Let's just face it. no system is Ever going to be "Hack Proof". take the CIA for example, they came out and said that their system was hack proof, then all these hackers started hacking it. then they...

Me neither. I have a local ISP and run frostwire everyday. i download music and movies and programs all the time and they don't say a word.

How do they determine between an illegal download and a...

Wow i didn't know that it actually downloaded. that makes a lot of sense though.

i guess they just keep logs of anything you do download and where it comes from and if they determine that you are...

actually you aren't downloading anything. It is streaming online.

so no matter how you download it your ISP will keep a record of it. i guess that makes sense. the proxy would only allow you to get to the item you want to download and not really mask anything.

Can you download stuff through a Proxy Server? and if you could, would that make it harder to track?

Our IT guy is too stupid to block sites like this. he hadn't even blocked myspace or facebook or youtube till i told him it was killing our bandwidth.

LOL

very true. The term "hacker" used to be a term for someone who was really good with a computer and could hack the computer code to do with it what He/She pleased. then it was turned into a derogatory...

by the way i have a custom machine with a 1.6ghz dual core 2G of ram and a BFG 7950 that will run portal perfectly on High resolution. but i am running XP. i like vista don't get me wrong but for a...

If you notice alot of the newer games will give minimum system requirements for XP then for Vista. there is a reason for that. XP uses way less resources than Vista. with that computer vista is using...

BOOO!!! if you want performance get rid of Vista. what are the specs on your new machine? I.E. ram, CPU, Hard drive, video card?

as long as you meet the minimum system requirements then you should be fine. but there is a reason why games have system requirements. i can run it on a 1.3ghz dual core and 1g of ram.

mine is the samsung blackjack2. now that i am able to check my email and serf the net from anywhere in the country i would probably die if i had to give it up. it is my lifeline to the world

Most hackers just write a little script in command prompt that will send hundreds of ping commands per computer. then send it as a virus to thousands of computers. then at a specific time they all...

I have to say windows security is about the only thing i do like about windows.

very true....
if one has the proper security measures it is very very hard for one to hack.

The head of the CIA database security started out as a hacker. he hacked the CIA database just to show...

not really. the reason it is doing that is the fault of your ISP. the only other thing you can do is download 1 thing at a time and stay off of a web browser while downloading. if you are running...

To run 2 dedicated servers that is about right. it really boils down to, is it worth it to you to keep your servers up and running? If a server goes down untill you can fix it will it really affect...

It is perfectly fine to learn about hacking. The more you know about it the easer it is to prevent getting hacked. 90% of hackers do it as a hobby, they will right little scripts that they plant in...