Showing posts with label security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label security. Show all posts

Monday, September 27, 2010

Unkhown Publisher warning message after SP2

After Windows XP Service Pack 2 installation and whenever you are going to run an application, this security warning message appears in your screen:
 "Unknown Publisher - The publisher could not be Verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?" and you have to choose the "Yes" or "No" option to allow or not, the program execution.

Note: Keep in mind that if you disable this security warning, following the steps below you open a security hole on your computer, because every program with the excluded extension can run on your computer without your permission (e.g. virus, Trojans, etc.)

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Windows XP Security Tips

In our days all of us, we use a computer in a small network connected to internet, in our home or in a biggest network in our job for work, information or just entertainment.
However, over time the security risks are increasing but a lot of simple users or small companies, they don't know how to protect themselves from viruses, internet computers attacks, or data abstractions.
At this post, i 'll try to give some personal advices, for your own protection in Windows XP environment , from my experience until today.

1. First of all choose the Windows XP Professional Edition instantly Windows XP Home Edition, for operating system in your computer.
And this, because unfortunately Windows XP Home Edition, doesn't have all of the security features of Windows XP Professional Edition.

2. Use a strong password for each user account you have at your computer. A big security risk at Windows XP installation, is that Administrator account already exists but has a blank password. If a little expert user tries to log on in your machine using this account in safe or normal mode, then he will have full access in your data and in all of your computer settings and information.