Hi i have a friend who says he can hack peoples computers using CMD or something and im terrified hell hack my computer and find some "sensitive" files. Before i got scared my computer had the following anti-virus and firewalls:

Avira
Avg
Zone Alarm
Sunbelt
Comodo Firewall

I then upgraded my security and now have the following programs as well as the old ones:

Nod32
AVG Spyware
Norton Antivirus
Spybot search and destroy

Would it be difficult to hack into my comuter and can anyone please direct me to a site where i can read up on hacking.Also is my friend full of shit and is there a way to check if anyone has accessed my computer. Also if anyone knows any programs to install please tell me.

HELP ME TOTSE

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Stop being such a pussy.

If your friend is hacking with a "CMD" then he is not hacking.

You do not need to worry.

It probably isn't your friend's doing, but as a windows user, you're almost certainly compromised. Install Gnu/Linux (http://gnewsense.org) for real expectations of security.

Congratulations on running so many firewalls and antivirus applications at the same time, so they interfere with one anothers' operation. I'd be surprised if you had any protection with all that.

HINT: One antivirus, one firewall, peerguardian if you torrent, and shut off windows file and printer sharing along with everything else that acts as a server to other machines. And install the latest Windows Updates (security-updates only, so you don't install too many new vulnerabilities).

Spybot S&D is also still OK to run.

Oh, and your friend is probably full of shit. At the very least, he'd need some additional tools. He's probably using Metasploit.

I don't think his friend is lying. I've hacked thousands of people and my friends with my CMD. Look

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/O__RLY/hack2.jpg

I don't think his friend is lying. I've hacked thousands of people and my friends with my CMD. Look

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/O__RLY/hack2.jpg

Yes, but you've got access to teh underground toolz. I doubt his friend is hooked into your krew.

I don't think his friend is lying. I've hacked thousands of people and my friends with my CMD. Look

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/O__RLY/hack2.jpg

Dude no way I got the same program for my mac.

http://i36.tinypic.com/xopoo9.png

Dude no way I got the same program for my mac.

http://i36.tinypic.com/xopoo9.png

??? Why must you be root to run perl and nano in your home folder? ???

Hi i have a friend who says he can hack peoples computers using CMD or something and im terrified hell hack my computer and find some "sensitive" files.

Hiding some child pron heh?

Woops there goes the keyword. Expect somebody knocking on your door soon.

??? Why must you be root to run perl and nano in your home folder? ???

I don't, it's a habit that I have every time I log into a terminal or else everything asks me for "authentication" so it's just easier to be root and I don't have to worry about anything ever, I messed up my file permissions almost system-wide a while ago (bit of a long story) so instead of "verify verify verify" I just run as root and never worry about a thing :cool: I properly exit each session though.

I don't, it's a habit that I have every time I log into a terminal or else everything asks me for "authentication" so it's just easier to be root and I don't have to worry about anything ever, I messed up my file permissions almost system-wide a while ago (bit of a long story) so instead of "verify verify verify" I just run as root and never worry about a thing :cool: I properly exit each session though.

Holy fuck, you are doing it wrong.

Holy fuck, you are doing it wrong.

That was quick. Since you're here, could you explain in a bit more detail?

That was quick. Since you're here, could you explain in a bit more detail?

One of the reasons why UNIX systems are secure is because they're geared towards multi-user environments. This means that ordinary, lowly users can only change what they absolutely must. It's a default deny culture.

Windows, on the other hand, came from DOS. Run-everything-in-ring-0 DOS. So it sucks at security. This is one of the reasons why it's so easy to own windows: You don't need to work to get root, if you've gotten, you are root.

Most programs drop superuser priviledges once they've gotten out of the point where they need them. While they are asking you for authentication, they're doing only what they need to and then going back down the ladder. When you force the whole program to run as root, you're opening yourself up for a world of hurt.

Separation of privileges is the watchword.

One of the reasons why UNIX systems are secure is because they're geared towards multi-user environments. This means that ordinary, lowly users can only change what they absolutely must. It's a default deny culture.

Windows, on the other hand, came from DOS. Run-everything-in-ring-0 DOS. So it sucks at security. This is one of the reasons why it's so easy to own windows: You don't need to work to get root, if you've gotten, you are root.

Most programs drop superuser priviledges once they've gotten out of the point where they need them. While they are asking you for authentication, they're doing only what they need to and then going back down the ladder. When you force the whole program to run as root, you're opening yourself up for a world of hurt.

Separation of privileges is the watchword.

I was a bit hasty- I forgot to mention that I rarely use my terminal for anything besides perl programming, and even then I don't do it much. But I do understand what you're saying and I do agree- constantly running root is a problem, it would be worse if I always was logged in as root.