furlonium
Computer Over? Virus equals Very Yes?
join:2002-05-08
Bethlehem, PA | reply to L337
Re: What is your Anti-Virus, Spyware/Adware protection setup?
None, none, and none. Safe browsing habits! Haven't steered me wrong yet...though I'm seriously asking for it, not even having SP2 installed. |
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Trel
Good Evening
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join:2002-10-08
Hillsborough, NJ
| said by furlonium  :None, none, and none. Safe browsing habits! Haven't steered me wrong yet...though I'm seriously asking for it, not even having SP2 installed. Yeah, don't change anything. It's really convienient for me to be able to use your PC as part of my rendering farm.
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no__1__here
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join:2003-10-13
Tomball, TX
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WRT54GS - 3rd party firmware running IPTables with in & out rules. I'm fairly aggressive with outbound rules here, permitting POP/SMTP/FTP/etc to specific hosts only. About the only thing given full outbound access here is HTTP(S), which is controlled by the proxies below.
Proxomitron - all LAN clients must use this proxy (IPTables above will drop outbound otherwise). Basically use this instead of any type of ad blocker, js filter, etc.
Squid - Proxo forwards to Squid, which has additional ACLs. Actually very aggressive in dropping traffic to just about every TLD other than .com/.net/.org/.gov, with a few specific exceptions. I also have a black-list based on BleedingSnort lists, and a white-list-only ACL for the kids based on authentication (proxy requires authentication). This also gives me shared caching, log files, etc.
My PC (still run with admin) - XP SP2:
Comodo firewall
Avast Home (free)
Acronis TrueImage
Wife's PC plus two kids' PCs (limited users) - XP SP2:
Windows firewall
Avast Home
My laptop - Linux (not root, of course  ):
IPtables firewall
Edit to add one very important app -- Acronis TrueImage! I have it set to do a monthly full, and weekly incrementals.
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furlonium
Computer Over? Virus equals Very Yes?
join:2002-05-08
Bethlehem, PA
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said by Trel :said by furlonium :None, none, and none. Safe browsing habits! Haven't steered me wrong yet...though I'm seriously asking for it, not even having SP2 installed. Yeah, don't change anything. It's really convienient for me to be able to use your PC as part of my rendering farm. Good luck 
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MarkAW
Barry White or lil bratt
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join:2001-08-27
Canada
 ·Bell Sympatico
 ·Cogeco Cable
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AV- Avast Home turned up full.
AS-Ewido/Avg Anti-Spyware turned up full,Spybot S&D (no teatimer), SpywareBlaster, SpywareGuard.
AT-A2,BOClean.
Firewall-ZoneAlarm(7.0.337.000)
and if anything passes through those and i know it is my fault i nuke my hard drive with good old DBan and restore with Acronis True Image 9.0. 
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Somnambul33t
L33t.
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join:2002-12-05
Mullica Hill, NJ
clubs:
·Comcast
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nod32 loaded on-demand, ad-aware every few months. if you know what youre doing, you wont need to run many scans of anything, and you defly dont need a real-time scanner. good browsing habbits (read: firefox/opera over IE6) and knowing what you're DLing over BT or whichever p2p you use should be enough for most advanced computer users. of course it's a good idea to have an AV installed for on-demand scanning of shady files, and ad-aware and similiar apps will take care of most non-system critical spyware apps (tracking cookies, pop-ups, etc)
for the masses, though, you can never be too safe. the masses are asses, and as such will require a full-time real-time AV and spyware app. kaspersky and, to a lesser extent, norton are my 2 favorite full internet security suites, and spysweeper is the all-around best spyware program if you want that little extra protection than what Windows Defender offers (and willing to pay for it). otherwise Defender is a nice, free solution and does an adequate job.
also, spybot S&D has been known to destroy many a registry, resulting in more problems than it solves, so beware IMO. if you can get it to work without it trashing your windows install, than it's hard to beat, but otherwise...
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AB
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join:2006-04-04
Leesburg, VA
| said by Somnambul33t :. . the masses are asses, and as such will require a full-time real-time AV and spyware app. . . . . . also, spybot S&D has been known to destroy many a registry, resulting in more problems than it solves, so beware IMO. if you can get it to work without it trashing your windows install, than it's hard to beat, but otherwise... My ass is massive, too.
I've never heard of Spybot S&D 'destroying a Registry'.
I've heard of AdAware trashing whole machines, though:
»CAUTION: AdAware 2007 Beta 1 WIPED MY HDD CLEAN!!
»Problem with Ad-Aware
The naive user allowing Registry cleaners to delete files that are mis-identified as 'safe to delete' is how I have noticed 'many a Registry getting destroyed'. |
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WALL_E
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join:2003-05-28
USA | reply to Be1ge
No, I haven't had a chance to try AntiExecutable yet either, but I'll have to check it out! |
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bmfan
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join:2005-03-15
Saint Helen, MI
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Just My router..
I guess I must not surf much, or download from (bad) places, because ive never had any problems. I have used AV programs in the past, but after months of them just running and not doing anything, i start to wonder why i have it at all
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dancy70
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join:2005-01-29
Hudson, FL
·Verizon Online DSL
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Three computers that are, from time to time, on two separate networks (MA & FL). Two laptops - the Acer has ZoneAlarm suite and the Dell has free ZoneAlarm and Norton AV. A third machine, a Dell desktop, has McAfee suite (only because I haven't gone to the effort to delete the sucker . I periodically (more or less on a monthly basis, though the business laptop is treated on a weekly basis) run Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware SE Personal, and RootKitRevealer. Both networks are behind Verizon supplied routers - one with FIOS TV and internet, the other DSL - all wireless connections are WPA PSK with a 9 character letter/number key. The DSL router supplied was only capable of WEP, so another was daisy-chained to get the WPA capability. I know, I know -- too much info  |
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Traxless
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join:2005-02-16
USA
·AT&T Southwest
 ·Cbeyond
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said by parputt :NOD32 Hosts File SpywareBlaster Spybot S&D That is all and it keeps me nice and toasty. Oh, and I still use IE I'm nice and toasty with a hosts file, Spybot S&D as an occasional check, XP Pro firewall, and a NAT router. I use a white list for all email, the rest goes to a junk mailbox. All my favorite websites go into the trusted zone, the rest get a locked down version of the Internet zone. I have not had a single problem in more than 5 years or longer! |
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L337
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join:2005-03-10
Chicago, IL | I installed aVast 4.7 again and cranked up full (I got myself the adware when it wasn't full) but now all that bothers me is what kind of firewall I should use. Can you guys recommend a good firewall? |
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Traxless
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join:2005-02-16
USA
·AT&T Southwest
·Cbeyond
| said by L337 :I installed aVast 4.7 again and cranked up full (I got myself the adware when it wasn't full) but now all that bothers me is what kind of firewall I should use. Can you guys recommend a good firewall? This ought to help you in your search.
»[Poll] What Firewall Do You Use? '07
And there you go. |
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