Comments for PC Sympathy

Comment on Rentpayment.com allows you to pay rent, for somebody else by Stormwolf

Stormwolf — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:56:26 +0000

LOL wow that’s quite a serious loophole..

Comment on Windows Vista Source Code Leaked! by Edward Bush Jr

Edward Bush Jr — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:40:05 +0000

LOL!!! Thanks guys! I needed the tension relief!!!! Source code reads like a comedy. There’s even some spanish (i.e. Java) in there. But I only speak English(C/C++ Win32 API).

Comment on Install the old version of Tweetdeck (0.38.2) by manunkind

manunkind — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:37:34 +0000

No problem. Enjoy!

Comment on Install the old version of Tweetdeck (0.38.2) by dan

dan — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:19:35 +0000

viollaa… thank bro, you save my deck :p

respect

Comment on My Data Backup Routine by manunkind

manunkind — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:08:42 +0000

Hello, Andy.

For your first question, it is always better to store a copy of the backup on a separate piece of media. What happens if somebody would break in and steal the entire computer? What happens if your hard drive stops spinning one day? Your local and easily recoverable backup is gone as well.

And secondly, this might be a matter of preference but I like Truecrypt’s plausible deniability model. With individual file encryption, the files themselves are still visible, file names, access times, modification times, creation times, etc are all visible and can be read. A truecrypt volume will hide all of this extra information.

Either or on the second question, but I hope you see the point about the external hard drive. That’s critical for a good backup routine.

Comment on My Data Backup Routine by Andy

Andy — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:19:39 +0000

Hi, thanks for the article. I found it interesting but two questions popped into my head as I was reading it. Firstly, why use an external drive rather than a partition on the hard drive? Secondly, why use an encrypted volume as opposed to encrypting each file individually? Does Truecrypt not support on-the-fly individual file encryption/decryption?

Comment on JPEG & PNG Stripper – Exif and Metadata Removal by James

James — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:57:01 +0000

Considering free options you can copy and paste a picture using an image editor, and the result won’t contain any metadata.

Another great alternative is EXIFCleaner by Superutils. It enables selective and batch EXIF removing.

Comment on SanDisk warns of USB drive threat by Green_Angel

Green_Angel — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:45:21 +0000

Hi there,

You may want to check out MetaDefender for Media (MD4M) at http://www.opswat.com/products/metadefender-for-media.
I think this is the ideal solution to protect your organization from risks associated with infected media present on peripheral devices such as USB drives, CDs and other media. MD4M scans your media using up to 10 antivirus engines (from AVG, CA, ESET and others) as well as your own custom engines (such as Data Loss Protection), and it also allows control over the flow of data in and out of an organization. After analysis, you can decide how the file is handled – whether it should be quarantined, allowed to enter/leave the organization, etc.
As far as I know, MD4M is available either as a kiosk or as standalone software to run on your own scanning station.

I hope this helps.

Comment on FBI Notification – Another Email Scam by spanky

spanky — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:29:56 +0000

If your stupid enough to send money to someone you don’t know or to send money to get money then thats your own ****ing fault..if your dumb enough to do so I do not feel sorry for any of you. Use your head people…

Comment on Cain & Abel v4.9.15 released by darklord

darklord — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:54:35 +0000

ineed to download it