Re: Please recommend email software
- From: Rich <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:40:06 GMT
On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:00:03 -0500, "DG" <beri19@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>">>>>Some viruses will get by a virus scanner.
>>>>
>>>> Then you're using a bad anti-virus program.
>>>> --
>>>I used to have the same view of Outlook Express because I heard how
>>>viruses
>>>had a better chance of getting in through that software. But, I started
>>>using it a few years ago and haven't had any problems. As stated before, a
>>>good antivirus program is always needed no matter what you use for email.
>>>Also, I have Outlook set that the preview pane is OFF. That way I decide
>>>which emails to view. My ISP scans email for viruses but my AVG software
>>>still caught one a few weeks ago in a piece of SPAM.
>>>
>> i don't believe that any single AV program will catch 100% of the
>> viruses 100% of the time. a layered approach is a much better
>> defensive strategy. my layered defense consists of an AV program,
>> software firewall (not XP's firewall), real time spyware blocking,
>> real time spyware scanning (for those pests that get by the blocker),
>> periodically updating the AV and anti-spyware definition files,
>> stripping HTML off of most e-mail, not opening unexpected attachments
>> and a spam filter. i scan our pc twice a month for spyware using 3
>> different AS programs. i scan the entire pc each evening for viruses
>> (automated process). our e-mail client is outlook 2000.
>>
>
>Which spyware program(s) do you use??
>
again, i use a multi-layered approach.
i have spyware blaster (free)
<http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html> running in the
background. this keeps most spyware pests from the pc.
but in case it doesn't i also have counter-spy ($, sunbelt software)
running and scanning in real-time
<http://www.sunbelt-software.com/CounterSpy.cfm>. i experimented with
MS anti-spyware, which looks and acts like counter-spy, but found that
counter-spy did a better job in real time mode.
every other week i scan my pc with the following AS tools:
- ad-aware se personal (free, lavasoft)
<http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/>
- pest patrol ($) <http://www.pestpatrol.com/>
- spy-bot search and destroy (free) <http://www.safer-networking.org/>
i also use the ads-gone popup killer ($) <http://www.adsgone.com/>.
its my opinion that this does a better job of blocking unwanted pop
ups than the free MS or google tools.
finally, i use a start page guard to keep my start/home page from
being hijacked and something called 'spoofstick' which helps detect
spoofed or faked websites.
start page guard: (free)
<http://www.snapfiles.com/get/startpageguard.html>
spoofstick (free)
<http://www.spoofstick.com/>
spoofstick
there are a lot of fine AS tools out there, DG. these are ones that i
have found do the job for me.
73,
rich, n9dko
.
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