RomulusJ
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Okay, I'm hoping this is acceptable here its on topic (I hope). Also hope that this is not a repeat of a buried topic. Should this develop into a real discussion, I may edit this post to list the most liked and used products and why for others quick knowledge.
I am of the school, always learning always looking for better - and cheaper - solutions.
For Security against Malware and hackers this is what I typically suggest - and what I do on my own machine.
Browswer - Firefox. Hands down the best and it suffers so little from the malicious popup and malware that IE suffers from.
Anti Virus Program - Any reputible one is acceptable - its better then nothing. I've been leaning steadily to AVG Free but for symantec's flaws - and there are many - it does work if you use it and want a product name. As I said in my post about Adware LOP it was the one that reported I was infected and it was the one that kept reporting it. Though through a undocumented feature that has made me money (Namely a Firewall that clients don't know about call me and pay me to deal with)
Firewall - I admit I've been trusting my Routers, turning of Windows Firewall.
My router is a Linksys 300N (Serious overkill for my small space) but I feel its secure, and safe. No SSID Broadcast, 16bit WEP encyption, fire wall with only ports I use allowed to transmit and accept data. Though probally a bit looser then ideal. (Since my issue Zone Alarm has been installed)
Data Encyrtion - Zilch
Data removal - CCleaner NSA standard
Spyware and Adware Defense - Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, trail AVG Anti-spyware
Web Blocker for family computers - None on mine, Net Nanny installed on client who have had it.
I'm interested to see how this discussion goes and what people like and use.
RomJ
Fearing the backlash
I am of the school, always learning always looking for better - and cheaper - solutions.
For Security against Malware and hackers this is what I typically suggest - and what I do on my own machine.
Browswer - Firefox. Hands down the best and it suffers so little from the malicious popup and malware that IE suffers from.
Anti Virus Program - Any reputible one is acceptable - its better then nothing. I've been leaning steadily to AVG Free but for symantec's flaws - and there are many - it does work if you use it and want a product name. As I said in my post about Adware LOP it was the one that reported I was infected and it was the one that kept reporting it. Though through a undocumented feature that has made me money (Namely a Firewall that clients don't know about call me and pay me to deal with)
Firewall - I admit I've been trusting my Routers, turning of Windows Firewall.
My router is a Linksys 300N (Serious overkill for my small space) but I feel its secure, and safe. No SSID Broadcast, 16bit WEP encyption, fire wall with only ports I use allowed to transmit and accept data. Though probally a bit looser then ideal. (Since my issue Zone Alarm has been installed)
Data Encyrtion - Zilch
Data removal - CCleaner NSA standard
Spyware and Adware Defense - Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, trail AVG Anti-spyware
Web Blocker for family computers - None on mine, Net Nanny installed on client who have had it.
I'm interested to see how this discussion goes and what people like and use.
RomJ
Fearing the backlash
