Untangle is great. I use it here to keep some spyware and viruses out. I have noticed a marked decrease in those problems since we started using it.
Chris Sent from my iPhone On May 6, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Chris Faulkner <cfaulkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > PPL that run windows and think they are protected by Windows Default > Firewall are sorely mistaken. Slam a firewall to head your Internet > connection and that will pretty much stop everything dead in its > tracks. I Use untangle at home and a few businesses in Nashvile i > have contracts with and they have 0 problems > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Chris McQuistion > <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: >> I like to install Windows Defender on every Windows machine, first >> of all. >> It is actually pretty good and is self-updating and runs tests >> automatically on a regular schedule. Next, I usually install Spyware >> Blaster which performs spyware immunization of the machine and >> various >> browsers installed (it doesn't do spyware cleaning, it does spyware >> immunization.) Next, I put on Spybot Search and Destroy to look >> for any >> problems (if I have reason to think there might be some.) If I >> have a >> really sick machine, I'll get Malwarebytes, which is free and also >> very >> good. >> All of those programs are free and I've encountered very few >> machines that >> cannot be cleaned up with that combination, unless they have some >> large >> amount of viruses, in which case, you'll know that something is >> very wrong >> with them. >> Chris >> >> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Timothy Ball <timb...@tux.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 08:37:13AM -0500, Drew wrote: >>>> Yeah, it's off topic. However, in my experience the amount of >>>> knowledge >>>> readily available on this list is huge, and I have a lot of >>>> respect for >>>> most >>>> of the opinions expressed in matters technical here. But lets >>>> suppose, >>>> that >>>> even though we've taken reasonable steps to ensure that windows >>>> machines >>>> on >>>> our network are not compromised, the powers that be still "want >>>> to make >>>> sure" that nothing has happened to any of them. Short of >>>> reinstalling >>>> machines just because, or getting rid of them and having everyone >>>> use >>>> linux, >>>> what's the best way to make certain a windows machine is not >>>> compromised? To >>>> rephrase, what is the best (free or otherwise) software package >>>> to use >>>> to >>>> check for spyware, malware, viruses, keyloggers, and other >>>> nefarious >>>> schemes >>>> to take over the world that may be brewing on a windows computer? >>>> Thanks >>>> for >>>> the feedback. >>>> >>> >>> "nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure" -- hudson [0] >>> >>> --timball >>> >>> [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q >>> >>> -- >>> GPG key available on pgpkeys.mit.edu >>> pub 1024D/511FBD54 2001-07-23 Timothy Lu Hu Ball <timb...@tux.org> >>> Key fingerprint = B579 29B0 F6C8 C7AA 3840 E053 FE02 BB97 511F BD54 >>> >>> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
