AOL have a simple approach, there portal (?) checks for such software and flags up that you may be deficient (!).
Of course you can they buy their version for only... To be fair the price for the AV is not bad (£2/month onto your bill) and the firewall is free to broadband users. Regards Michael Hawksworth > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:profoxtech- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan > Sent: 17 September 2007 19:34 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NF] Secure computers > > OK, I got into a real fight with someone this week on > requiring a computer be secure before it is attached > to a network. > > By secure I mean, anti-spyware, anti-virus, up-to-date > on patches, and firewall. > > It got me to thinking, do you think it would be wise, > somehow, for ISPs to require anti-virus and > anti-spyware to be running on a computer before it's > allowed to connect to their system? And how would it > be implemented. > > My thoughts are that if every computer was secure, we > would have far less Internet traffic caused by > spambots, and would actually give us a much better > Internet experience. > > Any thoughts? > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
