How safe is my computer
I have win xp home edition and Agnitum pro. When I test my pc to see how safe my pc is it keeps coming up with the message that it can't determine my IP address and therefore can't run the test. Does anyone know how to overcome this?
Many Thanks
gorgan
if you have a network card, its probably set up for DHCP by default, and if you are not connected to a network (or you are with no DHCP server) then you will get a problem.
Start - Settings - Control Panel - Network Connections
right click on yor network card, select Properties
Click on TCP/IP, and Properties
Change radio button to read "User the following IP Address"
IP. 192.168.0.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Leave the rest blank.. hope this helps..
Thanks for your reply. Mine is only a normal stand alone PC ie. No network. Therefore should I just follow and set it up as per your instructions and after the test should it just be left like that?
Thank you again
gorgan
I presume that by you asking "is my computer safe?", you mean "is my computer safe whilst on the internet?"
if so, what program/site is it that you are using to check your ip address?
a good site to check you 'secure' you computer is on the net is Shileds Up!
n30
@neocortex
Yes whilst on internet. The site I use is http://www.pcflank.com/scanner1.htm?from=myinternet
which is a site comes up when one clicks on test my pc when you open Agnitum Outpost pro.
gorgan
no its notOriginally posted by neocortex
a good site to check you 'secure' you computer is on the net is Shileds Up!
Go to This site and click on "Check for Security Risks".... You can check how secure your PC is through that... Don't use the crappy site you were using....
@neo2180
A very good site indeed. On security scan option my pc failed on Hacker Exposure check and Browser privacy check. I have agnitum pro firewall installed and don't know why it failedthose tests.
gorgan
It's not enough to just have a firewall installed.. You have to make sure it is configured properly...
Read your way through the manual and ensure it is set up properly...
If you cant get it config.. Use a better firewall (Norton Personal Firewall is what I use, totally secure)
Originally posted by marcode
no its not
Why not ?
They tell you what you don't want to hear so that you'll buy their products to "fix" the problem...Why not ?
Steve Gibson talks out of his ar$e, that's why.Originally posted by Tecpos
Why not ?
Understeer is when you hit a wall with the front of your car
Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the back of your car
Horsepower is how fast your car hits the wall
Torque is how far your car sends the wall across the field once you've hit it
Originally posted by Pegasus Team
Steve Gibson talks out of his ar$e, that's why.nicely put there m8e..
and soooo true... I thought that guy would have crawled up his own ar$e by now...
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