Tip: Using Live-CD To pay for things

[White Cuban]

Hi, Recently i saw alot of people complaining about spyware and stuff, and yes its true that when computer is compromised you really really cant trust it again, you dunno what happens.

anyway a small tip what i do.

Pop in a live Linux Distro CD - Restart, Open firefox, viola do it from here.

Even safer then using VMware because nothing is saved except the live memory which fades quite quickly

[Sethos]

I don't think I have the patience for that :rofl:

Not like I'm having major security breaches that would require me to do that ... :|

[WooSH]

lmao. or you could just format everytime you want to purchase something.

[White Cuban]

I don't think I have the patience for that :rofl:

Not like I'm having major security breaches that would require me to do that ... :|

Having a prepaid card emptyed containing about 100$ was enough for me, i really do understand how crucial lesson that was, if that was a credit card i could be on the street or anyone could, i really cant stress how people don't mind security.

Maleware is just too frikkin smart theese days, antiviruses and antispyware dont cut it anymore, especially when your E-Buying, just too risky. Knowing what goes on there

[addc182]

Not like I'm having major security breaches that would require me to do that ... :|

not that you're aware of :shiftyninja:

[Sethos]

Yeah well, I've been purchasing online for years and never lost a single dollar to any fraud or security breaches - Could be because I stick to 'trusted' sites, I don't browse random pr0n ( On this PC ... ), I open my NetBank with the security file/code and Copy & Paste my card information instead of writing it, in case I would have a keylogger.

*Waits for the hoard of tinfoil-people to set me straight and tell me it's only a matter of time* :p

[White Cuban]

Yeah well, I've been purchasing online for years and never lost a single dollar to any fraud or security breaches - Could be because I stick to 'trusted' sites, I don't browse random pr0n ( On this PC ... ), I open my NetBank with the security file/code and Copy & Paste my card information instead of writing it, in case I would have a keylogger.

*Waits for the hoard of tinfoil-people to set me straight and tell me it's only a matter of time* :p

So can you give me some "trusted" porn? :p

[+John Teacake MVC]

Yeah well, I've been purchasing online for years and never lost a single dollar to any fraud or security breaches - Could be because I stick to 'trusted' sites, I don't browse random pr0n ( On this PC ... ), I open my NetBank with the security file/code and Copy & Paste my card information instead of writing it, in case I would have a keylogger.

*Waits for the hoard of tinfoil-people to set me straight and tell me it's only a matter of time* :p

Exactly Me too!!! People are more worried about other people stealing their info from their bins . . . I wish people would wake up and see that its the PC infront of them crammed full of lovely spyware thats stealing their data. What self respecting criminal is going to go routing through peoples bins . . . .

[anarkhy]

Better to install linux on a partition so it will always be there when you need it.

I just dont trust windows anymore, even with anti viruses and firewall, there is always a chance something is hidden on your machine and you dont know about.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

What self respecting criminal is going to go routing through peoples bins . . . .

The crackhead or casual opportunist!

[Unimatrix Xero]

always used online shopping and never had any issues at all

[GrimReeper]

I'm more concerned about the store I'm giving my details to stealing them than malware :p

I'm curious. Who has or does use keyscrambler?

[Panacik]

Hi, Recently i saw alot of people complaining about spyware and stuff, and yes its true that when computer is compromised you really really cant trust it again, you dunno what happens.

anyway a small tip what i do.

Pop in a live Linux Distro CD - Restart, Open firefox, viola do it from here.

Even safer then using VMware because nothing is saved except the live memory which fades quite quickly

What if the person has a newer machine which the Linux distros dont have the network drivers for etc? That person also needs to know how to use Linux, which the adverage Joe does not. They would wonder where the start button is.

A machine that is "compromised" can be trusted again after a format. However, if the users machine is being infected with spyware that often, i would suggest they stop looking for porn and juarez.

Been using online banking for years and never had a problem.

Come to that, i never had spyware or a virus unless i had a purpose to download one to my machine for testing purposes.

[Sophism]

Right, you have fun doing that. Ill just practice safe computing sex. Much easier and less time consuming.

And yes, i have been purchasing stuff for years and have never lost a single dime to any stolen information.

[tsupersonic]

If you're going to be that paranoid, you might as well stop online shopping. And yes I realize, you can have your identity, credit card/bank card numbers stolen even if you don't do online shopping/banking.

[GrimReeper]

Maybe now would be a appropriate time to post this picture.

[.Kompressor]

run your browsers in a sandboxed environment. like sandboxie

or

as you mentioned....

surf the net in a vmware session

and use the vmware host machine for banking.

Yeh with this age of identity theft and keylogging....it's worrying how safe your data is sometimes... especially when other people use your machine in a household who aren't as tech savvy as you are.

[Mathachew Veteran]

Or virtual credit cards

[Tristan]

Or virtual credit cards

I have those but I keep forgetting to use them.