Assuming XP SP2: a router w/ hardware firewall and
good AV software is
all you need IMO. Remove either of the 2, you are
going to have problems
on a DSL no matter how briefly you are on.
Browsing, make sure IE is locked down for all but the
Microsoft sites.
Configure Firefox as browser using NoScript & AdBlock
w/ autoupdate.
There's a learning curve to enabling scripting for
sites, but not too
steep. You could "give" her an pre-enabled NoScript
setup if you are
using it yourself by exporting your whitelist.
As to ZA or any of these other security packages I say
"bah!". Only AV I
use is SAV, the only software firewall is XP's.
Winterlight wrote:
> I have a woman who is the only user of her single
PC. Like my sisters,
> she will use her PC for five years and be lucky to
have 200 megs of new
> data. She will probably install a camera, and some
kind of new printer
> in that time. She is a basic user... internet,
hotmail, Office. She
> turns her desktop on to use it and off when she is
finished. She uses
> it two or three times a week.
>
> I have gone through her Compaq Evo and have
cleaned, sanitized, and
> fully patched ... not that there was anything there.
Auto updates are
> enabled.XP firewall is on. I have set up her XP PRO
computer to log her
> in as a plain user.... so she has no privileges and
nothing... not even
> administrative shares are shared. I have her setup
with Opera as default
> browser.
>
> I have installed the full new version of ZoneAlarm
Security Suite 7 with
> default protections( means all), Karparski anti
virus, and auto updates,
> auto scans, enabled.
>
> She is going to sign up to the cheap level of
Verizon DSL which I
> recommended to her... she doesn't need any more then
that bandwidth. I
> don't for see her ever using any kind of network
device.
>
> With all this in mind I can't see how see needs to
spend money on a
> hardware router for the hardware firewall...... am I
right?
>
>
>
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