What Security do you use?

opportunity_cost

http://free.grisoft.com/

Fran

Avast website

If you look at Computer Security - Free!, which is under FAQ's at the top of this board, there are other free software sites and info re security.

aardvaak

Thank you.

LionKing

I have just installed Symantec Anti Virus on my laptop. My Linksys wireless router has a hardware firewall.

Should i use Sygate or ZoneAlarm? Which is better?

Also going to install Adaware.

I have jsut built the computer. is this sufficient protection or should i add anything else?

hansi

LionKing wrote:

I have just installed Symantec Anti Virus on my laptop. My Linksys wireless router has a hardware firewall.

Should i use Sygate or ZoneAlarm? Which is better?

Also going to install Adaware.

I have jsut built the computer. is this sufficient protection or should i add anything else?

Zone Alarm Pro has a built in Ad Blocker so you won't need Adaware. I have noticed that a lot of people are saying they have a firewall on their routers. Are these automatic on all routers and is it necessary if you have firewalls on each computer on the network?

Lob_Rockster

I have three segmented networks at home.

1. Servernet - one server (web+mail) protected by IPTABLES and a DLink router. I forward ports 80, 443, 25 to the machine and use 993 (IMAP/S) to it too. SSH is open on a non-standard port with RSA key for authentication (no access to root, no password login)

2. Downstairs - Linksys WRT54GL running Thibor14 firmware with ports opened only for PAP2 VoIP gateway.
3. Upstairs - Linksys WRT54GL/Thibor14 with no ports open.

Unplug 'n' Pray = Disabled
All PCs are either linux or WinXP with Sygate PF
Common browser is Firefox

Nets 2 and 3 have DDNS aliases set on the router which is defined in IPTABLES on the server - meaning that the open ports on the DLink router do not mean open to all - thus giving another layer to protect against attack.

The server runs f-prot for linux scanning all incoming emails.
AVG runs on all Windows PCs.

No PC is run with admin rights.
I rarely, if ever, have to run spyware checks (my wife surfs safely with Firefox and my settings for cookie management).
I rarely, if ever, have to reinstall an OS.

I believe the one MAIN reason for so many home computers BECOMING COMPROMISED is the simplicity of getting XP and running with system-wide FULL RIGHTS

Lob_Rockster

It's worth mentioning in its own post:
Firefox: extensions are fantastic - specifically adblock flashgot and noscript

THUMBS UP

Art_2

Lob_Rockster wrote:

It's worth mentioning in its own post:
Firefox: extensions are fantastic - specifically adblock flashgot and noscript

THUMBS UP

Is there a site where all the Firfox extensions are listed?

Regards,
Art.

Lob_Rockster

Art wrote:

Is there a site where all the Firfox extensions are listed?

Regards,
Art.

in FF one of the menus takes you to the extensions site
for those lazy enough, https://addons.mozilla.org/
and I do believe that you could simply copy firefox.exe to removable media and use the core of the browser on any PC....

phil140701

i use kaspersky anti virus
kaspersky anti hacker
ad aware occasionally
ad watch
hi jack this occasionally and
bho demon and never get a problem and have been on same set up for 4 yrs