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Spyware and Winlogon

Do you know what is Winlogon?

Winlogon creates the desktop for the windows environment.

The registry key is located at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell

Just by adding an ADDITIONAL shell (to the default explorer application) a spyware program can get itself loaded on windows startup.

"The Shell key value can contain a comma-separated list of programs to be executed. Explorer is the default shell program and will be executed if the Shell key value is null or not present. By default, Explorer is listed."

Editing the Windows registry-
You can use either regedit.exe or regedt32.exe to modify the registry. Under Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 there is no difference.

However if you are using Windows NT 4 or Windows 2000 then regedit.exe would have a few restrictions and is recommended only to search the registry (to view the restrictions, please refer to the references below)

Hacker Pleads Guilty to Attacking Anti-phishing Group

A California hacker has pleaded guilty to launching a Valentine's Day 2007 computer attack that nearly knocked an anti-phishing Web site offline.

21 year old Gregory King pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to two counts of "transmitting code to cause damage to a protected computer," for launching distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks against the Castlecops anti-phishing Web site and Killanet, an online forum for gamers and graphic designers.Read more..

Configuring Norton 360 for firefox

The Norton 360 software package for Windows includes a firewall component, which controls the programs that can connect to the outside world and the types of connections that they can make. It also includes an "Eavesdropping Protection" feature, which can mis-identify Firefox and prevent it from working properly. Norton 360 can also erase Firefox's browsing history.

This article describes how to configure Norton 360 to allow Firefox to work normally. Link:-Configuring Norton 360 antivirus

Does using internet service affect my privacy?

Well yes it does affect the privacy but sometimes you can keep it safe by using these method

1. Don't register in unknown websites.
2. Don't register in websites which you don't visit often or don't know what they are offering.
3. Make sure you don't sign up for free newsletters
4. Don't provide your mail id publicly.
5. Also See to it that you always use an different identity [ you can even use a different photo of yours,if required.]

This way your privacy will not be ruined.