Nag or no nag, I ran Avira for about a day under Vista and ditched it because of several false positives. At least to me, it is useless.
Use their AV. Find something real to worry about. Life is full of stuff like this. Too bad you spent a couple of bucks on a different AV,...
My main concern with having the FW disabled is social engineering. During the installation process for a program UAC is lifted and the installer...
While it is nice to be able to do a fresh install on an infected machine, it is not always possible. The original disks may be damaged or...
Interesting... I was wondering how good the protection was. Upgrading applications did not require user action, which concerned me. However,...
Good advice. Add-remove works under Vista.
VSE 8.5i will not uninstall properly from XP or Server 2003. Several services are left running, lots of files and hundreds of registry entries....
Using the Vista built in FW here with outbound filtering enabled. It works, but it it a bit difficult as there is no warning when a program is...
McAfee 8.5i will not uninstall cleanly from XP or Server 2003. It leaves a ton of stuff behind. Works better on Vista.
You could run ZASS as it includes its own version of KAV 6 with the firewall for just a couple of bucks. I am sure one could argue that KAV stand...
True but... This rule goes above any "trusted" zone inbound rule, which would allow inbound connections on the 3 ports. It makes a difference...
Its a good idea to add a network rule that blocks inbound tcp/udp to local ports 135,445 and 500. Windows listens on these ports by default and...
There are a few other features in 3.0, I think port triggering was added too. Its pretty tough to use CHX in the first place and harder now that...
Most AV's that run on Linux are there to scan for Windows malware on mail, not to protect the linux machine itself. Like someone said above,...
I am using the Vista FW with outbound filtering. It is not easy to set up as it does not tell you when it is blocking a program. Things like...
I would say a 64-bit version will appear when OEM's start shipping a majority of their systems with 64-bit Vista. Considering Microsoft's...
Hardware firewalls are nice, but some of us use notebook computers on public hot spots, so a software firewall will have to suffice. Its nice...
This baby costs $79. That's a whole bunch of money for a software firewall. Ouch!
There is a batch file called makemeadmin (or make me admin). Run that and drag the icon to the console window. You can leave that window open...
You can have all sorts of security programs, but if you run as other than a limited rights user on XP, or with UAC turned off on Vista, your...
I downloaded both the free and ZASS versions. No ZAP as yet. Word has it that XP ZASS keys will not work. Both versions are somewhat less...
I can't seem to find a download link at the ZA site. They say June 14th is the day, but no download. Perhaps tomorrow.
I finally managed to get the Vista built in firewall to work with outbound filtering. It is rudimentary at best. The trick is getting windows...
What is available now for a Vista compatible firewall? I know this has been asked before, but things seem to be changing on a daily basis...
He has a point. A lot of experts are predicting the end of signature based AV protection.
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