC's. With one exception, Adware's AdAware.

Carl Witcombe25 October 2010

And as for Download speed, The best way to save with broadband is to get the lowest Meg per second (2mb/s )you can get, at the end of the day your download limit depends on the server to which you are downloading from.

craig woodgate25 October 2010

a safe way of online social networking like facebook/ bebo / twitter / and sites like that plus stanard websites is to change your passwords onece a yaer or more it could save you loosing every thing

Free Max26 October 2010

VPN here: http://hotspotshield.com/

Joshua26 October 2010

My YouTube account was taken over by some hacker! YouTube is my life and my channel is popular! IM SO ANGRY!!!

micheal26 October 2010

the best way to stay safe john is avast pro antivirus for spyware and addware is malwarebytes free version with a vpn set up ive been useing this solution for five years never had a problem yet

Sarah26 October 2010

On facebook, even though quizes and games are fun applications on there, using them can mean they can access all your personal information. THese are what most of them do. Its best you try not to use them or dont have much personal information. I always go through privacy settings for applications one a month and remove ones that i dont use.

alan Lester26 October 2010

Hi In this weeks show John expalined the problems with online security adding beware of WIFI connection that may be suspect, He said there was a Free down load that would always log you on to a safe site but this is not shown on his info about safety could I have the name of this down load, Many thanks alan

Anonymous26 October 2010

thanks for telling the world about that i never know about that

ian mccully26 October 2010

best programme on the box keep up the good work as for the person having trouble with sky nicky go to ofcom website or watchdog thanks

Mark26 October 2010

I keep getting a phone call from someone saying that they are from a Microsoft support centre. I know that they are scamming people, just thought that i would let people know, Microsoft don't call people. If anyone calls you to say there is something wrong with your computer they are trying to scam you!

Anonymous26 October 2010

It's great using freebie software, but you just end up slowing you machine down. I use a multiple function utility called webroot Internet security complete. You get firewall, top grade av protection, anti spam and antii phishing as well as probably the best spyware/malware detection capabilities. Bout it from pc world after reading up about this company online (webroot.co.UK) got to protect 3 pc's for what I normally pay for one. Other cool things is that it checks the websites you want to access prior to you accessing it (do a google search) it gives you a heads up on what is safe _ that is smart Oh yeah, it also has this really nifty password safe, works through your browser to a secure encrypted location on your pc that cannot be hacked by crimes like ie and firefox can (firefox recently got hacked and stole peoples passwords cos of some trojan) And it also has online storage, I got 10gb with my account and you can access the online data anywhere and stream stuff to other devices Tell you what, previously being a norton guy and a yearly renewal not worrying about security till I lost money online and pc got viruses, ire ally looked at what is out there and not the standard names that we think we know - seems they just want your money and don't care really about really protecting you - until I found webroot! Pc is a damn site faster as well cos it can clean up all that rubbish you download as temp files Moral of the essay,you pay for what you get and if your online this new app is cool and best I have seen in all the years I have bought av

Anonymous26 October 2010

Mark, you note about Microsoft, a friend had the same, the story was a pop up would appear saying there was a problem! Then a phone call was received a short while after. I advised them to get some decent av software and it they did! , found loads of viruses and spy stuff. No more dodgy calls or suspect pop ups, although I did advise her to change all the passwords on all sites she goes to- her Facebook got 'hacked' as well

Tobias Lemberg26 October 2010

Well great talking about online securety. But then having some invected advertising linked into the gadget Show webpage. My antivirus got very bussy blocking trojans. I would say a bit embarasing. 26/10/2010 22:28:44 Detected Trojans Trojan-Clicker.HTML.IFrame.g High Exact Web page http://oas.five.tv/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/fwd.five.tv/gadget-show/ 1123822079@Top,Middle,Right!Middle Firefox 26/10/2010 22:28:44 Denied Trojans Trojan-Clicker.HTML.IFrame.g High Exact Web page http://oas.five.tv/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/fwd.five.tv/gadget-show/ 1123822079@Top,Middle,Right!Middle Firefox

rhys evans26 October 2010

hiya love the show totaly agree with Jon about online saftey mostley because when i was younger i used to go to onto gaming websites and download games and after two years i got over 91,000 viruses thanx for the advise

Draco Manfred27 October 2010

Some good tips... But open vpn? Thats pretty much the same as connecting to a wifi hotspot. Simply just don't download stuff that is dodgey, use credit cards rarely onloine and when you are do research to make sure the company is legit. Check your processes every now and again to make sure you are not running something that shouldn't be there. Oh and... AVG/Kaspersky/Norton are terrible! NOD32 is your best bet but failing that Avast. All the other ones are "over protective" like people posting above its complaining about every advert on the page. NOD32 gets the job done without making a fuss. And yeah SnD is the best malware remover. Apart from the user of course :). Chow

JoePublic27 October 2010

Internet Security. How many people put total trust in systems such as Norton Internet Security? We had several regular clients advise us that Norton flagged our web site as 'Unsafe'! We contacted Norton and they were helpful in registering our site and checking it properly - It is now all green. Norton do not advise web site owners that they are telling the world your site is unsafe when it is not! So what faith can Norton users have that they are finding all the ones that ARE unsafe? Use common sense surfers, don't blindly go where you are lead. Perhaps Gadget Show should do proper checks on their website - we here there are security issues here.

Adrian Brown27 October 2010

Saw a bit on the news recently about cyber-criminals getting people's card details by faking the card verification websites like Verisign. Because the banks are so convinced that these sites are 100% secure, people can find it hard to convince them that their card details have been stolen and used fraudulently. If you're worried about this, here's a good way I've figured out to check if the site is genuine or not. It's based on the fact that a fake site will not know if you've entered the correct password or not, and will simply accept whatever you type in as being your actual password. So, when you first get the verification site pop-up (or however it appears to you), enter an incorrect password. If the site is genuine, it will tell you that you've entered an incorrect password and ask you to enter the correct one. If it doesn't do this, then you can be pretty sure the site is fake and someone is trying to steal your details. This method hasn't let me down yet, and I think it should be pretty much unbeatable by the criminals, because they'd already need to know what your password is in order to fake the genuine site's response to the incorrect one! And I know from bitter experience how important anti-virus and other anti-malware software is, as I've twice had to rebuild systems after really bad virus infections - Both made it past all of my A/V software and trashed the hard drive so badly I had to reformat. And both infections seem to have come from infected flash-based adverts, which shows how important ad-blockers are...

Adrian Brown27 October 2010

@Steve Foxton: Re the comment about the card verification systems like "Verified by Visa" - See my post above about the criminals faking these sites. Admittedly, according to the news reports about the problem, it is a rare thing, but people have faked these websites and stolen card details using them. So, just because you see that sign, it doesn't mean that your card details are as safe as you may think, and you should think about doing what I've suggested above.

Martin27 October 2010

John's report is quite basic and even with some of the tips on setting up and securing your PC's & internet connection to safely browse the web isn't that great. What you need to have is several layers of protection not just the one, so obviously have good AV software (the problem is lots of people don't know the difference between fake AV and real AV software). Use an AV product that doesn't use too much of the PC resources and is right for the PC spec and doesn't slow it down. Also have a malware/spyware scanner and know the difference in what they do. Two personnel recommendations are Avast and Malwarebytes. It's best if you ever get a virus or malware to run any scanner offline so that the viruses/malware can't reconnect and rebuild itself. Plus the most obvious use a good web browser like Chrome/Firefox, that has malware and phishing filtering built in. An issue with viruses is that they attack and try and disable on Windows PC's things like task manager (to kill the app off) and the system files and block you from connecting to the internet properly. One thing I have seen a lot is the altering of the DNS host file which redirects websites to a different IP address and blocks you from connecting to security sites correctly. When you do get a problem its always handy to have a spare working PC so that you can download any patches or software to get rid of the problem and then transfer them via media, USB memory stick is ok but beware it could also transfer a virus back to the other PC. Securing your router can be hard as a lot of them are locked down by ISP's with their own version of the firmware. Always use the highest wifi encryption possible not the default settings. WPA2 is the highest but is not compatible with some older wifi cards 4-5 years old so use WPA. Don't use WEP as it can be cracked in under a minute. Make the wifi password alphanumeric and totally random (not your favourite pets name etc.....). You don't have to use the ISP default details on the bottom of the router, anything more that 20 characters is very secure. You can also add MAC address filtering for wifi devices and only allow devices you want on your wifi connection. Once your wifi is setup you could also disable the ESSID from showing your wifi name and showing it is broadcasting. This doesn't disable the wifi and devices that are already setup still can connect to it. When you get a new router ALWAYS change the default Administrator password. As there are lists on the web of router admin passwords and if someone finds your external IP address and probe your router could get in and alter your settings. There are many sites that you can use to probe your router and test how secure it is and test what ports are open like ShieldsUp at www.grc.com. One thing I would setup and highly recommend on your network if your router allows you to change your DNS settings (DNS converts website addresses to IP address) is to use a service called OpenDNS (www.opendns.com). OpenDNS is a company that is continually searching and blocking bad website addresses and blocks and filters out bad websites before you connect to them including phishing websites automatically. Also one of the things it is good at is if you get malware or your machine or it is part of a botnet, if it tries to connect back to its host it is blocked. When you look at the dashboard it will show you some information about this. The other good thing you can use it for is safe browsing for your family by using the content filtering and blocking different types of websites in over 50 categories. This works a lot better if you have a static external IP address but can also work by leaving your router continually on. Or use a little OpenDNS application to re-sync your IP address to their servers. OpenDNS is all configured on the router and a website so you don't have to setup everything on all computers. Some email providers allow you to setup an email account that you can create several aliases linked to that account. By using the alias email accounts and never giving out your default email address if one of the alias accounts gets a lot of spam. You can simply delete it and create a different one and you get no more spam in your inbox. Social networking can be a problem when your account gets hacked because it can be the cause of getting a virus on your machine. What they tend to do is find all your friends and email addresses and then spam their inbox and profiles. To stop this from happening you need to clear the browser internet cache and also change your password, because once they have your details that is how it spreads around. On Facebook use the Facebook security & Sophos group to warn you when bad apps are going around and getting a virus on their PC's. First thing on John's report is that https browsing on websites can be spoofed and certificates can be faked. Some things John discussed was quite good like try to always stick to well known websites when buying goods and always look for a contact details. Plus when out and about using public wifi hotspots use a VPN connection like Hotspot shield and don't save your password on a public machine. So basically use several layers of protection on your machine and network. Also using a bit of common sense when clicking on links.

Anonymous27 October 2010

Sorry if my comment above is a bit long as this webpage doesn't space it out correctly.

Peter miles27 October 2010

I had my Hotmail account hacked into a few weeks ago. Quite embarrassing as my friends and family were being sent bogus mail from me with a link for Viagra, although I suppose some people may have found it useful. Have had account for several years without any problem so was very surprised when it happened as I thought Hotmail was safe and secure. On investigation I found this is rare but not uncommon. I have now changed to a much more secure password which has stopped the hacker. Be warned even your e-mail isn't safe.

Josef27 October 2010

Nice report, for my recommendation I use Secure Web Point VPN I don't trust Free VPN account cause you don't know where you’re sending your traffic to and since I do online banking I would rather sign up to a UK company. Here is the website but I emailed them and they recommended the Freedom Service or the Net Guard. www.securewebpoint.com I chose both one for the laptop and one for my desktop only cost me 10 pounds a month for both or 7.95 for one

Matt28 October 2010

Roboform is an excellent gadget for generating and storing passwords and logins to sites so you dont have to type them in, foliing keyloggers. It will generate random passwords upto 511 characters long and store them all so you dont use the same password for everything - which way too many people do.

Anonymous28 October 2010

What about avg 2011 free? Your Best Fan x

peter morgan29 October 2010

for online safety i keep a second bank account which is only used for online buying. Money is transferred to it when needed. So even if the account is compromised i will lose only a few pounds

Fiona29 October 2010

How do you make your wifi invisible? Jon mentioned this on the programme but there is no information about the site or how you can do it?

allayit30 October 2010

John's report would have been a good report if this had been done five years ago... for today's threats it is well short of adequate! Seriously, the Gadget Show people need to consult with people who actually know about IT security before making future reports that give the general public a false sense of security! As some people have already said, "You get what you pay for!" FREE usually means cutdown or limited version. Is it really worth taking a chance for £20 per year per PC (cn be even less for multiple computer licensing) to get some decent protection. False economy if you need to get an IT support engineer in to fix the malware that slips under the FREEBIE net! The last company I worked for was an Avast reseller but stopped recommending it when it was missing too much new malware and it was taking too long from submitting a virus sample and the product being able to detect and deal with it. Use Secunia PSI (http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/) to scan your computer. This will tell you what requires to be patched, what should be removed and the status of the threats for each installed application. Even those who thought they had everything up to date will be surprised at things they've missed!!! Everyone needs to keep all the software on their computers up to date these days. Use the principles of "Least Privilege" and "Layered Protection" when setting up your computer and network. Lots of good information on the Internet.... Google is your friend. Only use WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK for your wireless network security. As someone has already pointed out, WEP is totally insecure and can actually be cracked in minutes. Good security software vendors: AVG, Bitdefender, MalwareBytes, NOD32, Sophos & Sunbelt. If in doubt about a file, run it through one of the many virus scanning services online e.g. VirusTotal (http://www.virustotal.com/). These services will check the file against multiple virus scanning engines. It is amazing to see how poor the detection is from security vendors when the bad guys release a new piece of malware. Even more amazing is how quickly some security vendors add detection to their products while other take an eternity!!! Many people will be suprised by who are the worst performing vendors, however us IT people know who produces the most ineffective security software! Some good freebie apps worth taking a look at: CCleaner, Spybot, Spyware Blaster, TrueCrypt I've dealt with people who've had their money and identity stolen! It can take 12 months+++ to get your money back and clean-up the trail of destruction done to your ID by the bad guys. As for the call where the person claims to be from Microsoft! Hang up on them. They are scammers. Had a computer in this week to be checked out after the person feel for this type of scam. They used LogMeIn Rescue to take control of the computer, ably assisted by the end user running through the steps to let them in. There was nothing wrong with the computer in the 1st place. Pay to get someone in from a reputable local IT support company if in doubt about your IT security. It should be worth it in the short, medium and long term! Some useful websites: http://www.bleepingcomputers.com http://www.getsafeonline.org http://www.h-online.com/ http://www.sans.org

allayit30 October 2010

@Fiona: Hiding your wireless network is a waste of time. You don't really hide it, you just set a little flag that says this network is hidden. There are many application that will show all wireless network regardless of the SSID visibility state. inSSIDer: http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider NetStumbler: http://www.netstumbler.com/ To mention just a couple of these applications. Ensure you are using WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK with a strong password to make your wireless network secure. Also remember to change the router/access point default admin password to one that is strong. You can check if your password is strong here: https://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/passwords/checker.aspx?WT.mc_id=Site_Link Hope that helps.

Andy30 October 2010

There is software called XP Defender. Do not download this. it is a virus. It says that it is an official microsoft product but it isn't. It will prompt you to regester it...

lewis31 October 2010

DO NOT USE HOTSPOT SHIELD. It seems innocent and people think it too, but deep inside, they have binded malware and adware with it. Look what my antivirus picked up: Object: getfreevpn.net/download/hss-win/238.exe Infection: URL:Mal (Malware) Process: (It was the adress i ran the setup from)

Mario31 October 2010

I agree that internet is not safe. In 25 years IT I have seen cyber crime spiralling out of control. I am so paranoid that I have a IP filtering on my PC and thanks to that tool I have noticed that even Facebook is not safe. I have noticed calls to servers that are outside Facebook and about this several EU countries have already launched an enquiry suspecting Privacy infringements. Everyone says "buy Apple", this company is even worse than the others because iTunes is an open gateway for cybercrime. For instance you cannot control the data or the connection that your Mac makes, intentionally or not intentionally and you cannot filter anything. Even the iPad I am using to write this post doesn't make me feel secure. I have noticed calls to IP outside the one it is supposed to connect. Can I avoid that? No! I am thinking to switch permanently the WiFi, will it stay off for good or re-connects to internet without my knowledge? Yes I am security paranoid, because people like to spy, watch, mind other people business.

mario31 October 2010

to everyone asking how to make invisible your WiFi. Ask yoursef a question:when you close your windows, lock your doors switch off your lights, will your mobile still ringing?. . . Of course it will ring! . . . You cannot hide or make invisible radio waves, they cross walls, doors, windows, they travel at night, day, when it rains . . . . As suggested make your SSiS name not with your door's number or the key and admin password like password

linda31 October 2010

HELP. My 12 year old son has downloaded the Hotspot Shield Anchor free, after watching the gadget show and it has crashed his laptop.I am a computer numpty and can only get it into safe mode and have attempted to delete the software but still getting blue screens. He is devastated and the computer is 1 week over warranty so I can't ask for help. I have looked on line and this programme has caused other computers to crash too but I can't find how to fix it. Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

simon 31 October 2010

if you going to use online security use panda its more secure than downloads you can get it from most computer shops

simon31 October 2010

if u use panda and malware bites your computer will be completely protected and you will be safe on the internet

John01 November 2010

You recently recommended Hotspot Shield as a good VPN product to secure internet activity, particularly at free WiFi spots. However, you should also have warned that it would start to display adverts all over your internat sessions, including within other site's pages. There have been a number of reviews heavily criticising Hotspot Shield for this. I downloaded Hotspot Shield on your recommendation but have very quickly uninstalled it!

geekmk101 November 2010

Don't ever use norton on your computer even the new one like NOD 32 because norton is the worst virus of all time so don't get norton remove it.

James Heathcote02 November 2010

When browsing on a public server you should always use incognito (chrome) or private browsing (any other browser). That way your browsing history is not stored.

jamie03 November 2010

get McAfee or norton, they may cost money but they are the best you can get.

bargemsitress09 November 2010

I bought Zonealarm Extreme Security, which, touch wood, seems to work well. I used the free version many years ago on an old computer and found it much better than AVG. Also, I find that AVG slows the pc/laptop down too much and drives me demented! Does anyone else use Zonealarm? I'm surprised not to have seen it mentioned here at all.

John11 November 2010

Or just use Linux, which is more secure and lacks viruses. (www.ubuntu.com)

Dave11 November 2010

Microsoft give away free antivirus & spyware software. If you have a genuine copy of xp, vista or windows 7 it is free with updates. (Microsoft Security Essentials).

Anonymous29 November 2010

All you need for emergencies is malwarebytes anti malware on an external drive, if you get infected run in safe mode and all should be well !

matthew karmios02 March 2011

i just downloded spybot search and destroy and it is so easy to downlode and use. 5 G's from me!!! thanks john

Tim Picton14 March 2011

Can you suggest a good security product for a HTC android phone? I've been checking out the reviews and found a product called Lookout. Is this as good as it make out? What level of security would you recommend?

smush30 June 2011

Lookout AV for Android OS is good I've used it.

smush30 June 2011

I think the guy here named "ThePod" is just trying to sell a product wouldn't trust him...

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