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Here's an explanation of what's up... I found this from going to the pidgin.im site

Lot's of good info and some workarounds too

http://www.celticwolf.com/useful-information/faqs/26-pidgin-yahoo

Use OpenDNS

EDIT: Inserting foot in mouth now :oops:

What are the entries next to 'nameserver' after it resets?

Slitaz: http://slitaz.org/en/

Here's how you do it within Ubuntu... if the problem is related to your router's DNS entries, you'll have to consult your user manual.
In a terminal, type:

gksudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf ...

Sounds like the DNS server you are using is down

Use these: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

Those are the addresses for OpenDNS

Check here: http://www.securityfocus.com/news/6717

It seems relatively easy to lift and clone fingerprints, with many tutorials available online.

post the output of: sudo lshw
and: ifconfig

Linux is not Windows... programs don't auto-execute.

If you are running services and daemons on your machine, you should be more concerned with securing those services instead of relying on a...

I would add that you should keep all of your software updated with the latest patches and versions.

That SMB bug that Microsoft just patched a couple of days ago was over 7 years old, and while...

Thanks Simon :)

I'm certain enough that my system hasn't been compromised, as I have no services listening for connections and I use strong system passwords.
I was concerned, however, after...

Alright, there was an update yesterday that had something to do with passwd (assuming it was to do with the VMbuilder vulnerability posted here: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1)

I ran an...

Why would you consider this a security flaw? If you aren't sure what a program does before installing it, you shouldn't install it.

And there already is a firewall app that eats Firestarter's...

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_remanence#Feasibility_of_recovering_overwritten_data

"Feasibility of recovering overwritten data

Peter Gutmann investigated data recovery from nominally...

Well, nothing is going to stop it...
If you installed a legit game, you really have nothing to worry about. The most it would do is check for updates, and if you had any doubts about what it was...

Check here: http://16systems.com/zero/index.html

One pass is enough, plain and simple.

I've never, ever heard of a case where any reasonable amount of data was recovered from any type of...

You're welcome :)
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Yeah, Firestarter is blocking your inbound connections, so you'd have to open up some ports... really though, give UFW a shot... especially with GUFW... you can't beat it!

Take Care:popcorn:

Pidgin might be randomizing the port it's using to send data on... you could go to the Policy tab in Firestarter, select Outbound from the dropdown menu and set to permissive by default... or you...

Open a terminal and type: sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Jim is right, you will have to destroy the hard-drive, but you'd better use thermite or grind the platters down to dust... Data recovery companies such as OnTrack have pulled data from drives that...

If you selected the tar.gz.deb package, just right click on it and select Extract Here...

Make sure the extracted folder is in the extracted directory, move it there.

Open a terminal and type:...

If you were to bring this computer to me to fix, I would back up your data, perform a data wipe on the partition and re-install Windows.

To update Clam, in a terminal, type: sudo freshclam

You can change the ip from static to dynamic by right-clicking the network manager icon in the taskbar|Edit Connections|select your connection (eth0, ath0, etc.)|Edit|IPV4 Settings| Manual

Jeez, no joke... sorry for the bad links man :(

Here's another you might try: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/117377/171/