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    Very Good Article on Internet Privacy & Security

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by RWUK, Jan 27, 2011.

  1. RWUK

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    RWUK, Jan 27, 2011
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  2. DetlevCM

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    Any chance you know who the authors are and where that comes from? Also... why Rapishare as a distribution service... ??

    To be honest also, from a quick scan of the document, it seems as if it's mainly a collation of otherwise publicly available information. (No idea about it's accuracy -> didn't read it yet, just scanned it visually)
     
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    Sorry, I don't know the author(s?) or why it's on rapidshare. Yes, it seems to be publicly available info (though a lot of it) collected into one area.

    I did read the whole thing so as a quick overview, it talks about & compares some AV programs, firewalls, browsers, DNS servers, sandboxes, VPNs, encryption methods and email servers. I may be missing a few things but that's the majority of it. Everything it mentions is free and it gives recommendations for most categories.
     
    RWUK, Jan 28, 2011
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    Thanks for the quick summary.
    I did get the gist of it, I might read it myself - I could put it on my ereader and read it on the train.
    -> I just wasn't feeling like it at the time of the download.
     
    DetlevCM, Jan 28, 2011
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    A pdf hosted on rapidshare from someone I don't know?

    My instincts tell me it's malware.

    IIRC, the pdf instruction manual for poison ivy was itself infected with poison ivy.
     
    Koshinn, Feb 2, 2011
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    Comes up clean on Virustotal
    VirusTotal - Free Online Virus, Malware and URL Scanner

    Also, -> pdf file created with OpenOffice...
     
    DetlevCM, Feb 3, 2011
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    ばか　I　Miss　Posted
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Feb 3, 2011
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    Yep, I'm just as suspicious about this. There's alot of computer experts that make up this forums, and some of these folks might have malicious intentions. I just hope none of the people who run this site would take part in such a scheme...
     
    jacob808, Feb 3, 2011
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    Yes, that would be unfortunate for sure.

    When I downloaded it, MSE and Malwarebytes said the file was clean.
     
    RWUK, Feb 3, 2011
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    I made an infected pdf a couple weeks ago that was not detected by any av on vt, and also not by malwarebytes.
    :eek:
     
    Koshinn, Feb 4, 2011
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