[ale] How to test your public internet connection for open ports

[atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com (Ron Frazier)]

You could get the equivalent functionality of NoScript and Firefox from 
the trusted sites and security screens of IE. It's not nearly as easy 
though.

Ron

On 02/11/2011 06:18 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On 02/11/2011 04:42 AM, Pat Regan wrote:
>    
>> Most malware isn't arriving through bots scanning for insecure
>> firewalls.  The vast majority of malware is delivered through bugs in
>> your web browsers and email clients.  You can put as many locks on the
>> door as you want, it is still easier to put a brick through the window.
>>
>>
>>      
> This is what gets me. I have friends that continue to use IE, and they
> continue to get viruses. I just went to someones house who uses IE to
> get his Yahoo email. He had 3 or 4 extra toolbars installed, Incredimail
> was installed ( he doesn't use it), and his homepage was hijacked. It's
> going to happen AGAIN, I know it.
>
>    

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