Firewall - Recommendations [modified]
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Hello CPians, I would be giving my old laptop(Windows XP,32 bit) to my wife. Since, she would only be browsing(facebook,orkut.. :-O ), chatting and listening to songs, I have removed most of my stuff from the laptop. Now I need to install a decent Anitvirus and Personal firewall. Freeware would be a better option but its not a deal breaker. Any sugesstion(especially Frewall)?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified on Monday, October 5, 2009 5:24 AM
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Hello CPians, I would be giving my old laptop(Windows XP,32 bit) to my wife. Since, she would only be browsing(facebook,orkut.. :-O ), chatting and listening to songs, I have removed most of my stuff from the laptop. Now I need to install a decent Anitvirus and Personal firewall. Freeware would be a better option but its not a deal breaker. Any sugesstion(especially Frewall)?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified on Monday, October 5, 2009 5:24 AM
Navaneeth How to use google | Ask smart questions
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Hello CPians, I would be giving my old laptop(Windows XP,32 bit) to my wife. Since, she would only be browsing(facebook,orkut.. :-O ), chatting and listening to songs, I have removed most of my stuff from the laptop. Now I need to install a decent Anitvirus and Personal firewall. Freeware would be a better option but its not a deal breaker. Any sugesstion(especially Frewall)?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified on Monday, October 5, 2009 5:24 AM
super wrote:
listening to movies
Is she blind? or is the screen knackered?
------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009
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super wrote:
listening to movies
Is she blind? or is the screen knackered?
------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009
Dalek Dave wrote:
Is she blind? or is the screen knackered
I have corrected it To think about it, she actually puts on the movies and then does her chores. Technically she is listening to movies only :rolleyes:
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Hello CPians, I would be giving my old laptop(Windows XP,32 bit) to my wife. Since, she would only be browsing(facebook,orkut.. :-O ), chatting and listening to songs, I have removed most of my stuff from the laptop. Now I need to install a decent Anitvirus and Personal firewall. Freeware would be a better option but its not a deal breaker. Any sugesstion(especially Frewall)?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified on Monday, October 5, 2009 5:24 AM
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Is she blind? or is the screen knackered
I have corrected it To think about it, she actually puts on the movies and then does her chores. Technically she is listening to movies only :rolleyes:
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
I understood immediately what you meant, but I could not resist the facetiousness brewing inside! :) My Wife does much the same, sticks on a movie when she is ironing, it helps take her attention from the mindless tedium.
------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009
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Hello CPians, I would be giving my old laptop(Windows XP,32 bit) to my wife. Since, she would only be browsing(facebook,orkut.. :-O ), chatting and listening to songs, I have removed most of my stuff from the laptop. Now I need to install a decent Anitvirus and Personal firewall. Freeware would be a better option but its not a deal breaker. Any sugesstion(especially Frewall)?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified on Monday, October 5, 2009 5:24 AM
Air's good - the US DoD use it
"we shall patiently bear the trials that fate imposes on us" -- Anton Chekhov Uncle Vanya
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Hello CPians, I would be giving my old laptop(Windows XP,32 bit) to my wife. Since, she would only be browsing(facebook,orkut.. :-O ), chatting and listening to songs, I have removed most of my stuff from the laptop. Now I need to install a decent Anitvirus and Personal firewall. Freeware would be a better option but its not a deal breaker. Any sugesstion(especially Frewall)?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified on Monday, October 5, 2009 5:24 AM
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Hello CPians, I would be giving my old laptop(Windows XP,32 bit) to my wife. Since, she would only be browsing(facebook,orkut.. :-O ), chatting and listening to songs, I have removed most of my stuff from the laptop. Now I need to install a decent Anitvirus and Personal firewall. Freeware would be a better option but its not a deal breaker. Any sugesstion(especially Frewall)?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified on Monday, October 5, 2009 5:24 AM
I'd give a try to Microsoft's freshly launched Security Essentials Kit.
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Hello CPians, I would be giving my old laptop(Windows XP,32 bit) to my wife. Since, she would only be browsing(facebook,orkut.. :-O ), chatting and listening to songs, I have removed most of my stuff from the laptop. Now I need to install a decent Anitvirus and Personal firewall. Freeware would be a better option but its not a deal breaker. Any sugesstion(especially Frewall)?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified on Monday, October 5, 2009 5:24 AM
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Hello CPians, I would be giving my old laptop(Windows XP,32 bit) to my wife. Since, she would only be browsing(facebook,orkut.. :-O ), chatting and listening to songs, I have removed most of my stuff from the laptop. Now I need to install a decent Anitvirus and Personal firewall. Freeware would be a better option but its not a deal breaker. Any sugesstion(especially Frewall)?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified on Monday, October 5, 2009 5:24 AM
Avast for antivirus. For firewalls I don't like bloat so generally stick with a combination of the windows firewall, IPSEC policies and my router.
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tidelgl wrote:
Any personal experience? Looks good on the first impression
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Hello CPians, I would be giving my old laptop(Windows XP,32 bit) to my wife. Since, she would only be browsing(facebook,orkut.. :-O ), chatting and listening to songs, I have removed most of my stuff from the laptop. Now I need to install a decent Anitvirus and Personal firewall. Freeware would be a better option but its not a deal breaker. Any sugesstion(especially Frewall)?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified on Monday, October 5, 2009 5:24 AM
If it were me - Avast[^] for anti-virus, I'd probably just use the built-in Windows Firewall, but if I were to go a step further, I'd probably use the ZoneAlarm Free version[^] - that's what I used to use before I had a hardware solution.
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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Navaneeth How to use google | Ask smart questions
+1 for NOD32.
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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Avast for antivirus. For firewalls I don't like bloat so generally stick with a combination of the windows firewall, IPSEC policies and my router.
How is Avast wrt to False Positive? Based on the feedback from my colleagues, it seems Avast is more popular. Their only concern was that User Interface was not so simple. I have no idea of judging that but I can live with that
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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If it were me - Avast[^] for anti-virus, I'd probably just use the built-in Windows Firewall, but if I were to go a step further, I'd probably use the ZoneAlarm Free version[^] - that's what I used to use before I had a hardware solution.
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
Stuart Dootson wrote:
I'd probably use the ZoneAlarm Free version[
Will look into it.. Somebody else suggested Online Armor[^] Any Idea about this?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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If it were me - Avast[^] for anti-virus, I'd probably just use the built-in Windows Firewall, but if I were to go a step further, I'd probably use the ZoneAlarm Free version[^] - that's what I used to use before I had a hardware solution.
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
Zone Alarm is ok, but a bit officious and interfery. I stopped using it a few years ago when it kept prompting for "Purchase the Professional Version".
------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009
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Hello CPians, I would be giving my old laptop(Windows XP,32 bit) to my wife. Since, she would only be browsing(facebook,orkut.. :-O ), chatting and listening to songs, I have removed most of my stuff from the laptop. Now I need to install a decent Anitvirus and Personal firewall. Freeware would be a better option but its not a deal breaker. Any sugesstion(especially Frewall)?
cheers, Super ------------------------------------------ Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
modified on Monday, October 5, 2009 5:24 AM
If all that's happening is as you say then the OS F/W is probably good enough. But if your wife likes to shop, eBay, Amazon, Paypal, pay bills etc then I'd set her up with the Trend Micro Suite - its robust, not as in-your-face or intrusive as the others and more intelligent/intuitive. My experience with their the support has been an eyeopener on 2 occasions. Once I had a tricky problem running multiple mail clients (Outlook & Pegasus), the phone support person was out her depth, but she got a very good person to call me back within 30 mins, he stuck with me for another 30-50 minutes until the problem was fixed - cost $0.00, all part of the service sir. BTW there was nothing wrong with TM s/w - I was making invalid assumptions, it was smarter that I thought smarter than me maybe. I use Eset NOD for malware protection and the On-Line Armour firewall, there's a lot of history there and I long term licences.
"we shall patiently bear the trials that fate imposes on us" -- Anton Chekhov Uncle Vanya
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Zone Alarm is ok, but a bit officious and interfery. I stopped using it a few years ago when it kept prompting for "Purchase the Professional Version".
------------------------------------ "I'm going to walk around a field dangling my keys on a bit of string until I hear whistling noises. " Steve Harris 2009
I stopped using it several years(7?) ago as well, when I got hardware between me and t'Internet.
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p