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Re: Beginner in Security said by Wildcatboy:As far as I'm concerned, anything besides a good AV and a firewall is a waste, unless you are in the high risk category or unless you like playing with them. I agree pretty much with that statement except it is not clear if you are referring to a hardware or software firewall (or both). I certainly think everyone on broadband should be behind a router which acts as a hardware firewall. I also think that some application is needed to protect and control applications and that could be a software firewall or an HIPS (in the broadest sense) program. I personally dislike software firewalls so I use ProcessGuard in place of a software firewall but I don't think everyone should use PG or that everyone should use, say, ZoneAlarm, but I do think everyone needs a way to protect and control applications and the way they choose to do this is up to them.
As for the OP, I suggested BoClean primarily because of the OP's choice of AV.
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"If you want to do DRM on a PC then you need to treat the user as the enemy." Ross Anderson in "`Trusted Computing' Frequently Asked Questions"
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