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PhiloVance · May 25, 2005

My ISP (cox.net) is offering a free security suite. I currently have:

AV - CA eTrust

FW - Kerio 2.15

Trojan - Billp's Winpatrol

Antispy - Spycop, Spywareblaster, MRUBlaster, Spybot S&D and Adaware from Lavasoft.

The offering is free, which sounds good. I plan on staying with cox in the foreseeable future, price is right, speed is good, etc. How is the Authentium software. From some discussions on this site, it seems the AV is good, but does anyone know about the other stuff, esp. the anti-spyware

Below is the spiel from the Cox site.

Security Software

Protect your personal computers and your family from viruses, hackers, spyware, pop-ups and unwanted content with our free software. Cox High Speed Internet provides PC based software that offers Anti-Virus, Firewall, Parental Control, Anti-Spyware and Pop-Up Blocker protection. You can choose all the protection the software provides, or just the protection you need.

System Requirements: The Cox High Speed Internet security software requires a minimum of Windows 98 Second Edition® with Internet Explorer 5.5.

Installation and Activation Instructions
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* By clicking the link below, you will begin the installation and activation process.
* By clicking the link below, you agree that your Cox account number and Cox.net email address will be sent* to Authentium, Inc. in order to activate your software and allow them to provide support.

Install and activate Cox High Speed Internet security software

*Your Cox account number and Cox High Speed Internet e-mail address is provided to Authentium solely so that they may activate and support your software, and so that Cox can track activations between Cox and Authentium. Authentium will not use any of the information provided for marketing and will not distribute it to any other parties. For more information, please see the Cox Privacy Policy.

Mac users: Please note that the Cox High Speed Internet security software is only available to Windows users. For more information on securing your Apple® computer, visit http://www.apple.com/security. Anti-spyware will detect existing spyware on a PC but will not prevent future spyware infections. Pop-Up blocker will significantly reduce pop-ups, pop-unders and adware, but is not guaranteed to prevent all unwanted ads.

'Authentium' is a trademark of Authentium, Inc.
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If I switch what software of my current array, should I keep?

Thanks.

bigc73542 · May 25, 2005

I would go with the authentium, it is pretty good quality apps. And I would keep the following

Trojan - Billp's Winpatrol
Antispy - Spycop, Spywareblaster, MRUBlaster, Spybot S&D and Adaware from Lavasoft.

NAMOR · May 26, 2005

Here is a thread at DSLreports about the security suite from COX...

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13152016

PhiloVance · May 26, 2005

Thanks for the comments. I looked at the dsl reports link (I'm actually a member there, so I'm a little embarassed ) and it looks pretty nice. Will definitely look into it.

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