pc blockers

[abbo]

Whats the best pc tool to stop others gettin in your computer feckin it up and pissin about wid y web cam?

[spiely]

Originally Posted by abbo

Whats the best pc tool to stop others gettin in your computer feckin it up and pissin about wid y web cam?

Do you mean people getting into your PC remotely?

[sirius]

Take the pins out the plug at the wall.......lol

What do you mean? A 'Firewall' or stopping 'freinds'/family arsing up your computer? lol.

If the First, I believe Zone Alarm is a pretty good, theres also a 'sticky' post in the Help section for another. If its the latter, If Im going out I just set the screensaver to prompt for my log in password, then hey presto, within three or four minutes of being away from the pc you can stop others arsing about on it! lol. Thats on XP and 2000 windows only I think.

Im sure theres better answers though! lol.

Cheerio

Sirius.

[The Joker]

Moved 2 help m8!

[abbo]

What i ment is to stop others sending me shit and accessing my computer with shity desktops.
my computer now takes around 5-10 mins to load up with all this crap and my home page is suppossed to be nlt but somthin has taken over that to.I can change it back to ntl but when i shutdown and startup again its on there and loads of popups come up I have tryed and tryed to re-move programs but somehow they still get back

Im sorry if this makes sence to anyone please HELP

[spiely]

Get ad aware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Run this programme a few times to get all the shit off your PC

Then get Google toolbar with pop up blocker http://toolbar.google.com/

Then get free zone alarm from www.zonelabs.com

Then get a good antivirus programme.

Always have Zone Alarm and your antivirus running in background.

Have automatic update set (for XP)


Try this and see if it helps

If you don't have it get Windows XP as it's more secure.

It doesn't matter what protection you have if someone has physical access to your PC they can get in. It takes 20 seconds to get into Windows XP Pro. Inserting a Windows 2000 CD into an XP system allows one to bypass all password protection and manipulate any part of the machine at will. Anyone with a Windows 2000 CD can boot up a Windows XP box and start the Windows 2000 Recovery Console. The intruder has Administrator privileges even if he or she does not provide a password, and can also assume the identity of any other user of the machine.

In Microsofts own words "If someone has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore."

[Jimmy]

if you use p2p a lot kazaa, e-donkey, torrents etc then get protowall class packet blocker !