Current Security Issues Discussion

czskrazzi · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 9:02 pm

kk ty for this info.. Just another way for me to be careful. I hope everyone reads this post. im going to read more into the article.

Adbot · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 9:02 pm

czskrazzi · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 9:12 pm

i have uploaded that artice to rs official forums under recent updates for everyone there to see. Also put that the title with publishers name and so on.

Jeff · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 9:16 pm

czskrazzi wrote:

i have uploaded that artice to rs official forums under recent updates for everyone there to see. Also put that the title with publishers name and so on.

Thats really nice .. I read the new article about 3 times just to make sure I didn't miss any important parts. That article was sure awsome..
But I thought you were not suppose to post any website links on the forums.

czskrazzi · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 9:20 pm

i didnt, those parts were blocked out naturally..lol and i wasnt gonna try work around the filter..

Chief Snake · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 10:05 pm

stanley1943 wrote:

The admins shutted down the forums to check security errors.
Anyways, if you read about this article Jagex said, you'll know that even a jpg file is not safe.
Pretty scary huh?

Hehe I knew since there was some kind of security breach thing I am now using my Dad's *bad* (but still XP) comp and also usin Firefox

Im actually starting to like the extra features of this browser now so Im gettin it on my comp as soon as I get back on.

Quote:

There was a time when the idea of a malicious image file was absurd enough to be the topic of an April Fools joke. One early and widely-circulated hoax message dating from 1994 warned users of a computer virus infecting the comment field of JPEG files.

"It was someone saying that just looking at a JPEG on your screen can get you a virus," recalls Rob Rosenberg, editor of the debunking site Vmyths.com. "In '94 it was a myth, but in '04 it's the real thing... We've got the JPEG of death now."

Thats scary... and its also why u guys gotta learn to post in PNG! or two reasons! The reason mentioned in this topic, and the other being that JPEG's are so blurry. :roll:

And what's even scarier is that the security breach happened to THIS forum...

Jeff · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 10:32 pm

Nah, I don't think we got hijacked jsut because of the bug abuse on jpeg. files. The hacker used BruteForce, which is eilegal...

Adbot · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 10:32 pm

cvcncfanatic · **Posted:** April 23rd, 2005, 1:25 am

i found a free anti keylogger on google: http://www.styopkin.com/keylogger_hunter.html

Huitzi · **Posted:** April 23rd, 2005, 8:40 am

I would watch out with that, perhaps the anti-keylogger just installs a key logger on your computer.

-Huitzi

Dragonboi511 · **Posted:** April 23rd, 2005, 8:45 am

thanks for the sites they really help

Jeff · **Posted:** April 23rd, 2005, 8:58 am

Huitzi wrote:

I would watch out with that, perhaps the anti-keylogger just installs a key logger on your computer.

-Huitzi

Meh, such a big company. I even scaned it.

czskrazzi · **Posted:** April 23rd, 2005, 9:06 am

programs on http://www.download.com are tested and scanned before they are added their website, they test it for installation, quality of the application, user interface feedback, quality of the program, also they see if it does as the publisher says its meant to.. so im sure they are safe from http://www.download.com

trekkie · **Posted:** April 23rd, 2005, 6:12 pm

in a way, hackers do help make places safer.

think about it a hacker found a hole, exploit it, website owner or whatever finds it and closes it.

nothing in this world is perfect, as long as there a coders there will always be code breakers. no matter how good or perfectly protected something is, it's still man made, there it still has human error and as long as we continue to make errors, it is not possible to fully protect anything.

Chief Snake · **Posted:** April 24th, 2005, 8:48 pm

trekkie wrote:

in a way, hackers do help make places safer.

think about it a hacker found a hole, exploit it, website owner or whatever finds it and closes it.

nothing in this world is perfect, as long as there a coders there will always be code breakers. no matter how good or perfectly protected something is, it's still man made, there it still has human error and as long as we continue to make errors, it is not possible to fully protect anything.

So True.

So very unfortunately true.

Jeff · **Posted:** April 24th, 2005, 9:13 pm

Bug Abusers are program testers ... 'Free' ... :roll:

Steve · **Posted:** April 25th, 2005, 5:47 am

I would just like to add something, If you want to be a bit more safe towards Key Loggers and other harmful virus's such as Trojans, You can download this:
http://www.grisoft.cz/softw/70/filedir/inst/avg70f_308a466.exe
It's a virus detector program obviously, I assure you it's very safe, This is the trial version, I can honestly say, I've never had a virus infect my computer while I have had this.
It is also the free version, I believe there is a version you can pay for, But I own the free version, This is also a 13.9MB file.

Edit: The link above was for Windows.
This link is for Linux Workstation: http://www.grisoft.cz/softw/70/filedir/inst/lnx_lws_stf__7_0-14.dir/avglinux-7.0-15_avi0463.i386.rpm

Thanks Steve