Firewall & AV tests

[Fed]

These are oldies but goodies, how do you rate?

Test your Firewall  
http://scan.sygatetech.com/

Test your AV software  
http://www.eicar.com/anti_virus_test_file.htm

Test someone else's AV software  
http://www.declude.com/Articles.asp?ID=99

It's a cold Saturday morning here & I have too much free time on my hands.  

[Flame]

Yay! It couldn't find my computer name or services! One problem... It found my REAL Ip... I use the Micrsoft Sp2 Firewall... Is that a hazard?!

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[Fed]

The website needs to know your IP so it can send the bytes back to your computer, just like any website.
Otherwise you would never get anything back on your screen.
If it worries you, go through a proxy server like
http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html but there's not really much point unless you're up to something shifty. LOL.

[Flame]

I see... But my IP is not being "staticed". In otherwords, it is not one that is being hidden... That's all that concerns me...

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[Fed]

If it was hidden there would be no way for the website to display on your screen, this goes for any website.
With a proxy, the information goes back through the proxy's IP first & then back to you so the website would then display the proxy's IP.
Try it with the proxy server link above.

[Flame]

What I mean is that Crackers/Hackers can see your true address... For instance, Norton Internet Security says that they have software that hides your IP address from hackers... But what concerns me, is that I have no such protection...

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[Fed]

If you go to a website, that site will have/know your IP address.
Norton's claim is probably that your computer would be unresponsive to scans.

[Flame]

So confusing! lol

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[Raptor]

You need an IP adress in order for the TCP/IP protocol to understand where to send the packets to. If it could not see your IP adress, it can not see your computer.

. It found my REAL Ip... I use the Micrsoft Sp2 Firewall... Is that a hazard?!

That depends on what you would consider a hazard. If you mean using the SP 2 firewall. Yes, it is. If you mean that it could see your real IP adress, no.

[merlin_2]

http://downloads.designtechnica.com/Internet/Web+browsers+and+tools/Anonymous+surfing/363454/Invisible+Browsing.html


antir/personal edition free.........and sygate personal edition........and hidden in the armoury is sub-seven

[Computer_Commando]

So confusing! lol

See my sig...that's your Public IP.  No...it's not being "hacked".  If you didn't have a Public IP, how would all the bits, bytes, words and packets (i.e. 1's and 0's), find their way to you?

It's like having your address on your mailbox so the mailman can find you and deliver your mail to you.  Any help?

[Fed]

Lookout Flame! Now everyone has got your IP address!   ROTFLMAO!

[Flame]

I just soiled myself! lol  (Not for real. but I better check... lol    )

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