Heartbleed!

**Iowatech** · 04-14-2014

If you are concerned about that, here's a site that has some info about that which I thought was interesting:
Heartbleed bug: What regular users need to do
For what it is worth.
Also, this may explain what is going on here:
https://xkcd.com/1354/
but maybe not, I don't know.

**teckat** · 04-14-2014

Originally Posted by Iowatech

If you are concerned about that, here's a site that has some info about that which I thought was interesting:
Heartbleed bug: What regular users need to do
For what it is worth.
Also, this may explain what is going on here:
https://xkcd.com/1354/
but maybe not, I don't know.

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Download Last Pass (password storage utility)_
then run a Security Check> under it's Tool menu\
It will show WebSites that need a password change-

**NeoMatrix** · 04-14-2014

Re computer viruses.I reloaded my computer system yesterday after another stuxnet attack. I lost about 3 days of software code I was working on.I can never get rid of it completely the virus loader is on a lot of my main backup CDs from years gone by. Never to mind... I'll get rid of it one day when I write a tracer program.Stuxnet is an interesting virus in that it load on the boot sector and changes your entire harddrive FAT from NTFS to FAT32. This removes any file protection to the entire hard drive. It then moves the origin boot sector and writes a dummy FAT to allow windows to operate as normal. If you press the reset button on the PC without using the normal software shutdown,you risk restarting your PC with "insert boot disk no operating system found." Nasty little virus.The virus then moves the your last saved files to encrypted tracks on your H/D or recycle bin and writes false or blank data to your backup CD's. If you view the just burnt backup CD all files appear to be saved perfect,until you put that same CD into another PC. You will then discover all files are randomly missing or zero byte length files. Some Russian encryption viruses opperate on similar tactics...