Software and Security

[Tacgnol]

Since the government is allowed to search your harddrive for no reason, you can put everything onto a harddrive image.

Windows / Mac Compatible
VMware puts everything that you do within VMware into a box.
You can delete the file very easily to prevent access from it.
It is basically a virtual computer self contained within a file.
If you take this file when your not using it and change its extension, no one can tell what its used for.

VMware also made Thinstall.
Thinstall allows you to install a program and then bundle it into a single file.
If you Thinstall your browser it leave no residue.

Netstat
Both windows and mac come with a operating system command called netstat which allows you to monitor your incoming and outgoing ip addresses.
I don't knwo the exact command for mac.
For windows hit windows key + r to bring up a command window, type in "cmd" and hit enter, you'll now be at the command line.
Type in "netstat - an 2".
All foreign ip addresses/ports will show up and you'll see the applications its connected to.
this can be useful for seeign if you have tojans or spyware. reboot your computer and use this before you open any internet applications such as your browser or instant messengers.


Windows only
Groove, I made another thread about this.
Basically its a discussion server, file server, what ever you want all hosted on someones desktop.
sypheria.com/groove/groove.zip
I have the serial code, if you need it pm me via forums.(only certain people will receive it)

CCleaner - another thread I made on this as well.
Cleans out your computer of old garbage files or net browsing files.
It can also be used to free up tons of space and speedup your computer.

All these programs can be found with a quick google search.
a few of them will require torrents.(mininova.org or google "x torrent)


NOTE: its important to realise that VMware is a operating system virtualization. therefore weather or not you run linux or mac, you can still run the windows products using VMware.

[dodge]

So putting my browser in Thinstall and running this website, it won't leave any trace of this website on my comp in any way? Is that what it means? haha

[Tacgnol]

Yes, normally your browser makes temporary files and scatters them all over your computer.
when you Thinstall a application it puts everything into a single executable.
When you run the executable, it opens a "sandbox folder" that it invented.
When you close the exe it deletes the folder.
all your data is still inside the single executable.
If you put it on your usbstick you can take ti anywhere and its easily removable in a single file instead of scattered all over the place.
When you make the exe using thinstall you can choose to make it clean itself every time you run it leaving no trace fo previous actions within the exe, or you can have it save the data in the exe.

Its alien technology as one of my professors like to say.

[dodge]

-head spins- Whoa.

[scartcticcg]

Looks like we found our way around government spying.

[Tacgnol]

I just remembered this.
If your running VMware and you freshly install your own OS, you will be free of all malware, including spyware and Trojans.
Also, if your VMware installation becomes infected you can just use a earlier version.
Since its a single file as a harddrive image, you can make copies of it and use one as a main and keep others for backup.

[anonahmus]

Macfag here, inb4 any mac hate.

Is all this software Windoze only? If so is their any similar software for mac?

Thanks

[Tacgnol]

Apr 6, 2009 6:24:51 GMT -5 anonahmus said:

Macfag here, inb4 any mac hate.

Is all this software Windoze only? If so is their any similar software for mac?

Thanks

VMware and Thinstall both work on mac.
VMware will also allow you to run the other programs since its basically virtualization of a operating system in a box.

[Tacgnol]

VMware makes a self contained virtual computer within a single file.
When your not using it, change the extension of this file.
That causes the file to change from a VMware image to a unrecognized file.
remember that before you attempt to use it again, you'll have to change the extension back.

[Tacgnol]

Updated the software sections with the netstat command.

[scartcticcg]

Will any of these need me to wipe my hard drive first? I have a lot of shit from all corners of the internet, and I don't want to have to go looking for it all again.

[Tacgnol]

Apr 6, 2009 16:21:50 GMT -5 scartcticcg said:

Will any of these need me to wipe my hard drive first? I have a lot of shit from all corners of the internet, and I don't want to have to go looking for it all again.

Nope