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  • The true cost of something is what you give up to get it.
  • Fran
    Fran Posts: 11,280 Forumite
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    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.
    Torgwen.......... :) ...........
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,834 Forumite
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    Thank you.
  • LionKing
    LionKing Posts: 446 Forumite
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    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?
    Filiss
  • hansi
    hansi Posts: 3,001 Forumite
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    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?
  • 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 :(
    In the United Kingdom 200,000 people are bitten by dogs every year and some people will die as a result. Of those bitten, 70% are children... So the question has to be asked....... Has the time come to ban children?
  • It's worth mentioning in its own post:
    Firefox: extensions are fantastic - specifically adblock flashgot and noscript ;)

    THUMBS UP :)
    In the United Kingdom 200,000 people are bitten by dogs every year and some people will die as a result. Of those bitten, 70% are children... So the question has to be asked....... Has the time come to ban children?
  • Art_2
    Art_2 Posts: 1,602 Forumite
    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.
  • 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....
    In the United Kingdom 200,000 people are bitten by dogs every year and some people will die as a result. Of those bitten, 70% are children... So the question has to be asked....... Has the time come to ban children?
  • phil140701
    phil140701 Posts: 289 Forumite
    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
    save money, spend someone else's
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