Guide by Chris and RuneScape
Hello, everybody. In this tutorial me and RuneScape will be teaching you how to stay secure whilst downloading files from this section. Please read the whole thread, and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask!
Tips and common sense:
- Always use a reliable Anti-virus
- Keep your anti-virus up to date
- Let somebody else test the download, and if they give the thumbs-up, you know it's safe!
- No such thing as gold changer, stat changer or anything long those lines
What is malware?
Malware, short for malicious software, consists of programming (code, scripts, active content, and other software) designed to disrupt or deny operation, gather information that leads to loss of privacy or exploitation, gain unauthorized access to system resources, and other abusive behavior. The expression is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software or program code.
Types of malware
How to keep safe:
Antivirus: Antivirus or anti-virus software is used to prevent, detect, and remove malware, including but not limited to computer viruses, computer worm, trojan horses, spyware and adware. This page talks about the software used for the prevention and removal of such threats, rather than computer security implemented by software methods.
Firewall: A firewall is a device or set of devices designed to permit or deny network transmissions based upon a set of rules and is frequently used to protect networks from unauthorized access while permitting legitimate communications to pass.
Many personal computer operating systems include software-based firewalls to protect against threats from the public Internet. Many routers that pass data between networks contain firewall components and, conversely, many firewalls can perform basic routing functions.
Recommended tools to keep you safe:
Spybot SND
Searches whole computer or just a certain file for malicious software commonly missed by anti-virus programs. Can be used to clean usage tracks.
Download Spybot SND
MalwareBytes
Download Malwarebytes
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a surprisingly effective freeware antimalware tool. It's a relatively speedy malware remover, with the quick scan taking about 8 minutes even with other high-resource programs running. The heuristics engine proved on multiple computers during empirical testing that it was capable of determining the difference between false positives and dangerous apps.
KeyScrambler
Download KeyScrambler
KeyScrambler encrypts your keystrokes deep in the kernel, giving keyloggers only meaningless keys to record.
Zone alarm Firewall
Download Zone Alarm Firewall
Award winning Firewall, internet firewall and computer security software by ZoneAlarm, including virus scan and anti-spyware protection.
COMODO FireWall
Download COMODO FireWall
Comodo Internet Security 2011 is the free, multi-layered, security application that offers complete protection from viruses, Trojans, worms, buffer overflows, zero-day attacks, spyware and hackers. Built from the ground upwards with your security in mind, Comodo Internet Security combines powerful Antivirus protection, an enterprise class packet filtering firewall, advanced host intrusion prevention, application control and anti-spyware in one supremely powerful application. The latest version sees a major leap forward in security and usability with the addition of cloud based virus-scanning and behavior analysis of unrecognized files - making CIS 2011 unbeatable at detecting zero-day attacks. Under default settings, unknown and untrusted files are automatically scanned by our cloud-based virus scanners then, while the file undergoes behavior analysis on our cloud server, it is run in a sandbox on your local machine so that it cannot modify or affect data on your 'real' system.
Version 1.0
- Guide posted
Version 1.1
- Minor updates to "Tips and Common Sense"
