Bigger Threats,Better Defense, review
| Wiener3 |
 May 24 2004, 02:48 AM
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 nFm [ progressor ]  Group: Private Member Posts: 103 Joined: 18-March 04 From: Canada eh! Member No.: 8  |
PCWorld tests 16 security tools--firewalls, antivirus software, and anti-spyware programs--for more info check it out http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,115939,00.asp
Quote"Layers of protection block different kinds of threats and may provide backup if one layer fails."--I agree! EDIT: I use: Hardware router (NAT) Software Firewall (ZoneAlarm Pro) Antivirus Software (Norton) Antispyware Software (Spybot-S&D/SpyBlaster and Ad-ware Pro) Keep up to date with MS-updates using AutoPatcherXP Neverhad any problems(keeps his fingers crossed!) :unsure: This post has been edited by Wiener3: May 27 2004, 01:33 AM --------------------  "I wish I were an Oscar Myer wiener" |
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| amourdevin |
May 24 2004, 03:18 PM
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The most comprehensive and presumably unbiased antivirus software testing that I am aware of can be found here:
'http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=62&mnu=62 As for my own defenses: Hardware Firewall (NAT) Software Firewall (F-Secure) Antivirus (F-Secure) AntiPest (Spy Sweeper & SpywareBlaster) Regularly download and install MS updates Thankfully, no problems since. Happy with all those products. My brother got a virus awhile ago. He had difficulty finding an online scanner that would automatically detect and remove the virus. One worked well: 'http://us.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/ The most annoying thing that happened to me was a hijacked IE6 homepage. I found help here: 'http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/ 'http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/ 'http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ It is nice to have these links bookmarked before you need them! |
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| ManX |
 May 26 2004, 08:25 AM
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 Confusion Reigns Group: Private Member Posts: 68 Joined: 19-March 04 From: The Great Northwest, USA Member No.: 41 |
Mmm... I like your thoroughness, amourdevin. My setup: Hardened Win98SE box using DHCP (with ZoneAlarm [firewall] and F-Prot [anti-virus] keeping the bad'uns out) as a proxy server to the wireless gateway (hardware firewall) that connects to our cable access. Every workstation has the same software protection as "Proxy" and updates itself every single day. My personal WinXP (SP1) box allows Windows Update to download any and all patches, but I don't install some of them until after testing 'em on a non-networked box. But since the law is: "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong" (Fuck Murphy. I hate pessimists, even when I act like one!), I also run TrueImage (Server) which creates on-the-fly images (six times a day) of every HD on every computer on the LAN, and replicates them across two separate backup systems. It does get to be a pain now and then, but... I've been online since 1989 (Text-based only. Archie. Veronica. Gopher. Those were the days... ) ;) and I have never been infected, trojan-ed, dDoS-ed, or malwared into submission. Amazingly enough, I still have a clone of the HD from my very 1st PC -> 386DX40 w/12Mb RAM and a 40Mb HD. What a rockin' system that was! (WordPerfect 5.1??? Migod - this HD has WP 4.2!!!!!) ------ Shit. ------ I'm a geek. :rolleyes: -ManX -------------------- Few of the great creators have bland personalities. They are cantankerous egotists, the kind of people who are unwelcome in polite society. (David Ogilvy)
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