And now for a bit of humor , at last, in this exciting but rather serious topic. Another evidently quite extensive online security scan, where several tests can be self-configured, is Hacker Whacker . It has been around since October 1999. At first glance, the Web site and its honest hacker, or better yet, its hacker gossip, appear to be serious.
Extra caution is therefore appropriate.
For chello customers, the general scan for open UDP ports seems to describe all ports as open. Even if you don't need the tests, the page explains about ports, port scans, and other security issues in great detail and very clearly, in words that you can understand even if your English isn't so good. Hacker Whacker is now generally known among the relevant newsgroups and can be recommended. The HTML version of the test result, which can be accessed at the end, offers information that is extraordinarily comprehensive and superbly prepared. In our latest test run, maximum security of the computer system was confirmed with the Norton Internet Security firewall.