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[Bugsy]

This looks promising. Anybody have thoughts on password managers? This one is touted as the best across multiple tech sites. Its $75 for 3 years.

https://www.keepersecurity.com/

 

[virtusa]

This looks promising. Anybody have thoughts on password managers? This one is touted as the best across multiple tech sites. Its $75 for 3 years.

https://www.keepersecurity.com/

I don't trust ANY password manager. You are never sure they cannot acces your passwords.

The FBI is controlling for years already a Swiss encryption company. They had a backdoor to read all data from all clients. Just shows how careful you should be. The same can/is happening with these password managers.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/11/crypto-ag-cia-bnd-germany-intelligence-report

 

[qaz]

This looks promising. Anybody have thoughts on password managers? This one is touted as the best across multiple tech sites. Its $75 for 3 years.

https://www.keepersecurity.com/

Never trust password managers. If you must, use it with an application level firewall. It is unbelievable how many users download password managers from the app store that requires internet access.

 

[Bugsy]

I don't trust ANY password manager. You are never sure they cannot acces your passwords.

The FBI is controlling for years already a Swiss encryption company. They had a backdoor to read all data from all clients. Just shows how careful you should be. The same can/is happening with these password managers.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/11/crypto-ag-cia-bnd-germany-intelligence-report

Interesting. Guess I'll just go the old fashioned route and use pen and paper.

 

[Bugsy]

In general, reduce your attack surface. Less places to attack the better. Less apps, no storing passwords in managers, certainly not in a browser.

Your machine is like an old friend. If it starts to act strangely, check for alien abduction. ( strange = delays, flashing, prompts, unexplained network traffic, anything unexpected.)

Also, if you are going to install something, create a restore point first. About 80% of the time that removes the app better. Remember Uninstall coding is usually done by the lowest person.

A clean install every 6 months or less is a good idea. BIOS flash is a good idea too. Also any EC firmware. Also a lot of people backup, but never test the restore. That is a bad idea.

** YMMV

Are you inferring that a system be backed up with a restore point (or back up system files etc?), then do a clean install (restore to factory condition), and then restore the backup. Couldn't the backed up files contain any malware or files you are doing the clean install to remove, thus putting the same infections right back onto your system. I might be misunderstanding.

 

[easymon1]

Create a system restore point
https://yippy.com/search?query=Create+a+system+restore+point

 

[Bugsy]

Create a system restore point
https://yippy.com/search?query=Create+a+system+restore+point

I had a system restore point. The malware not only corrupted that point but corrupted the system files making a factory restore impossible.

 

[KCalhoun]

On a side note I was very surprised to find for win7 at least, it may lose system restore points if c drive gets too full, without warning.

So I use elevated dos box to periodically run "vssadmin list shadows" to check that restore points do exist. Little known, google it

 

[easymon1]

On a side note I was very surprised to find for win7 at least, it may lose system restore points if c drive gets too full, without warning.

So I use elevated dos box to periodically run "vssadmin list shadows" to check that restore points do exist. Little known, google it

vssadmin list shadows
https://yippy.com/search?query=vssadmin+list+shadows

 

[HobbyTrading]

Interesting to read here a lot of discussion about storing (or not storing) passwords, but nobody talking about 2 factor authentication (2FA). Using 2FA could save you from a lot of problems.