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Re: What programs do people use? David Wulff28-Sep-01 8:56 David Wulff 28-Sep-01 8:56  if only they'd build in a download queue so that I can schedule to download files. If they did then every company that produces downlaod acceleration software, etc, would sue for blood. "MONOPOLY! MONOPOLY! MONOPOLY!" David Wulff dwulff@battleaxesoftware.com Re: What programs do people use? ov24-Sep-01 1:55 ov 24-Sep-01 1:55  I'm using FreeBSD 4.3 with nat and ipfw on a dediacted machine And an AVP but only like a virus scanner (monitor have halted my system several times) With the best regards, Vitaly. Re: What programs do people use? Luc Bergeron24-Sep-01 2:53 Luc Bergeron 24-Sep-01 2:53  Hummm, build myself an OpenBSD box for the firewall and run Norton Anti-Virus on the main box. That seems to do the job well ! Luc. Re: What programs do people use? Jörgen Sigvardsson24-Sep-01 3:52 Jörgen Sigvardsson 24-Sep-01 3:52  For inbound traffic I use FreeBSD 4.2 box running NAT/ipfw. For outbound traffic I use ZoneAlarm Pro. It is scary how many programs actually tries to communicate over the internet w/o any hint. Good thing Mr ZoneAlarm gives me the option to say no. I also require IE to prompt me for scripts and activex controls. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I still haven't had any viruses since '93 (Remember the "Jerusalem" virii family? Re: What programs do people use? Tomasz Sowinski24-Sep-01 4:12 Tomasz Sowinski 24-Sep-01 4:12  I'm using Tiny Personal Firewall. I've used ZoneAlarm in the past, however, its UI is the worst piece of crap I've ever seen. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com Re: What programs do people use? Anna-Jayne Metcalfe24-Sep-01 5:27 Anna-Jayne Metcalfe 24-Sep-01 5:27  ZoneAlarm and McAfee VirusScan. My desktop machine (an IBM Aptiva) came preinstalled with Norton Antivirus but it never did really get on with the Display Driver (an integrated Rage Turbo 3D Pro). When I upgraded the Aptiva to Win2K the copy of Norton that came with it wouldn't work and I was sufficiently FiretrUCKed off with it by then that I just went out and got McAffee. No problems since. I haven't had any problems with ZoneAlarm. It's simple and seems to be effective - I ran a test using Gibson Research's grc.com and was impressed enough with the results not to bother trying anything else. Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd (andy.metcalfe@lineone.net) http://www.resorg.co.uk "Be yourself, not what others want you to be." Re: What programs do people use? Leithian24-Sep-01 6:04 Leithian 24-Sep-01 6:04  I'm using the very good Norton Internet Security as a firewall and McAfee AntiVirus 5. ----------------------------- Nobody's perfect but this is no excuse for bad code! So let's code well! (Chris Meier) Re: What programs do people use? Michael Dunn24-Sep-01 7:56 Michael Dunn 24-Sep-01 7:56  When I upgraded the Aptiva to Win2K the copy of Norton that came with it wouldn't work Well, that's because NAV is a totally different product (different binaries, that is) betwen 9x and NT/2K. --Mike-- http://home.inreach.com/mdunn/ Trillian: What are you supposed to do with a manically depressed robot? Marvin: You think you've got problems. What are you supposed to do if you are a manically depressed robot? Re: What programs do people use? Anna-Jayne Metcalfe25-Sep-01 9:41 Anna-Jayne Metcalfe 25-Sep-01 9:41  Yep. I realised that when I read the Win2k setup compatibility report. I already had McAfee running happily on my laptop, so I decided to standardise. The problems with Norton under '98 just tipped the balance.... Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd (andy.metcalfe@lineone.net) http://www.resorg.co.uk "I'm just another 'S' bend in the internet. A ton of stuff goes through my system, and some of the hairer, stickier and lumpier stuff sticks." - Chris Maunder (I just couldn't let that one past ) "Be yourself, not what others want you to be." - Me (unless someone else thought of it first) Re: What programs do people use? John Fisher24-Sep-01 6:07 John Fisher 24-Sep-01 6:07  At home, I use the free versions of Zone Alarm and AVG anti-virus from Grisoft. I really like them both, especially since the other things I've tried cause more problems than they fixed. John AVG antivirus from Grisoft free ??? F Braem24-Sep-01 22:26 F Braem 24-Sep-01 22:26  AVG antivirus from Grisoft is only free for users in the United States and not for users from Europe. Why? I use InoculateIT Pesonal Edition. Re: What programs do people use? William Bartholomew24-Sep-01 12:04 William Bartholomew 24-Sep-01 12:04  I use Norton Anti-Virus on my workstation and I use Sygate Personal Firewall (free and very good) to protect it from my ADSL connection, and I have a RedHat Linux box protecting my web and mail servers from their permananent dial-up connection. All works very well... Re: What programs do people use? Josh Knox25-Sep-01 1:23 Josh Knox 25-Sep-01 1:23  That's what I use. Except ZoneAlarm has caused me a problem lately. It wont accept my password(I use the same password for everything so I know its not me). The only programs it'll let go online are IE and outlook. It blocks the rest. No quakeIII @:<( And zonelabs wont respond to my emails.....Bastards!!! Josh josh@that-guy.net Re: What about anti-add software? 26-Sep-01 22:54 26-Sep-01 22:54  I use InoculateIT Personal Eddition for antivirus protection on my W2K. It takes very little of system resources and never did cause any problems. Only minor inconvenience is that its updates are big to download (~720KB). Before that I tried AVP from Kaspersky Labs (www.kasperskylabs.ru). Probably it's a toughest antivirus app in the world, but it requires a lot of CPU. On PII300 with NT4 it was unbearable to work because of small delays all the time. Also, I'm using Naviscope (www.naviscope.com) for anti-banner/popup windows protection. It runs smoothly with IE5.5 on W2K and wipes out ~95% of banners add from web pages. Unfortunately this project is no longer supported, so I don't know what to do when I'll upgarde from W2K to something else.. I think that nowadays when addware and spamware is so common, there is a real demand for some good anti-add software protection. It's annoying much more than viruses.

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