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Security Concerns

#1 Post by italianoman421 »

For security on my Puppy distro, I was wondering:

What is a good Proxy program to install?

This is my first time using firefox, what are good security add-ons for puppy?

I need a virus scanner for both Linux and windows so I can scan Puppy and my PC from Puppy. What is a good program to use for this?

Any other suggestions?

BTW - I boot Puppy from a USB and am using 5.0

Thanks

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#2 Post by Wheres One »

NoScript and Adblock are two very nice add-ons for Firefox, Seamonkey, and other Mozilla based browsers.

NoScript allows you to selectively block or allow Java, JavaScript, Flash, etc. from being executed.

Adblock allows you to block adds and other annoying things that consume your bandwidth and are generally irritating. This was included
by default in older versions of Puppy Linux and may be included by default in Lucid Puppy, but I'm not sure as I haven't used it with Firefox.

You can download them here.

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#3 Post by nooby »

I need a virus scanner for both Linux and windows so I can scan Puppy and my PC from Puppy. What is a good program to use for this?
That is what I would like to have too. We have a thread about rather recently. was it some weeks or months ago.

Try using this search

http://www.wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#4 Post by Wheres One »

BetterPrivacy is another nice utility. It allows you to manage Flash-cookies.
You can download it here.

As a side note, it would appear, from my limited look through the sites, that BetterPrivacy is not compatible with Seamonkey 1.1.18 or ealier. If anyone knows of a way of getting it to work with Seamonkey 1.1.18 or earlier, I would greatly appreciate a link.

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#5 Post by Lobster »

Proxy = Tor
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Tor

Proxy = OpenSSH
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/OpenSSH

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#6 Post by disciple »

I need a virus scanner... What is a good program to use for this?
AVG, Avast, XF-prot...
Do you know a good gtkdialog program? Please post a link here

Classic Puppy quotes

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#7 Post by nooby »

disciple wrote:
I need a virus scanner... What is a good program to use for this?
AVG, Avast, XF-prot...

Slacko puppy can run AV it is named XFprot but one need to download the latest signatures so them look for current virus and not the old ones :)

they have a thread here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=70844
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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#8 Post by madchad »

NoScript in tandem with Ghostery. Nothing will get through unless you want it to get through.

The best defense is to know how to tweak your browser settings. Paranoia helps.

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#9 Post by nooby »

Ghostery is new to me. Sure I can google. Is it an addon for Firefox and what about it makes you prefer it to other such similar addons?
Ah here it is.
http://www.ghostery.com/about

But I dorwn in so much info to go through. What is it?
How does it work in what way is it a help?
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

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