Do I need anything else?

iamesbo

Best buy a bullet proof vest and gun too :rotfl:

jasonwatkins

Pssst wrote: »

You can go too far.

You can - i've never had any anti virus software installed and only ever used zonealarm as my firewall - currently using the vista firewall as well. Aside from an quarterly online scan, i've never had any problems.

as some have said, education is the best tool you can use.

aliEnRIK

jasonwatkins wrote: »

You can - i've never had any anti virus software installed and only ever used zonealarm as my firewall - currently using the vista firewall as well. Aside from an quarterly online scan, i've never had any problems.

as some have said, education is the best tool you can use.

Your using 2 firewalls?

How would your computer stop itself from being forced to load in a dodgy internet page that will bombard you with viruses? (Possible from THIS very site being hacked for example) Further to that, how would you KNOW its being bombarded with viruses?

I understand your point of view, but in this day and age, running a windows based system with no resident anti virus is.....well......NOT recommended.

[Deleted User]

Basically, all you need to do is make sure you install any Windows Updates, a regulary updated virus scanner and some common sense.

You can go way overboard installing programs to lock down your computer but you're just slowing down your machine. Learning what is safe browsing is much, much more effective than throwing programs at it to deal with the aftermath.

jasonwatkins

loaner wrote: »

no amount of education will protect you from infection

of course it will - as anewhope put it, learning about safe browsing is much more effective that filling your hard drive and, more importantly, ram with countless programs to cover for every single possibility.

[Deleted User]

jasonwatkins wrote: »

of course it will - as anewhope put it, learning about safe browsing is much more effective that filling your hard drive and, more importantly, ram with countless programs to cover for every single possibility.

Exactly, do you fill your car boot with bricks to stop you speeding or do you change your driving style..

Old_Sherlock

totalsolutions wrote: »

All you need is a nat router and some common sense, thats all. Note: all routers are nat routers, the rest is overkill as your pc guy said.

Yes ..Using a router is an excellent way to protect your network.
However that is not going to stop viruses, spyware, ect on it`s own.

I would always use an antvirus ,spyware, and firewall program ,and would not recommend relying just on your router to protect yourself.