Dasient Web Anti-Malware (WAM)

Dasient Web Anti-Malware (WAM) is a service to check your site for malware which may have been planted on it, and to see if your site has been blacklisted as a potential source of malware.

Sucuri: Free Website Security Monitoring

MakeUseOf has a post on Sucuri: Free Website Security Monitoring.

“Sucuri is a free website security monitoring service which can scan your site at regular intervals and notify about any unauthorized changes via email, SMS or Twitter. It checks for things like DNS and Whois hijacking, blacklisting, malware injection and site defacement.”

Good precaution to take these days.

PREDATOR protects your PC with a USB flash drive

PREDATOR is a way to protect your PC with a USB flash drive.

Basically, you use the flash drive like a key — no flash drive plugged in, nobody can use your computer.

WARNING: be sure to configure more than one flash drive in the same way with this, in case you lose your flash drive or it malfunctions.

Freeware for personal use.  Use at your own risk.

Delete Files Permanently with SDelete

Delete Files Permanently with SDelete, a freeware utility that overwrites files so they cannot be recovered.

Prevent keyloggers from grabbing your passwords

Windows Secrets has advice on how to Prevent keyloggers from grabbing your passwords.

Keyloggers may be software or hardware methods of stealing your passwords.  This article explains them and how to deal with them.

10 ways to detect computer malware

TechRepublic has advice on 10 ways to detect computer malware.

What to watch for, how to prevent it, and how to handle it.  Useful info!

Windows SteadyState from Microsoft

Windows SteadyState is a Microsoft freeware product which returns your computer to the same condition as it was before the last user.

Got pranksters around?  Someone who downloads who knows what?

“Windows SteadyState can return your family computer and hard disk to the condition it was before your children changed it. You just restart your computer.”

Get all security patches without WGA nightmares

Windows Secrets has a post on how to Get all security patches without WGA nightmares.

“In an April 16 Windows Secrets story, contributing editor Ryan Russell argued that WGA poses a risk to the world because Microsoft prevents machines that fail WGA validation from getting some security patches through Windows’ Automatic Updates mechanism. Unpatched machines are vulnerable to remote attacks that enroll them in hackers’ bot armies.

In today’s Known Issues column, several WS readers report that WGA wrongly disabled software they’d legitimately purchased. (An Ars Technica article back in January 2007 estimated at least 5 million WGA false positives, based on Microsoft’s own numbers.)”

The article describes how to avoid the WGA and get the patches yourself if you want to avoid this problem.

Freebyte’s Guide to Free anti-virus software

Freebyte’s Guide to Free anti-virus software has links and recommendations for anti-virus, firewalls, removal, anti-rootkit, and more.

ThreatFire AntiVirus is free

ThreatFire AntiVirus – Behavioral Virus and Spyware Protection is freeware (with a fancier pay version also available) with a high rating for protecting your system.  There’s also a free anti-virus for Macs!

This site also offers Spyware Doctor and Firewall Plus.

My Internet Explorer Cannot Connect to Secure Web Sites

My Internet Explorer Cannot Connect to Secure Web Sites is an Internet Fixes post.

When your IE can’t seem to connect properly to a secure site (such as the Library’s databases, or a site with password protection, or a payment page), you can check here for possible solutions.

How to configure and use NoScript

Dave’s Computer Tips has a post on How to configure and use NoScript.

Firefox users with the NoScript addon can prevent every site from running code until and unless you say it’s okay.

With all the malware being installed on websites — even legitimate, normally trustworthy ones — these days, it’s becoming a good precaution.

BTW (By The Way): you need Java enabled to run on the campus and library web sites, and it is safe to do that.

Free Firewall Protection

Ask Bob Rankin has a post on Free Firewall Protection.

Hey, why not use a firewall when it’s free?  Protect yourself online.

Hints For Protecting Online Privacy

Popular Mechanics has Hints For Protecting Online Privacy.

Gizmo’s Best Free Windows 7/Vista 64 bit Software

[updated 2009.7.20]

“Gizmo” Richards has a post on his picks for the Best Free Windows 7/Vista 64 bit Software.

This blogger tests everything and gives you the facts, in detail, so he’s an excellent resource for finding as much freeware as you can for your Windows 7/Vista 64-bit system.

Browser, firewall, anti-virus, office suite, and more are recommended here.

Keep Your Password Secret

Keep Your Password Secret is a service which allows you to safely use public computers and networks despite the risks of spyware and keyloggers.

“…in many cases it is still possible that someone else has installed the spyware without the owner’s knowledge or consent, even without ever being physically present at the site! The spyware could then pick up your passwords when entered into the computer and disclose them to whoever controls the spyware – and this works, of course, also remotely.”

“Our service, called KYPS, enables you to log into your accounts from a public/shared computer, without disclosing your password to that computer. KYPS is very easy to use and does not require you to run any software on the public/shared computer – all you have to do is to obtain a list of one-time codes from the KYPS server, print these codes, and keep the printout safely in your wallet (alternatively you could save your codes on your mobile phone or PDA). You can then log into your account using your one-time codes instead of your password.”

How to stop Skype spam

The Kim Komando radio show and web site has instructions for Skype users on How to stop Skype spam.  It’s a matter of the proper settings.

UnmaskParasites for a Website Security Audit

MakeUseOf has a post about UnmaskParasites,  “a website security audit tool that lets you quickly check out if your site is being hacked and exploited by hackers. Simply type in the address of the website and click on the “Check” button. UnmaskParasites will then scan the page for spam links, malicious scripts, redirects and give you the overview report.”

This is a free service.

Given the increasing number of (even large corporation) websites that have had malicious code sneaked into them, it doesn’t hurt to check your own website once in a while to make sure you’re not infecting anybody.  Remember that the hosting service for your website might not have done the latest security patches or whatever else is needed for protection.

How to handle cyberbullying

The Kim Komando site has advice on How to handle cyberbullying.

Practical advice on how to deal with cyberbullying.

When a new medium is invented, somebody somewhere will find a way to abuse it… but there are ways to fight back.

BotHunter to check your computer

BotHunter lets you check for malware infecting your computer.

Freeware.