Bright House Security Center

The Bright House Networks Security Center provides methods for securing personal computers from Internet threats.

The Security and Abuse Team encourages you to browse around the website to learn more about ridding your computers of viruses, worms, Trojan horses and spam. On this site, you can also discover methods for defending against hackers and Denial Of Service (DOS) attacks. There are no sure one-size fits all solutions for today's security threats. Bookmark the site, and return often to catch up on the latest news about securing your personal computers.

Bright House Networks takes computer security seriously. This site is designed to provide you with pertinent information about safe computing, keep you up-to-date on the latest threats and scams and enable you to address security-related issues that can otherwise damage your computer. We've compiled the best resources around and conveniently placed them on this site allow you to quickly and easily access them. If you do not find what you're looking for or have suggestions, we welcome them and ask that you simply click the link below to contact us. Thanks for visiting!

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Security alerts
Michael Jackson Spam and Malware

It didn't take attackers long to take advantage of the news of Michael Jackson's death.  With catchy subject lines on their spam such as "Confidential -- Michael Jackson",  some of this spam is designed to use social engineering to trick users into replying to the emails.

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Common threats
PCMAG Describes Social Networking Risks

To demonstrate how easy it is to take over an online identity, I created a series of accounts (Live.com, LinkedIn, and Facebook) in someone else's name. I obtained basic info about her from a public document search on the Web to make the profiles look more realistic. About a minute after joining Facebook, I (she) had already started receiving...

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Security terms
Heuristics -

A type of technology that identifies and stops malicious code based on its behavior, rather than matching a  particular attack signature or pattern.  Heuristics can prevent evolving threats which will change minor aspects  of their signatures to bypass traditional IPS solutions.

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Disclaimer: These tools have been provided for your convenience as a courtesy of the owner free of charge to the public for personal use only. All rights have been reserved by the producer of the software. Bright House Networks, Road Runner, and the software owner assumes no responsibility or liability for their use. Also, we do not offer technical support for these tools, but it can be obtained from the software owner. The products are offered by the software owner to be used free of charge and "as is" with no warranty, and no guarantee of success in preventing malicious software (malware) of any type from entering your computer, or in trying to remove it. However, Bright House Networks security departments have been able to use these tools with some success. We wanted to make you aware of their existence to provide you with additional options in the fight against malware.