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Shields Up

Shields Up

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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Is your computer hackable and how good is your firewall?

by maceyr Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 500, Dec 15 '00
Pros: free, informative, effective
Cons: None! It tells you things you don't want to know
Shields up is not really a software application, but rather a web site designed by Steve Gibson of Gibson Research who informs computer users of potential security hazards of the internet and does researches and constructs programs that aid computer...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Shields Up: Internet Port Security Tool

by psugrowler Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 500, Nov 15 '00
Pros: Free & Comprehensive
Cons: N/A
Hackers aren’t to be taken lightly. These people do it for the challenge. They aren’t looking for you, per se, but if your system is exposed then it’s party time.

What people don’t realize is that hackers just don’t open a phone book,...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Shields Up!: The entire Western Hemisphere depends on my PC

by auntnono , Jul 19 '00
Pros: Very detailed, but easy to understand
Cons: a bit alarming at first
Okay, so maybe I exaggerated just a tad. The whole Western Hemisphere is not reliant on my PC for it's survival. I don't have any top-secret government documents, but I do have Granny's secret family recipe for melt in your mouth shortbread. She...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Shields Up Helps Prevent Internet Hack Attacks at Home

by Schinjay , Mar 10 '00
Pros: Easy to use and understand, Helpful
Cons: Some instructions for power users only
Until a recent lazy, Aloha weekend, I had no idea how dangerous my sometimes meaningless meandering on the Internet had been.

Sure, I had heard the stories about these gigantic Internet servers like, Ebay, Yahoo, and the sort, biting...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Shields Up [No Not You, Mr. Sulu!]

by toyman , Oct 20 '00
Pros: A must have for new or experienced computer users.
Cons: None that I have found.
My name is Friday Yes, Friday. And no, I don't have any connection to the tv guy with the same last name as mine.

From my log book: dated 10-20-00 3:09 p.m.

If your Windows based computer is new; if it a few months or a few...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

This is a must visit site.

by doreiwolf , May 30 '01
Pros: Free and extremely informative and effective.
Cons: Doesn't test all ports.
While I've always been aware of security issues on the internet, I had been very lax in worrying about my home PC. Then a site I use regularly was hacked, and I became a target. A friend pointed me at this site and it turned out to be exactly what I...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

So, you think your PC is secure

by michaelw , Nov 16 '00
Pros: Costs NOTHING, lots of information
Cons: you find out how exposed your computer is
You could be in for a nasty surprise. I am on a DSL hookup, which means others on the DSL "network" have the opportunity to look at my machine if I'm not careful. I thought I was a wise consumer, I had one product in place that dutifully told...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Anonymous PORT SCANNER

by wmahi , Nov 08 '00
Pros: Extremly Easy to Use
Cons: Could Be a Anonymous PORT SCANNER
First I would like to say that I would have prefered to send this to "SHIELDS UP" but after 10 min's looking for a e-mail link I gave up.

I Have used Shields UP for a very long time, Just to make sure me "ZONE ALARM" is up...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 1.0
 

Shields Up? Pants Down!

by j_luster , Mar 16 '02
Pros: None
Cons: False sense of (in-) security
The Problem revisited

As users on the global network, we are concerned about our privacy, the safety of data we store and send from our PC and the implications of successful intrusions into our system or network. Over the past years, ingenious...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 2.0
 

And this is a security check?

by Zeromemory , Jul 07 '01
Pros: Free
Cons: Missing the point
I've worked on Unix systems for a great deal of time and feel comfortable securing them. When I first heard of Shields Up, I thought I had run into a comprehensive security analysis. What I got, though, was little more than a port scan, which even the...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

My Shields Are Up!

by justin_scott , Jul 05 '01
Pros: Thorough test to see if your computer is accessible to hackers.
Cons: None
I read about Shields Up! last year in a magazine article and tried it. I was disappointed to find that I had several shields not functioning properly. When I probed my Ports, I had one of the most important ports OPEN! I downloaded Zone Alarm (see my...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Shields up is cool.

by cispcimgr , Mar 15 '00
Pros: Easy to understand
Cons: More people don't know about it.
I tried the Shields UP site and ran the test on my CPU to test for open communication ports. There were some.

The sight ran two different test and told me exactly where I was vulnerable to a hacker. I wanted to close these holes fast! I...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0
 

Thank you, Gibson Research Corp.

by Tyger13 , Mar 24 '01
Pros: VERY informative, easy to use, friendly and helpful.
Cons: None.
Mr. Gibson runs a website crammed to the virtual rafters with useful utilities and information. Utilities to check your computer to see if you've got any ports hanging open waiting for hAx0r-d00dz to come in and mangle your system, information on how...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Who's Watching You...?? You May Be Surprised...

by wolfman079 , Jul 07 '01
Pros: Free, Easy to Use, No Software to Download
Cons: Zilch
This is one of the most useful sites to see just how vulnerable you are and works with any web browser!

Without your knowledge or explicit permission, the Windows networking technology which connects your computer to the Internet may be...
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