Adaware is good
Zone Alarm Pro (paid for version ) is very good.
As for anti-virus, I use Norton, plus F-Prot. But there are good free ones out
there as well, (AVG for example) A weekly scan from the free online scanners is
not a bad idea either.
I do not fully understand the inner workings of NAT tables in the router, so I
haven't messed with it so far.
For those using WinXP Pro, there is a beta of the Service Pack 2 available which
has "improved security" and is very configurable for the expert user, but none
of its features will replace the above, I don't think. SP2 closes all ports by
default and then only opens them dynamically as an application needs the
outgoing port open.
The main objective is to block all incoming IGMP, ICMP, UDP and TCP to any box
that is not expressly set up for access from the outside, such as a mail server,
DNS server, and Web Server, etc.
Especially risky are downloading an installing insecure applications such as
ICQ, KaZaa, Mirc and the like. There are well known vulnerabilities and
exploits that use these to get into your machine.
Best Practice. Do not have the "automatic preview" pane open in your mail
client. Never, never open a file attachment unless you know ahead of time that
it is valid and expected. Even if it looks like it is from a recognized
correspondent.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Harkins, Patrick
To: CF-Community
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 11:50 AM
Subject: RE: Anti-spyware software.
Spybot is good. There was an exploit on an earlier version that installed a
phony version with spyware in it and that has been fixed. I use it along
with AdAware and SpywareBlaster from wilderssecurity.net and that keeps
things clean. Also use Google toolbar for popups. So far it is all no cost
though I think I will donate to SpyBpt.
Patrick
-----Original Message-----
From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: March 22, 2004 12:39 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Anti-spyware software.
The Spybot which I use comes from HYPERLINK
"http://security.kolla.de"http://security.kolla.de.
I have read there are two, SpyKiller and one other that use Spybot in
their advertisements to steal customers, and then hit them with a 'You
must pay to remove the detected spyware" message.
I have had absolutely no problems with the real SpyBot, it's a fast
program and seems to be regularly updated. I highly recommend it.
It doesn't hurt to run two, and I also have AdAware that I run
infrequently just in case.
Spybot is absolutely free, and was rated the best spyware removal tool
by PC Magazine in a review of 6 of the top tools.
-Gel
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Skinner
I'm trying to get my home computer defenses up to snuff. I've installed
a software firewall, I understand my linksys router has some hardware
firewall capability. I've got a new anti-virus package installed and
one anti-spyware program (Ad-Aware).
>From discussions on this list, it seems to be a good Idea to have a
couple of different anti-spyware packages available since one can't get
everything. I was thinking of also installing Spybot.
I went to cNet and downloaded a copy. I then looked through some of the
user comments on the sight. They are mostly positive (3-1), but the
negative comments are very adamant. I thought I would get some feedback
from this group before I install this software.
Has anybody here had a negative experience with Spybot? Would anybody
recommend not using it? The two main complaints on the cNet site seem
to be that one, Spybot installed some form of spyware on its own, and
two, that if one was not careful it would false positively identify
important system files as spyware which, once removed, cause at best
system instability at worse system unuseablity. Anybody experience
anything like this? Can anybody offer counter arguments to these in the
behalf of Spybot?
Any other recommendations on best of breed anti-spyware programs?
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