Computers

Encrypt your confidential file using TrueCrypt

17 July 2008 6 Comments

If you have a top secret and confidential data, where you will save it? Will you put it on your Windows desktop? Or put it in your My Documents? Of course you will answer NO to these two questions, right? If we do not secure our confidential data or file, there is no point we classified it as confidential. So we need a special mechanism that can protect the data. And another question is, what mechanism that we can use?

usb truecrypt I choose TrueCrypt. TrueCrypt is a free open source software that able to create file container which you can use as virtual drive on your computer. The file container is encrypted depending on the encryption algorithm that you choose upon the creation of the file. You are also required to enter password to protect the file container.

The file container is like a normal file that you can copy, delete, cut and paste on any digital media storage such thumbdrive. Although you create the file container in Windows, but you also can open it in Linux platform as long as you have TrueCrypt installed in the operating system.

Lets go back to my example above. If I have a confidential file that I want to encrypt, I will create a file container using TrueCrypt and then mount the file to the computer. TrueCrypt will prompt you to enter the password. If the password is correct, TrueCrypt will mount the file container.

StaffCop – Network, Computer and Employee Monitoring Software

22 June 2008 21 Comments

The software that I will review here is a monitoring software. I tested it on my PC which is a standalone PC and has Internet connection. I leave it runs in one day and records any activities performed on the PC. And here is the review.

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Introduction

StaffCop is a network, computer and employee monitoring software. This software is able to record every single things that happens to your PC or your employees’ PC. Any applications they have opened, websites they have viewed, keystrokes they have typed, everything, will be logged into its own record system.

The main purpose of StaffCop is actually to monitor your employees’ activities during their work hours with the PC. So you will know, whether the person who uses the computer doing their work or just playing games or watching movies.

Delete or Erase files with Eraser

17 June 2008 7 Comments

I use my PC mostly for blogging, internet surfing and sometimes pay bills online. I also store sensitive information such as my education grades (this can be sensitive information too :p ) in my PC. Everything that I do and files that I saved are recorded and stored into the hard disk. Even though I have deleted the files and removed “the traces”, they are still exist in my hard disk.

Maybe you have heard about this. When we delete a file, the file that we have deleted is not removed from our hard disk entirely. It is still exist in our hard disk but the operating system doesn’t know where to find it because the first byte of the file has been changed to E5 (a HEX value). The data is still remains on the hard disk unchanged unless when a new data is written on it.

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If you have sensitive documents in your PC or you don’t want somebody else found what you did with the PC, you can wipe your traces by using Eraser. Eraser is a powerful tool that can help you to cover up your tracks. This freeware tool will overwrite the file up to 35 times when using Guttmann technique.

Kaspersky 2009 is available now!

7 June 2008 50 Comments

Note: This article contains valid activation key for 6 months period Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 product.

I am a legal Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS) user and have waiting this new version to come out for long time. I really wanted to see its new interface and the new features in this new version.

Although I am eligible to be a beta tester for Kaspersky product but I keep myself away because I want to make it as a surprise to myself. The new version of Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) and KIS have been released. And I have upgraded and protect my PC with the latest KIS version!

RoboForm – Remembers Passwords So You Don’t Have To

7 May 2008 17 Comments

In our daily life, Internet is so important. We use the internet to check our emails, login into our online bank account, login to Paypal, check your feed news, and many more. Each of the website requires you to enter your username and password before you can use the services provided. One of the good methods to secure your accounts is to use different password for each account you have. But, the problem to human being is, some of them can’t remember all the passwords they use.

So, is there has any method or software that can helps us to remember all the passwords? Firefox has the feature to remember the password we entered and we only need to remember the master password. But, how about if we want to login from someone PC? Like your friend’s PC for example. Your passwords are stored in your PC and not in your friend’s PC. So, how can you login to your account if you can’t remember the password? And even if you remember the password, are you sure your friend’s PC is safe? No keylogger installed?

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RoboForm is the software that can helps you to remember your passwords. But, I had to tell you first, this software is not free. You have to pay for it but believe me, this software is really cool and helps me a lot. It is so efficient but has one tiny problem. I will discuss the problem at the end of this post.

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