Charlie Coleman wrote: > I would advise not using the Windows firewall. Instead, use something like > ZoneAlarm. I believe it gives you much more function, control, and > monitoring capability than the Windows firewall (and lets face it, based on > past performance, MS can't really be trusted in this matter IMO). > > AVG has had good reviews, but you probably also need some adware > detection/removal as well (I can't recall if AVG does that - most > anti-virus vendors don't focus on adware). Ad-aware is one product I can > think of, but I believe there are a lot more out there - many of the free. >
Your comments remind me of something I overheard at my daughter's band program this past weekend. Some Joe Ordinary folks behind me: the woman says "Hey Tom, did you get Norton AntiVirus?" and he responds "No, I just got the latest program from Microsoft. One-Care, One-Live, er, One-something. Anyway, it's supposed to be the best thing out there right now. I had to upgrade my memory to run it though." Even with all the things that have been publicized about viruses and malware and problems in general related to common computing with the internet, the majority of folks out there are still clueless (and always will be). -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
