Any good on-line security checkers?

Firegod · 14 Aug 2006 at 16:57

I've tried the Symantec On-line scan which said everything was ok, but I was just wondering if there are any others that people use to make sure everything is fine?

Thanks.

Gusev · 14 Aug 2006 at 17:58

I use Ewido which is really good at finding any spyware on your machine. Trend is very good for virus scanning Trend Housecall

Hope this helps

Firegod · 14 Aug 2006 at 18:10

Gusev said:
I use Ewido which is really good at finding any spyware on your machine. Trend is very good for virus scanning Trend Housecall

Hope this helps

Thanks, I was hoping more so for network security scanners, but I was not very clear in my first post.

michellez · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:04

Shields Up on grc.com checks ports

BoomAM · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:13

michellez said:
Shields Up on grc.com checks ports

I agree.
The tests on grc are pretty much the industry standard security checkers for connections.
The podcasts that Steve Gibson does are excellent and i high recommend people listening to them.

denz1968 · 15 Aug 2006 at 12:37

BoomAM said:
The podcasts that Steve Gibson does are excellent and i high recommend people listening to them.

What Podcasts, where

mike1210 · 15 Aug 2006 at 13:02

BoomAM said:
I agree.
The tests on grc are pretty much the industry standard security checkers for connections.

surely nmap and the like would be a better option for industry

http://www.netmonitor.org/tools/nscan.php

another scanner

http://scan.sygate.com/

and another

grc can be useful as a quick guide and to check if routers have managment ports open by default though

Firegod · 15 Aug 2006 at 13:24

Thanks for the links, I will check them out.

BoomAM · 15 Aug 2006 at 16:07

mike1210 said:
surely nmap and the like would be a better option for industry

Maybe.
But grc is done by the security industrys version of Bill Gate or John Carmack: Steve Gibson.

denz1968 said:
What Podcasts, where

They're on grc, and on iTunes, called 'Security Now!'

tsinc80697 · 15 Aug 2006 at 16:23

"this computer appears to be VERY SECURE since it is NOT exposing ANY of its internal NetBIOS networking protocol over the Internet."

Always nice to know

all ports stealth aswell !

Not seen shields up in ages!

mike1210 · 15 Aug 2006 at 16:34

BoomAM said:
Maybe.
But grc is done by the security industrys version of Bill Gate or John Carmack: Steve Gibson.

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I knew who was behind it, he gets slated by experts though

www.grcsucks.com

BoomAM · 15 Aug 2006 at 21:10

mike1210 said:
I knew who was behind it, he gets slated by experts though

www.grcsucks.com

Maybe so.
But it doesnt stop 'ShieldsUp!' from being the best, in many peoples opinions, system security checker.