Streaming media without the trackers
Often streaming sites are filled with adverts and trackers, and the videos can be problematic or just inconvenient to play in a web browser. It is possible to stream many media sources with a separate … Read more
Posts in Category ‘Internet’
How to deal with a wall of SPAM
“Doctor, I think I have a spam problem. It keeps coming back” The first signs of spam often go unnoticed and untreated until eventually a plague is visible and difficult to deal with. The symptoms … Read more
DoH and DoT for Vivaldi and other browsers
Recently Mozilla decided their testing of DoH with Cloudflare is now ready for regular users and it can be enabled for those that want it. Are you feeling jealous of your Firefox friends and DNS … Read more
if a GoldBrute BlueKeep[s] probing my R[s]DP, will it be EternalBlue ?
As we seem to be eternally blue about the Windows network access vulnerabilities, and the latest botnet threat, I thought before I take cover I will have a look over the battlefield. Spotting the new … Read more
Is Google holding you back ?
github.com/searx/searx Many people online are trapped inside the Googlenet, trapped by the weighted, personalised and censored list. Mostly they are trapped by using the word “Google” instead of “Search“, and from not remembering a time … Read more
Cyber-Threat Maps
Malware, Hacking and Botnet Visualisation Where is the hacking and viri most popular, and where is it directed ? Check these world maps of virus and hacking activity. https://comparite.ch/ransomwaremap https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/botnet/ http://cybermap.holedge.com https://map.lookingglasscyber.com https://www.virustotal.com/statistics/ https://www.avira.com/en/threats-landscape https://threatmap.bitdefender.com http://cybermap.kaspersky.com … Read more
Best free Anti-virus
The best free Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware programs …but don’t just take my word for it Which Security Suite for Windows Provides Sustained Protection? Currently the best Free AV are; Avira https://www.avira.com/en/download/product/avira-free-antivirus Bitdefender https://www.bitdefender.co.uk/solutions/free.html Kaspersky https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/free-antivirus Avast https://www.avast.com (Avast can break website … Read more
Network – Router – Internet tools
Some tools you may (will) want to add to your collection Router Commanderhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/router_commander.html Setup a Static IP Addresshttp://portforward.com/help/setup_static_ip_address.htm Open Port Checkhttp://portforward.com/help/portcheck.htm Try the Port Forwarding utility (not free)http://portforward.com/store/PFCSetup.exe Open Visual Traceroute (Windows/Linux/Mac)http://sourceforge.net/projects/openvisualtrace/ vTracehttp://vtrace.pl 3d Traceroutehttp://www.d3tr.de.nyud.net GeoData … Read more
File-hosting
This is a collection of free hosting, mirroring and CDN links and info. … Please leave suggestions in the comments. EFF Guides Keeping Your Site Alive – Mirror Your Web Content Keeping Your Site Alive … Read more
