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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:51 pm
by RobertGonzalez
hawleyjr wrote:My anti-virus solution:

1. http://www.getfirefox.com
2. Zone Alarm Pro
3. Don't surf for p0rn :)
Words to surf by. Not so easy to follow for many, but still, very wise words.

As a precaution, for my brother, when he got his machine back from the shop, I unsinstalled IE and installed FF. Installed a few virus checkers and registry scanners. He hasn't had a problem yet.

On a side note, I completely obliterated my Win2K set up once. I visitied a site I tought was about development. Apparently it had gotten hacked and I was stung with a site that immediately loads software onto your computer. I tried to close IE, tried to Ctrl-Alt-Del and get to Task Manager, but to no avail. The thing sort of locks up your system while it downloads. Since the download didn't complete, my entire system was fragged beyond repair.

You gotta love a clean install of your OS after a HD format. :evil:

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:03 pm
by matthijs
Isn't also turning off javascript safer?

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:36 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Safer in IE, yes, but not fool proof. FF and Opera have a lot of built in protection mechanisms that IE (6 and below) never had. In fact, the get pop up blocking I had to install the google tool bar.

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:00 pm
by Chris Corbyn
matthijs wrote:Isn't also turning off javascript safer?
JS is pretty harmless. Java is not so good. We've all had one of those popup Java dialogs saying "This software will be installed, do you accept?" and then clicked "Yes" in a daze without even checking what it is.

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:37 pm
by dull1554
ive been using Symantec Corperate Server/Client Antivirus for a while now, i love it, i mean i really love it. It's a bit pricy but u all are resourceful.

and i use blackice defender < best firewall know to man imo