DEP and protected mode are enabled by default and have to be disabled for this to work in IE8. In reality this attack affects those who run way...
indeed more convenient, but less secure. Its a tradeoff and depends on personal taste. I run a limited account. I do agree that adding more...
thx seer, re your question in your first paragraph, my concern is to be knowledgeable and proactive in preventing such openings, like a firewall...
do people still use IE6 in win2000 or XP? I think I switched from IE6 to IE7 about 5 years ago. IMO IE8 is easily the safest browser, its less...
thx Brad, so the PC Tools firewall does have a feature that shuts down the internet should the firewall crash or be disabled it looks like....
trying to find out of their is something to protect you should a firewall program crash? It seems like you would be wide open. I also want...
Hi All, Wanted to check a couple things with you guys. 1. Programs in windows can crash. What if your running a 3rd party Firewall and the...
sounds like you got it pretty well figured out, as always, keep a backup strategy in mind too. I might try the Esset on demand scanner, does it...
sorry if this is a dumb question, but isn't scanning archives a good thing because malware can hide in .ZIP, .CAB, .RAR files, etc???? I can...
Whether or not you need an AV on your netbook depends on how well you back up important data IMO, how critical the data is, and the extent of your...
depends. In XP after adding or removing a large file or program. vista can defrag more file types than xp, win7 can defrag even more file...
mines enabled for mainly for these reasons listed above • Protected Mode in Internet Explorer • File and registry virtualization
Between IE8's SmartScreen Filter, protected mode, and performance in tests like the ones below, I gotta think IE8 would be the safest. I...
Windows Firewall for many reasons. Its a good inbound filter that doesn't use extra resources like 3rd party firewalls and its very hands free...
a hard to answer question because it depends on the hardware, what the program is/does, and what OS. Like said above the more memory used by...
I consider A-Squared Free a great free security scanner, but I have had false positives over the years using it. Most recently I did a 30 day...
As the title says, how many programs do you have installed? If I click start --> programs I have 22 (w/ accesories & IE) If I look in...
all freeware on an xp sp3 machine with LUA and SRP and router firewall + DEP all programs, no real-time programs. security software: Microsoft...
I did notice a little more responsiveness in xp after using cachman to alter settings called 'hungapptimeout' 'waittokillapptimeout'...
I have used spybots immunize function and spyware blaster both, but still have questions about immunizing that I'm not clear on. 1. Since...
no security product stops any virus/malware. If avira/avg couldn't remove your last infection, I doubt nod32 or kaspersky or the paid versions...
My gaming desktop, uses about 105mb ram on bootup and this old XP machine is still the most responsive computer I've used. Configuration: XP,...
What is the operating system? It sounds like you have automatic updates and have shown her how to keep windows updated. If she is on Vista or...
you don't like UAC prompts to allow something to run in admin mode, so you run as a limited user without UAC, then have to switch to admin mode...
sure you can turn off scheduled scans if you want, main performance concern is how the real time protection will scan every read/write to your...
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