Trapdoors / Backdoors

[humphrey88 0]

HiIs there any method to prevent trapdoors and backdoors in the programs that we are using? I have recently learnt about this type of attack and I am quite concerned that I might be a victim of such attack.

[souradipm 0]

Install a good firewall. On top of that, install a good anti-virus. This will stop most viruses getting in, and when some do, they'll have a pleasent surprise in store for them...~souradipm

[yordan 10]

trapdoors and backdoors are deliberately put by the program designers, who wanted to test things and forgot removing them. So, generally, you cannot find the soluton by yourself. Besides the obvious things like having a decent firewall and an up-to-date antivirus, only security specialist, after spending a lot of time lookind around and having private interchanges or international security workshops, finally know the backdoors of some programs and know the fixes to apply in order to prevent the problems.Of course, another standard solution, if you are talking about Microsoft programs, is to use Microsoft updating tools and read Microsoft security issues warnings....

[HellFire121 0]

yeah.. just keep your software upto date and don't be the idiot that has to download every single thing he sees on the net. sure way to get yourself infected. you might also want to get yourself a router because depending on which one you get it has an inbuit firewall and it can block the ports, stopping the connection.-HellFire

[yeh 0]

yeah.. just keep your software upto date and don't be the idiot that has to download every single thing he sees on the net.

Yup, I would agree with HellFire121. There is actually nothing much that you can do about trapdoor/backdoor. If there is a weakness/flaw in Windows and someone uses it to his/her advantage, there is nothing that you can do, especially if Microsoft has not issued a patch as yet. Of course, you can decrease the chances of having a backdoor/trapdoor by having good and properly configured firewall and AV. Most importantly, don't simply download stuff, as stated by HellFire121.

[dhanesh1405241511 0]

Install Linux .. or use a Mac

[yordan 10]

Install Linux .. or use a Mac

This does not answer the question, this says "manage to ignore the question". I have two comments.
1) Obviously, this guy has a Intel or compatible PC, so he will probably not interested in buying a MAC.
2) Trapdoors and backdoors are widely propagated because of the popularity of the Windows systems. Now Linux starts being in the public field, some PC's you buy in a supermarket for home use surfing on the net start being Linux systems. So, let's have a guess on the future. I'm pretty sure backdoors and trapdoors will start appaearing progressively on Linux, the same way they started appearing on Windows some years ago.