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Education is key

December 16, 2016

“Internet pornography will create an epidemic of obsession, compulsion and addiction that will sweep across America like a tidal wave, destroying marriages, families and individual lives with a devastation never before witnessed in the history of this great nation!” Mark Kastleman, The Drug of the New Millennium Kibosh exist for the sole purpose of solving the problem of Internet pornography in a sustainable way. When Kibosh Cloud is enabled, and SafeSearch Lock-in activated, access to, and the searching for Internet…

Antivirus.

October 13, 2016

Scott

News & Information, Security

Kibosh Cloud customers should not be paying for local antivirus of any kind. In the past we’ve recommended Microsoft’s Security Essentials, but they’ve since stopped supporting that in favor of Windows Defender which only works on Windows 8 & 10. So for those of us still using Windows XP , Vista or 7 we’ll need to find another local antivirus. When searching for an Antivirus solution please keep the following points in mind: Kibosh Cloud provides an excellent layer of…

How to host a public facing Minecraft server in 15 min

June 5, 2016

Scott

How-to, Uncategorized

Recently my son asked me if he could play Minecraft with his cousins, and if I would setup a server. This guide will show you how to quickly setup, and host a Minecraft server that is accessible from anywhere in the world. Preface: these instructions apply to all version of the Kibosh router firmware, however these firewall settings are only accessible from the Kibosh Router Management Utility (KRMU), not from MyFilter.kibosh.net. Any computer that will run Minecraft can host the…

Never 10

April 22, 2016

Scott

News & Information

Hi Everyone, Many users of Windows 7 and 8.1 are happy with their current version of Windows, and have no wish to upgrade to Windows 10. There are many reasons for this, but among them is the fact that Windows 10 has become controversial due to Microsoft’s evolution of their Windows operating system platform into a service which, among other things, aggressively monitors and reports on its users activities. Never 10 is an easy to use utility which gives you…

How the FBI cracked Farook’s iPhone…

April 6, 2016

Scott

Did you know?, News & Information

A Cartoon by Bruce Plante (http://www.planteink.com/cartoons.cfm)

Phishing E-mail Example

March 29, 2016

Scott

News & Information, Security

Hi Everyone, This is an excellent example of a phishing e-mail (see below). An e-mail drafted to look and sound legitimate with attachments that contain malware, or hyperlinks that open to infected web pages. This particular phishing attempt had an attachment (which has been removed). We can’t stress enough to never, ever open any attachment or follow any link from an email – no matter how legitimate it looks. Yes it’s inconvenient, but that is the digital world we live…

How to stay secure online.

February 15, 2016

Scott

Uncategorized

Following these general guidelines will keep you free from web based malware/ viruses and rootkits thus protecting your personal information, and saving you hours of headache and $ repairing / replacing an infected PC. Use Google which offers a certain level of protection from: Malware protection Phishing protection SafeSearch Enforced by Kibosh Filtering Service Use FireFox or Chrome Never download a file you didn’t actively seek out Never click on a link from an email Always manually (type address in…

AVG borks Chrome security

December 31, 2015

Scott

News & Information

AVG is back in the news, you can read about it here on ExtremeTech. Kibosh users do not need AVG. We recommend: Windows Security Essentials (free) to protect system, and Office files Winpatrol (free (choose download) + paid version) to protect your web browser and registry Kibosh web filtering to block phishing, malware and virus related websites. Kibosh.net

Beware mobile games with ads.

December 14, 2015

Scott

News & Information, Uncategorized

A growing trend with mobile game producers, in an effort to generate revenue, is in-game-ads, and in-game-purchasing. In regards to in-game-purchasing, the game is free to install and play, and one can purchase gold coins, or jewels i.e., some form of game currency which you then use to purchase upgrades, new levels, new characters etc. Typically one can also play to unlock these features, but paying is much faster. From a family safe perspective in-game-purchasing is an acceptable form of…

How to secure Windows 10

December 7, 2015

Scott

How-to, Uncategorized

Microsoft introduced a lot of new features in Windows 10 such as Cortana. However, most of them are breaking your privacy. For example if you’re using the default settings, each time you start typing in search box in taskbar , your local search terms and location are sent to Microsoft, some of which advertise to you. To make matters worse, who knows what web results will be returned? Also, by default (default = if you don’t change this then it…