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For example: does killdisk deal with bad sectors, HPA, DCO? Windows will use checkdisk feature to recover data (including malware). Commercial BCWipe is the tool to use. But then you can also get new HDD People get infected all the time, they don't care how many times as long as after removal...

just read Snowden on the topic, some Schneider's articles in the Guardian

Of course it can, by adding write only registers to the CPU Intel is a reason why TRESSOR in no longer an option for anyone interested in serious disk encryption (which is obviously no reason to worry for average user, but), also Intel already sabotaged the traditionally strong pseudorandom...

Unfortunately, in some instances even low level formatting will not get rid of some malware. Your system is simply compromised. Best bet is new disk and CPU (if Intel, AMD is o.k.). Of course, no user will go this far, but this just shows that today everybody needs to be very careful. Let's...

you can try to lower IE encryption requirements: enable TLS 1.0, also consider disabling Enhanced Protected Mode. In general this is not IE fault, some web sites are using old encryption (while encryption should be upgraded). hope this will help

funny, just to make sure... everybody is using windows + (mostly SkyDrive) or maybe Chrome or Opera?

Why would you like to run VPN? If anonymity/security is your concern but speed not so much, get TorWall, it is transparent tor for all windows browsers. When compared to Tor bundle, TorWall assumes that you configured securely browser. If you want to maintain current speed and add VPN, you will...

no, because users believe that installing all possible security software will render them immune to possible threats while in fact biggest security problem is user.

1) updated OS 2) configured firewall 3) secured browser(s) 4) EMET (configured) 5) SRP (if possible) 6) strict download/visited sites policy I don't have any AV anti malware installed. Why? Because OS is compromised already if you need to remove anything. It always amazes me when users with...

no, none of the email clients require special port opening

no, why? They solve your problem, they give you more privacy (fix problem with email retention on the server)

o.k. So Aurora 64-bit works It runs in privileged mode without user intervention. But Status Bar is gone! I wonder how can I access status bar only add-ons.

thank you, I will try aurora

you can install email client e.g. thunderbird which allows you to decide if email should be downloaded with the pictures or picture placeholders only. Configure for Hotmail and it will download all emails with picture placeholders. If you trust sender then click on the placeholder and pictures...

Never tried Aurora. Is there 64-bit version? Can you run Aurora in protected mode? What about extensions compatibility? Thank you

of course not, unless you are running web server this port should be closed. Web browsing does not require port 80 to be open

I did experiment with the font deletion removing all what I did not plan to use however in effect none of the rest of MS fonts will print (from any app). This may be printer related though (HP). Personally I would remove all MS fonts as these are quite low quality, however I could not find a way...

Hello, I wonder if someone is running firefox in protected mode and what is the trick for it? After setting protected mode firefox first asks for confirmation to run firefox.exe, then claims that it is running already and quits so I had to revert integrity to medium. thank you Edit: o.k...

Then, you need to understand what you are citing: the fact that someone developed (maybe) first cross platform malware means that this is only a beginning, so no need to try and check Merriam-Webster. So nearly "nonexistent" soon will be a problem. I was just pointing to the problem. It appears...

Hi DogPal, First and very important thing: don't get too paranoid. To be honest I doubt that you can really hide from NSA-like organizations, so I would concentrate on lesser evil. VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. VPN is used to secure your connections (half-way only, second half...