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Xenuria
Marcabian 5th Invasion Fleet
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Posted - 2012.07.24 23:39:00 -
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The purpose of this thread is to inform and educate while also having some fun. Disclaimer: The Xenurian Computer Rating is not actually real and has no bearing on your manhood/womanhood or your value as a person.
Instructions:
Step 1 - First Do This --->PC Pitstop Scan - This needs to run in internet explorer with administrative privileges. - After the scan is completed take a screenshot of your world rankings. (Click Summary then click Ranking) - Disclaimer: Do NOT post the link to your scan results unless you want people to see what you have installed and other personal information about your computer. Absolutely no identifiable information is listed in the results of the scans just installed hardware and such. I have nothing to hide so I will post mine. Xenuria PC Ranked top 4%
Step 2 - Next do this --->Belarc Free (No corporate use allowed) - This program will spit out a local list of things that are secure or not so secure about your computer. Simply type what your rating is. Once again this is optional, if you would rather not people know how poorly secured your computer is according to some government rating system then don't post your number. - I scored 10 out of 10 on the USGCB Standard (Duh I'm Xenuria)
Step 3 Talk about your next step. What hardware upgrades do you intend to get in order to match or surpass your rivals?
Xenuria CSM 8 |
Reiisha
Splint Eye Probabilities Inc. Dawn of Transcendence
137
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Posted - 2012.07.25 06:49:00 -
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From the pitstop site:
Quote:Although Internet Explorer holds a majority of the browser market,
Welcome to 2009? |
Sidus Isaacs
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.07.25 11:28:00 -
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lol IE |
Mag's
the united Negative Ten.
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Posted - 2012.07.25 11:45:00 -
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Sidus Isaacs wrote:lol IE
CCP Zulu..... Forcing players to dock at the captain's quarters is a form of what we actually wanted to get through, which is making Incarna a seamless part of the EVE Online experience. |
Alara IonStorm
2730
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Posted - 2012.07.25 12:09:00 -
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Mag's wrote:Sidus Isaacs wrote:lol IE
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Charles Baker
Federal Mineral Acquisition VORTEX RISING
92
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Posted - 2012.07.25 13:15:00 -
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Alara IonStorm wrote:Mag's wrote:Sidus Isaacs wrote:lol IE
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Travarica
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.07.25 13:27:00 -
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Charles Baker wrote:Alara IonStorm wrote:Mag's wrote:Sidus Isaacs wrote:lol IE
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Xenuria
Marcabian 5th Invasion Fleet
577
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Posted - 2012.07.25 13:57:00 -
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Well the scan works with IE in admin mode. I did not make it that way. Xenuria CSM 8 |
Black Panpher
Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.07.25 14:07:00 -
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Xenuria wrote:Well the scan works with IE in admin mode. I did not make it that way.
Indeed, like many sites do, for example nvidia's site hardware detector and other such major companies. Besides isn't the new IE supposed to be **** hot? I haven't tried it yet but I hear it's faster than chrome.
IB4 Firefox no script yada yada yada, there is no need, just gett moar girlfriend and watch less dodgy **** sites! |
Xenuria
Marcabian 5th Invasion Fleet
577
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Posted - 2012.07.25 14:16:00 -
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Considering most sites cap how much bandwidth they use on a single client, having a faster browser only helps so much. With that said I want to see some scores!
Also if you are into video card benchmarking I would suggest A New Dawn. Xenuria CSM 8 |
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Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
565
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Posted - 2012.07.25 14:20:00 -
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Travarica wrote:Charles Baker wrote:Alara IonStorm wrote:Mag's wrote:Sidus Isaacs wrote:lol IE
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Xenuria
Marcabian 5th Invasion Fleet
577
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Posted - 2012.07.25 16:03:00 -
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One of the goals of this thread was to get people to wake up about how insecure and unhealthy their computer systems were. It was my hope that by informing people about security holes and instabilities they would fix them or try to and this would result in less compromised accounts. This would in turn result in less wait in petition time. Less dirty isk, etc.
Xenuria CSM 8 |
Marie Hartinez
Aries Munitions and Defense
82
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Posted - 2012.07.25 16:45:00 -
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Just here to post in an Xenuria thread. That is all. Surrender is still your slightly less painful option. |
Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
349
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Posted - 2012.07.26 14:27:00 -
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Been away for a while and yet ... yes, posting here just to post in a Xenuria thread. Seems not much has changed in my absence
Inner Sayings of BrujoLoco: http://eve-files.com/sig/brujoloco |
Xenuria
Marcabian 5th Invasion Fleet
577
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Posted - 2012.07.26 14:36:00 -
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Brujo Loco wrote:Been away for a while and yet ... yes, posting here just to post in a Xenuria thread. Seems not much has changed in my absence
Yup I am still fighting the good fight. Still trying to educate people. Xenuria CSM 8 |
Jett0
Surface Warfare Tribal Band
205
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Posted - 2012.07.29 15:20:00 -
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I actually like IE 9.
*runs away* Occasionally plays sober |
Charles Baker
Federal Mineral Acquisition VORTEX RISING
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Posted - 2012.07.29 17:54:00 -
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Jett0 wrote:I actually like IE 9.
*runs away*
Where did i leave my pitchfork, we all know that Firefox is best Fox |
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2012.07.29 18:28:00 -
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Chrome as default browser (for gmail, yahoo mail, local HTML, and a few sites that are otherwise problematic), Opera as main browser (for everything else) opened manually. Haven't touched IE in ages, even if I keep updating it "just in case".
Also, don't plan to let some uncertain trustworthiness site (it might actually be very trustworthy but I don't feel like checking) posted by a dubious reputation person get too much access to my system via IE in order to do something that is of questionable actual usefulness. In other words, thanks, but no, thanks. http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/User:Akita_T http://eve-search.com/stats/Akita_T T2 BPO poll : https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=114789 |
Xenuria
The Scope Gallente Federation
577
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Posted - 2012.07.30 01:21:00 -
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Akita T wrote:Chrome as default browser (for gmail, yahoo mail, local HTML, and a few sites that are otherwise problematic), Opera as main browser (for everything else) opened manually. Haven't touched IE in ages, even if I keep updating it "just in case".
Also, don't plan to let some uncertain trustworthiness site (it might actually be very trustworthy but I don't feel like checking) posted by a dubious reputation person get too much access to my system via IE in order to do something that is of questionable actual usefulness. In other words, thanks, but no, thanks.
Uncertain trustworthiness?
How long have you been on the internet? PCpitstop is legit bro. Xenuria CSM 8 |
leviticus ander
CATO.nss
205
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Posted - 2012.07.30 01:36:00 -
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well PCpitstop didn't like my computer. probably because of security I have setup on it. and the belarc adviser gave me 1.25/10. but that's largely because I use the entire network as a security device rather than just my computer, and even more so since I've opened certain areas of my computer and network to make network functionality more effective. |
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Xenuria
The Scope Gallente Federation
577
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Posted - 2012.07.30 02:06:00 -
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leviticus ander wrote:well PCpitstop didn't like my computer. probably because of security I have setup on it. and the belarc adviser gave me 1.25/10. but that's largely because I use the entire network as a security device rather than just my computer, and even more so since I've opened certain areas of my computer and network to make network functionality more effective.
Well having a high score for security does require you to disable or turn off alot of risky things and sometimes that reduces functionality. By the same token alot of the kind of stuff that sniffs personal information will no longer work if you have your security configured properly. This can be bad if you are using something liek scrobler. Xenuria CSM 8 |
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
1200
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Posted - 2012.07.30 02:34:00 -
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Xenuria wrote:Akita T wrote:[...]uncertain trustworthiness site (it might actually be very trustworthy but I don't feel like checking) [...] Uncertain trustworthiness? How long have you been on the internet? PCpitstop is legit bro. Apparently, I've been on the Internet since before the company was started. Never actually needed any of the services they seem to offer. So no wonder I never heard of them before. http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/User:Akita_T http://eve-search.com/stats/Akita_T T2 BPO poll : https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=114789 |
Xenuria
The Scope Gallente Federation
577
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Posted - 2012.07.30 02:45:00 -
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Oh well sorry to have offended you, most grizzled of ancients. Xenuria CSM 8 |
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
1200
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Posted - 2012.07.30 08:12:00 -
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Xenuria wrote:Oh well sorry to have offended you, most grizzled of ancients. Your heartfelt, honest and in no way sarcastic apology is accepted, you may live to see another day, for now. http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/User:Akita_T http://eve-search.com/stats/Akita_T T2 BPO poll : https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=114789 |
MotherMoon
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
1051
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Posted - 2012.07.30 08:51:00 -
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Travarica wrote:Charles Baker wrote:Alara IonStorm wrote:Mag's wrote:Sidus Isaacs wrote:lol IE
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/1206/scimi.jpg |
dexington
99
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Posted - 2012.07.30 10:18:00 -
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Xenuria wrote:Well having a high score for security does require you to disable or turn off alot of risky things and sometimes that reduces functionality. By the same token alot of the kind of stuff that sniffs personal information will no longer work if you have your security configured properly. This can be bad if you are using something liek scrobler.
Human stupidity is the biggest threat to computer security, all added layers of security and checks for updates don't really matter when the person in front of the computer picks 1234 as password. Most systems that get hacked are updated and running anti virus/malware and firewall applications, but all that don't really matter when the user willingly accepts to run an application that some random website claim is needed.
People get hacked because they are stupid, not because they are running insecure systems. GÇ£The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time, and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.GÇ¥-á |
Xenuria
The Scope Gallente Federation
578
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Posted - 2012.07.30 13:26:00 -
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dexington wrote:Xenuria wrote:Well having a high score for security does require you to disable or turn off alot of risky things and sometimes that reduces functionality. By the same token alot of the kind of stuff that sniffs personal information will no longer work if you have your security configured properly. This can be bad if you are using something liek scrobler. Human stupidity is the biggest threat to computer security, all added layers of security and checks for updates don't really matter when the person in front of the computer picks 1234 as password. Most systems that get hacked are updated and running anti virus/malware and firewall applications, but all that don't really matter when the user willingly accepts to run an application that some random website claim is needed. People get hacked because they are stupid, not because they are running insecure systems.
That is a generalization and an oversimplification of a much more complex phenomena. You make a valid point that stupidity plays a large role but it cannot be ignored that even the smartest people have computer systems that are not up to the federal standard. Those people are at risk. Something as simple as a car parked in your street could be somebody trying to get into your wireless network.
Yes I am paranoid, I am also very comfortable with what my paranoia has afforded me. Xenuria CSM 8 |
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
1201
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Posted - 2012.07.31 15:21:00 -
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Xenuria wrote:Something as simple as a car parked in your street could be somebody trying to get into your wireless network. If you're that worried, why have a wireless network to begin with ? I lived just fine for years with an old crappy computer set up as a minimalistic Linux router/firewall (instead of using a commercial router box) and used only wired connections. And if you do have a wireless router/AP, set its transmit power so low that you couldn't access it from outside your house easily at all, and bind links to MAC addresses, and manually turn wireless on/off for just when you need it, not permanently... to name just a few things of the many you could do to make it much harder for somebody to get in. You can never be sure you're 100% safe though (there's constantly new flaws being discovered which you couldn't hope to keep up with in realtime), so it's only a matter of "safe enough". http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/User:Akita_T http://eve-search.com/stats/Akita_T T2 BPO poll : https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=114789 |
dexington
105
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Posted - 2012.08.01 09:06:00 -
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Akita T wrote:Xenuria wrote:Something as simple as a car parked in your street could be somebody trying to get into your wireless network. If you're that worried, why have a wireless network to begin with ? I lived just fine for years with an old crappy computer set up as a minimalistic Linux router/firewall (instead of using a commercial router box) and used only wired connections. And if you do have a wireless router/AP, set its transmit power so low that you couldn't access it from outside your house easily at all, and bind links to MAC addresses, and manually turn wireless on/off for just when you need it, not permanently... to name just a few things of the many you could do to make it much harder for somebody to get in. You can never be sure you're 100% safe though (there's constantly new flaws being discovered which you couldn't hope to keep up with in realtime), so it's only a matter of "safe enough".
If your computer contains something that makes it worth to hack the wireless to try and hack the computer, while sitting outside in a car, it's easier to just lock pick the door and steal the computer. A sledgehammer and a skie mask all so get the job done if the door has a security lock, don't underestimate the effectiveness of some good old home invasion. GÇ£The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time, and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.GÇ¥-á |
Xenuria
Marcabian 5th Invasion Fleet
578
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Posted - 2012.08.01 13:45:00 -
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dexington wrote:Akita T wrote:Xenuria wrote:Something as simple as a car parked in your street could be somebody trying to get into your wireless network. If you're that worried, why have a wireless network to begin with ? I lived just fine for years with an old crappy computer set up as a minimalistic Linux router/firewall (instead of using a commercial router box) and used only wired connections. And if you do have a wireless router/AP, set its transmit power so low that you couldn't access it from outside your house easily at all, and bind links to MAC addresses, and manually turn wireless on/off for just when you need it, not permanently... to name just a few things of the many you could do to make it much harder for somebody to get in. You can never be sure you're 100% safe though (there's constantly new flaws being discovered which you couldn't hope to keep up with in realtime), so it's only a matter of "safe enough". If your computer contains something that makes it worth to hack the wireless to try and hack the computer, while sitting outside in a car, it's easier to just lock pick the door and steal the computer. A sledgehammer and a skie mask all so get the job done if the door has a security lock, don't underestimate the effectiveness of some good old home invasion.
Physically breaking into my house would be difficult and even if they did break in, getting out without a sword in their chest or several dogs firmly attached to their arms would be even more difficult. Besides, this is not about my home security, its not even about my computer security. This thread is about how YOU can make YOUR computer safer. Xenuria CSM 8 |
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