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Security
Alert:
Please Stop
Using
Spoofarino™ |
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The incredible response to the release
of my Spoofarino™ utility has caused an overwhelming number of
NanoProbe packets being sent to GRC.com. The acceleration of
PSPS (packets per second per second) is 3.17 and it's climbing
at a geometric rate. If you don't know what that means, trust
me, it's bad and it's going to get a lot worse before it gets
better. I still believe that we need to hold ISPs accountable
for allowing Internet packets containing fraudulent return
addresses (spoofed source IPs) to escape onto the public
Internet, but apparently I have created the very Distributed
Denial of Service (DDoS) toolkit that I feared would someday
be created! This is probably not a good thing. But I meant
well, and I will NOT apologize for giving millions of
concerned Users the ability to hold an irresponsible ISP's
feet to the fire. But please, if you are using Spoofarino™ right
now, PLEASE STOP! The Internet cannot handle the incredible packet
overload that is being created by GRC.com Users. There is
also a small bug in the way the GENESIS technology opens a
stateless connection. Routers and switches at thousands of
ISPs all over the world are crashing right now because they
were never designed to handle improperly crafted connections.
Click here for
full
details. | |
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| SpinRite 6.0: With
TechTV's Leo Laporte! |
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TechTV legend Leo Laporte and I recently
spent
10 minutes on his Call For Help show examining
how
and why SpinRite provides early warning of
impending hard
disc disasters, how it prevents
trouble, and recovers lost
data if it is not used
until it's nearly too late.
This 10-minute
video provides a good
overview and a sense for many
of SpinRite
6.0's features and benefits. Check it
out! | |
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SpinRite 6.0 for Windows XP
(NTFS),
FAT, Linux, Novell, and ALL OTHER file
systems!
 SpinRite now brings its
legendary data recovery and drive maintenance magic to the
latest file systems, operating systems, and hard drives. It
runs MUCH faster than ever before, can help maintain all of
your drives in tip top shape, can warn of impending disaster,
and wrestle data from dying and nearly dead
drives . . . before it's too
late.
SpinRite 6.0 is
now available for immediate purchase, upgrade, and
download. This industry-standard data recovery tool is
operating system independent, so it can be applied by users of
Windows XP, 2000, Linux, and all other Intel/AMD PC‑platform
hard drives and file systems.
Learn more about
SpinRite v6.0
Read a few
SpinRite success stories from
users | |
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Your Three Musketeers
UnPlug n' Pray
2,424,265 total downloads
(742
per day) |
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DCOMbobulator
1,336,515 total downloads
(603
per day) |
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Shoot The Messenger
1,634,284 total downloads
(815
per day) |
Our top three most popular
Windows
security-enhancing freeware
utilities.
Click on the images above to jump to each
utility's individual page, or scroll down to read more
about each of them below, or click on the link below to
jump to our comprehensive freeware listing page. But
whatever you do, consider grabbing each of these for the
sake of your personal computer's
security. |
GRC's Freeware
collection, sorted by order of current
popularity | |
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| The
DCOMbobulator |
1,336,515 downloads. |
DCOMbobulator allows any Windows user to easily verify the
effectiveness of Microsoft's recent critical DCOM patch. Confirmed reports
have demonstrated that the patch is not always effective in eliminating
DCOM's remote exploit vulnerability. But more importantly, since DCOM is a
virtually unused and unneeded facility, the DCOMbobulator allows any
Windows user to easily disable DCOM for significantly greater
security.
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| Shoot The
Messenger |
1,634,284 downloads. |
Even before the latest DCOM/RPC vulnerability (see above), many
Windows users were being annoyed by "pop-up spam" notices appearing on
their desktops. This intrusion is also facilitated by an exploitation of
port 135. Our free "Shoot The Messenger" utility furthers the security of
Windows by quickly and easily shutting down the "Windows Messenger" server
that should never have been running by default in the first
place.
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| UnPlug n'
Pray |
2,424,265 downloads |
As originally urged by the FBI, and still urged by prominent
security experts, our UnPnP utility easily disables the dangerous, and
almost always unnecessary, Universal Plug and Play service. If you don't
need it, turn it off. (For ALL versions of Windows.)
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| XPdite |
990,378 downloads. |
A Critical Security Vulnerability Exists in Windows XP. (Surprise)
Actually, as we know, there are many, but we'll handle them one at a time.
This particular vulnerability allows the files contained in any specified
directory on your system to be deleted if you click on a specially formed
URL. This URL could appear anywhere: sent in malicious eMail, in a chat
room, in a newsgroup posting, on a malicious web page, or even executed
when your computer merely visits a malicious web page. It is already being
exploited on the Internet.
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| GRC "Perfect Passwords"
Generator |
435,112 uses |
Our server generates maximum entropy, ultra high quality,
guaranteed unique custom password material for your use when securing and
keying your WEP, WPA, VPN, or other network systems.
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| DRDoS |
912,552 accesses |
On January 11th, 2002, we were blasted off the Internet by a
next-generation distributed denial of service attack employing innocent
third-party servers.
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| ID
Serve |
742,534 downloads |
Since not all Internet servers are equally secure, knowing which
server software a web site is using can be important to your security.
Ultimately, the security of your personal data is your responsibility.
This free utility can help.
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| Wizmo |
767,799 downloads |
Wizmo is a lightweight "Windows Gizmo" offering a wide array of
handy Windows commands. With a single click it can power down monitors,
trigger a screen saver, set audio volume, and much more. Wizmo also
includes an intriguing highly customizable "Graviton" screen
saver.
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