This is only a suggestion. Take it how you want.
I like using Linux as the firewall, for the state-full packet inspection
capabilities. I got the idea from an article about putting IPCop in
VirtualPC from Microsoft.
Siok, Joshua. "How To: Setup an IPCop Virtual Machine Firewall to Protect
your Windows Host (For Free!)." *Instructables*
Web. 4 May 2010. <
http://www.instruct
Since you and other use Linux separately from Windows, you may want to set
up a specialized linux or hardware firewall for your windows machines.
Again, your network, your choice.
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 8:34 AM, David Neeley <dbneeley@gmail.
>
>
> Roy,
>
> I'm glad you followed my hunch that it might indeed be a rootkit. I've
> had clients with those before, so I have had to deal with them on
> several occasions myself.
>
> You would still be best advised to do a full reinstall from a clean,
> freshly formatted disk. If the rootkit authors were clever, they could
> have inserted a "back door" that would keep the system vulnerable.
>
> I don't recall if you said which version of Windows is on your wife's
> machine, but if it will support Win 7 that would probably be the best
> idea if she still insists upon running Windows--since that is what is
> getting nearly all of Microsoft's attention in security matters.
>
> It is still a very good idea to be sure she has a very good firewall,
> anti-malware and anti-virus programs in place and properly set. Even
> so, that will not protect the average user who tends to click on "OK"
> whenever a warning shows up from their security software.
>
> As your experience shows, some of these things take multiple products
> to find and eliminate. That should also make everyone realize that
> relying upon a single program for a particular aspect of security is
> not always a good idea.
>
> The other issue is that for a security program to be effective, it
> often must be quite sensitive--which in turn can lead to many false
> positives. In that case, the user is often lulled into thinking things
> are always false positives, and in turn that leads ignoring warnings.
>
> Keep trying to get her to shift to Linux!
>
> David
>
>
> --- In LINUX_Newbies@
> Roy <linuxcanuck@
> >
> > First the good news. It is gone. The bad news is that it was a rootkit as
> > someone suggested. I am crossing my fingers that no personal info was
> lost.
> >
> > I tried several Linux rescue CDs to no avail. It was clean as far as they
> > could tell. I then installed unhackme in Windows and it did the trick. It
> > found the rootkit but it took several tried and re-boots to remove it. I
> > hope that it is gone. I managed to re-install avg and the firewall, so
> that
> > at least is a positive sign.
> >
> > I hate Windows. Now that I have that off of my chest, I can get on with
> > enjoying Linux. I am in Sabayon tonight. Life is good!
> >
> > Thanks for your help and encouragement.
> >
> > Roy
>
>
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