IP
What does the IP address come with in the computer? Meaning, for example, is the IP address engraved in the PC's hard drive, so if the hard drive is replaced with another it'll be replaced with a newer IP address?
And... what the hell is an IP address? I heard it classes your PC's speed or something, correct me if wrong.
So, its un-changeable?Hrmm, alrighty.Thanks.
So if I'm sitting in a coffe shop with my laptop using their wireless, I'll have a different IP adress?
yes
Huh, alrighty.Its just that a friend said that theres a chance people can access files such as bank details and such with this IP thingy.Just wanted to see if I could change it every now and again to make sure nothing personal goes walkies.
That's why you use a firewall. It helps prevent hackers from accessing "openings" in your computer.
Oooh, I see. Well thats good news, don't want to open my account up one day and find all my moneys gone, heh.... Just gotta make sure I have a firewall.
Just because I have your IP doesnt mean I can access your computer and start jumping thru your files.You have dynamic and static IP and firewalls help plus I have my own wireless network and you need password to log into my router and then a firewall on each computer on my network.I have firewals that cost money and I have a hardware firewall, a good one for ost people that do not want ot invest in alot of equipment or expense is Zone Alarms, I think its available on Downloads.com or cnet.the real worry you have is unknown people on your msn messenger.with messy I can grab an IP and gain access to your hard drive alot easier then if you simply tell me your IP Addy.Besides once your in thru a messy connection you get to bypass firewalls.if you go buy exspensive shit to back your system up for firewalls and such, make sure you use encryption.I do not know about AIM or Yahoo messenger as I never use them and I have not done any damage thru the last two versions of msn messenger maybe they fixed that loop hole, I simply do not have time to fuck up peoples computers any more and I always did it to people that needed it not just to random idiots on the web, get some spyware programs, I like to use atleast 3 and each time I run al three I find different shit with each one and each one misses something that another got.cookies are or atlast can give access to some pretty nasty shit and most people couldnt do a damned thing with your IP anyways, worry more about what your puter is accepting in cookies and downloading when you download other programs that have trojans in them or come in bundles
Hrmmm, what exactly can a hacker actually DO if he/ she gains access to your PC?I mean, excluding the bank detail stuff.
At the worst? Destroy everything on your computer....
Seriously?Holy crap. Is there like... any way to acknowledge whether your PCs bugged with that crap? or will you just randomly log on one day and boom, its gone.
Get a good firewall, clean your system often with a program like C Cleaner, run Ad-aware, Spybot or any other good anti spyware program. You can make your system not accept cookies, but some programs seem to need them. C Cleaner erases all internet cookies, temp files and addresses as well as search engine files. It is perfect to get rid of any trace that you were on the net.
It doesn't erase web history, because I seemingly erarsed it with C Cleaner, went on google desktop and searched certain websites - they all appeared.
As everyone said, if you have just a simple firewall (even windows' firewall that comes with SP2), you won't have any problem with hackers. Of course, you need to have an antivirus, too. It's very common that someones hides viruses behind a program that you've downloaded from web.Btw, don't worry about MSN, because it's quite impossible someone to get your ip address from there.Finally, I hate Zone-Alarm. It uses too much Windows' registry and this is bad for the performance of your system.Also, web history has nothing to do with security :P. You can keep it
