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lordsmurf 11-16-2005 02:58 PM

Do you use an anti-virus? firewall?
 
If not, you should.

Some things you should consider:
- Anti-virus keeps harmful code and software off your computer.
- A firewall prevents harmful code and software from entering or exiting your system. A firewall can also keep "nosey" software at bay, not let it "call home" and waste your computer resources or Internet bandwidth. Nor spy on you.
- Spyware and adware removers are good. These things slow a computer up, and can corrupt your system and software. Almost as bad as a virus.
- Software that keeps ads from displaying on your screen isn't half bad either. Makes pages load faster, and you don't have to see junky ads.
- Pop-up stoppers prevents those obnoxious pop-up ads and windows.
- HOSTS file updaters also help to block sites entirely so that no spam, no links, no redirects ... nothing ... will put you on bad sites (also good for blocking known "bad" sites from your kids!).


Here's a number of COMPLETELY FREE softwares.

ANTI-VIRUS: AVG Free Edition Anti-Virus
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

ANTI-VIRUS: Symantec Corporate Edition Anti-Virus
http://help.ncsu.edu/helpcd/Software/symantec.html
Go to Section III STEP #4 where it says "Click on the link for Symantec AntiVirus version 9.0.3". NOTE: This is probably NOT MEANT to be free to the world at large, but a number of universities post it on their school sites for students to take. Some secure it behind a password system, some do not (like this school).

FIREWALL: Kerio Personal Firewall
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html

SPYWARE REMOVER: Spyboy Search & Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
NOTE! Be sure to install the TEATIMER S&D Resident blocker.

SPYWARE REMOVER: Ad-Aware SE Personal
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
NOTE: It's a good idea to run both Ad-Aware AND Spybot!

BROWSER AD IMAGE BLOCKER: AdsFilter for Internet Explorer
http://www.adsfilter.com/en/
NOTE! You may want to go to the explorer bar controls, after it's installed, and disable the blocks on "banner" because a lot of sites actually have non-ad images with that name.

BROWSER AD IMAGE BLOCKER: AdBlock Firefox Extension
https://addons.mozilla.org/extension...=firefox&id=10

POP-UP BLOCKER: Pop-Up Stopper Free
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...id,8060,00.asp

HOSTS FILE BLOCKS: HOSTS Secure
http://www.timdorr.com/syko86/ycsoft/hostssecure.htm
More info on what "HOSTS" are: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm


I run a clean system. I don't have odd things going on. I don't have random crashes. Things run really fast. This is how I do it. It makes your life a lot easier, whether you're burning DVDs, editing video, or searching the Internet for shows... or whatever else you do on the computer.



MagnificentMarcus 11-17-2005 03:30 AM

Zonelabs has a free firewall that is one of the best out there. Kerio firewall is good to, but I believe they are going to stop supporting the free version come jan 1.

lordsmurf 11-17-2005 04:44 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by MagnificentMarcus

Zonelabs has a free firewall that is one of the best out there. Kerio firewall is good to, but I believe they are going to stop supporting the free version come jan 1.
They will support it throughout 2006. What happens in 2007 is too far away to know. All they have stopped is releases of new version (like that matters), they updates will still happen.

Tcel93 11-21-2005 04:51 AM

If you can afford it, Norton Corporate Edition 10 is really nice. It takes care of spyware and virus, and does a really good job on both. I had been using Spysweeper, but stopped using it once SAV 10 came out. SAV nine was nice, but it didn't allow you to effectively clean the spyware that it found. 10 allows you to clean or delete the spyware as well as the virus.


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