Re: OT - ask EU: which first, firewall or antivirus?

In message <e4KdnVtFzc9EXJnXnZ2dnUVZ8q2dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxx>, mower man <nospam@xxxxxxx> writes:
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I'm obviously going to download, transfer via USB, and install some protection before ever going online with it. What is UMRA's view of what should be given this treatment - firewall, AV, or both?
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Connect behind a hardware firewall - i.e., within a router - then install and run "spywareblaster", "spybot search and destroy" and a

Hmm, I agree those are good things to have, but from reviews I've been reading, the NC-20 doesn't come with preloaded junk, apart from a _trial_ of one of the AVs, so I think AV should come before the two spys.

good free AV program. I use AVAST. Lastly for what it's worth, enable

Yes, I've been wondering about AVAST; the default would have been AVG, of course, but lately I've heard it is a bit of a resource hog (though mainly from Sunbelt, who have their own - non-free - to sell). Though I suspect there's little to choose, in that _any_ AV software _must_ use some resources if it's to do any good. (AVG 7.5 certainly slows this old machine down when it does a scan, but this is a slow old thing.)

and run the XP built in firewall, or any of the free alternatives - but

As I've said, I may well use the old Kerio.

never two at once. Keep updating the protection programs, every fortnight is good.

I take it you're referring to the antispy ones, not AV, which seems to update daily.

"Hijackthis" is worth an outing if you ever have a redirect problem.

I've seen mention of it, mainly in the '98 'groups, but I get the impression you need to be a real computer whizz to understand its output.

Ignore the Linux mob - even though I'm one of them I have no axe to grind and can honestly say that the only time I've had a Windoze security problem is when I incorrectly formatted a drive and had a "format error". Self inflicted.

(How was that a security problem?) Yes, most Linux people are nice most of the time! (Lots of UMRAts are them, for a start!)
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