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Old December 12th, 2006, 09:32 PM
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I ran a HiJack this and posted the report on the security forums. From the looks of it there isn't anything there that wasn't there in my last "ok" report. I think this just might have been a fluke thing. I sincerely hope that it doesn't occur again. Thank you all for your insight and posts.
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Personally, I'd guess a power bump was the cause of the reboot. Last night, we had a bit of a power blip that wasn't even enough to hit the electronic clocks, but was enough to kill both the PC's in the house. Computers are much more sensitive to minor power blips that would otherwise go unnoticed by things like lights, clocks, etc. Also, I'd suspect a power blip, due to the huge winds from last night, assuming you got them along the Oregon coast like the BC coast did.

As for the rest, no idea
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I wonder if the expense of having a battery back up would be worth it? IF the power spikes the battery unit would hopefully protect the PC and if the power fails then the BBU would hopefully provide enough time to properly power down the PC.
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Default Re: OT: Hacker Attempt?

If you have a UPS (uninterruptable power supply) that regulates voltage levels, you have 0 need to worry about little power spikes. You can get tolerable ones for around $40; well worth the investment.

If you attach it's USB cord to your PC, Windows will manage it as a battery and automatically shut down after the AC power is cut, and the UPS runs low on juice.
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An UPS is worth the investment. They stay up for several minutes after the power goes out, meaning you can stay on the computer(and internet usually) for a while uninterrupted after the power goes out. For small blips, which are much more common than longer outages, they let you simply ignore them, which is really nice.
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A router probably isn't necessary (though nice to have) - Slashdot linked an article today about the most secure firewalls and Jetico + Comodo were 2 of the top ones and both are free. I think Comodo came no. 1. I believe the theory is that a decent firewall will prevent you from being "visible" on the internet so someone isn't able to latch onto you for extended probing because when they're scanning IP addresses your PC should act as if nobody's home at the IP address it's using. I've been using filseclab up til now and it scored REALLY poorly so I think I'll be switching to Comodo. Haven't checked to see how heinous either of their user agreements are yet so use your own discretion.
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