Popping up is important. You can then save your answer so it doesn't happen again. I found that Norton hardly ever pops up anything and then guesses your answer. It is wrong enough times to be very dangerous.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul McNett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [NF] McAfee and FTP > Nicholas Geti wrote: >> AVG does not get very good ratings. Check reviews in PCWorld. I prefer >> Avast. > > AVG gets great reviews, check PC Advisor. > >> You also must have Spybot and Adaware. You would not believe how many >> hacks >> are blocked by the runtime part of Spybot. >> I also install Sygate which I obtained before Symantec bought the company >> and ruined the product. It is a runtime firewall and pops up all the time >> asking if one wants to allow the program to continue or reject the hack. >> It >> also has a check box to save the answer so it doesn't ask again. The >> Windows >> firewall hardly ever detects these same hacks. > > Sounds nice, having a program pop up all the time asking me if I want to > allow > something I already asked for. Sounds like Vista! ;) > > Paul > > [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/bfdb3cb71cca4b88a6c15a3f6d16f...@dual ** 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.
