You might be interested in putting a firewall up. Nice program is conseal
that will keep others out of your pc while your surfing the net. Web
address for the s/w is www.signal9.com.
>From: Lynn <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Security Software
>Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:22:10 -0600
>
>What kind of software would prevent others from getting into your computer
>to gather information about you. I went to a site called Shields Up and
>it grabbed my user name and number from the computer and I would never have
>known if it hadn't told me.
>
>TIA
>Lynn Kucera
>
>
>At 10:05 PM 01/04/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Next Tuesday I am starting a course in Computer Security and was
>wondering
> >if anybody could help me in locating software that is used in that field.
> >Specifically the software is called something like FORENSIC software. It
>is
> >supposed to be able to read deleted files from hard drives and floppies.
>It
> >is supposedly what the Police and FBI use to retrieve data from said
>media.
> >Also there is supposed to be software that does the opposite, i.e. it is
> >supposed to erase data so that the FORENSIC software will not be able to
> >recover it. Has anybody seen anything like this? I have some good search
> >programs, but I have no idea how to search for this. Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> > Wayne Harris
> >
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