MeSue;370526 Wrote: > I'd get rid of the objectdock stuff and zone alarm. Personally, I find > the firewall and malware detection provided with Windows to be just > fine. It's already there and most software is already designed to work > seamlessly with it. I just supplement it with the free anti-virus from > Avira. This is the leanest-running AV software I have found, and if you > Google you can find out to disable the upgrade ads.
Windows Live is going away. The firewall will still be there. I agree, I like Windows Firewall combined with a good virus protection (with no firewall enabled) I like Kaspersky best, which comes from using their scan engines on my virus appliances at work. TrendMicro works well also, but not as much in the background as Kaspersky. There are some decent free scanners, but almost always they fall by the wayside and in the time between when they worked well and the time they become lame, you are left unprotected. I get tired of looking over my shoulder to save a few $$ a month. We spend a ton more on cable, VOIP, Netflix, Pandora, Rhapsody, XM, Sirius, Startbucks, corn chips, cell phones, iTunes, etc, et al.... :-) I don't like surprises so I keep it clean, back it up and keep it current. Howard -- Howard Passman .....and still waiting for extra cradles.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56381 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
