Protect your PC

[ImAndy]

Latest DoS attack was by an member of Fearless, which probably got exploited/hacked in some way, because he didn't have any firewall. He thought he was protected by the standard Windows Firewall. He became a so called zombie of an hacker, a computer used for attacking servers without the owner noticing it. If you don't believe it, he had a virus called Hack.tool.Oylecann.exe, which is according to microsoft.com: "HackTool:Win32/Oylecann.A is a tool that may be used to send a flood of network packets, like TCP, UDP and HTTP, to a designated target." Please protect your PC for your own security and for the server.


Step 1: Protecting your PC is easy and even free nowadays. Start with installing one of these firewalls, this could be:

- Microsoft Security Essentials (You need a legit Windows XP, Vista or 7 OS)
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-SG/windo...essentials

- Avg
http://free.avg.com

- Avast
http://www.avast.com

Step 2: I also recommend to do a full scan with my favorite scanner called Malwarebytes. Here you can download it: http://www.malwarebytes.org
It finds malware others firewalls won't find.

Done, your PC is a lot more secure now.

I think you're a bit confused with some of the things you have said :p From what it sounds like he downloaded a Trojan/Rat, something which made him part of a botnet (making his computer a 'zombie' ).

Firewalls won't stop viruses or malware, for that you need antivirus and anti-malware :p

Firewalls aren't REALLY needed on home computers, theyre just there too permit or deny network transmissions depending on rules set up by the user.

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You don't even need an anti virus.. Just don't download stuff from untrusted sources & don't allow Java on dodgy sites.

Simple :p