I still haven't been able to download an Adobe Flashplayer that works. Is there one in the Repositories?
On 2/16/09, Luis Alberto <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Ted Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 16:23 -0500, Bubba cakes wrote: >> > Hi, all, >> > I hope this is the right list... >> > >> > I have some basic questions, and I wonder if this is the place to ask >> > them. >> > >> Probably as good as any. :) >> > I want to know about internet security, how to keep my computer from >> > being infected with viruses, spamware, spyware, adware, >> > whatever-ware... >> > >> > Is there a program that I can run to check all my files and drives for >> > security problems? >> > >> > What about a firewall? >> > >> > Actually, I don't know what I need. I'm a construction guy, and need >> > you computer guys to tell me what to do. >> > >> You don't need any of the above. >> >> Going through the list, there's no such thing as viruses, adware, >> spyware, whatever, for GNU/Linux. This is for a combination of reasons >> -- the system isn't a very alluring target for bot herders, but it's >> also built much more securely than Windows, so it's much harder to >> infect. >> >> By default, gNewSense doesn't have any network services active, meaning >> there's no reason to use a firewall. >> >> If you really want to run security programs, I suggest chkrootkit and >> rkhunter. They are programs that install themselves to run automatically >> every so often and report on how vulnerable or 'hacked' the system >> looks. They can have a lot of false positives though, so unless you want >> to learn more about security, I wouldn't bother with them. >> >> > I would like to be able to browse the internet without being monitored >> > by anyone. I would also like to send emails without receiving ten >> > freakin advertisements based on words I just sent to someone. Is this >> > possible? >> > >> In a sense. However, I don't think you're meaning exactly what you're >> asking. >> >> You could set up Tor (there's a detailed guide on doing that on >> <http://torproject.org>, follow the Ubuntu/Debian instructions) for >> anonymous browsing, but if you just want to avoid ads, then just install >> the Adblock extension for Firefox (I believe the package is called >> adblock-plus, but if you just searched adblock in Add/Remove, you'd find >> it). Additionally... >> >> > Is it possible to use the internet and email (Gmail) without somebody >> > always reading/monitoring my activities? >> > >> Not really. Email is a clear-text protocol. Your email provider will be >> able to read any emails you send via them, unless they are encrypted. >> Setting up email encryption is a more complex task that would make this >> a very long message, so I'll just refer you to the vast amount of guides >> on google. Note that it isn't particularly hard, just complicated. >> >> In terms of ads directed at your email content, there's no way to stop >> google from gathering data from you if you use their service, but you >> can stop seeing them if you set up an email client like Thunderbird or >> Evolution. >> > Is Gmail email using a proxy server? (I think it is, but don't really >> > know.) >> > >> No, definitely not. What do you mean by "proxy server", though? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gNewSense-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users >> >> I couldn't say it any better. > > > -- > Luis A. Guzmán García > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > >
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