Computer Security For The Frugal Home User

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To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:20:27 +0100

Hi All,
I have reviewed and significantly updated the Windows home user page on the
site, at http://securitywizardry.com/homeuse.htm which details various free
for homeuse products from anti-virus and personal firewall to net nanny's
and spyware eradicators. I found this is a vital step in helping to reduce
the influx of malware into the work network, by preventing a lot of it at
source. All too often users are refusing to pay for security software or
refusing to renew it once their subscription expires.
Also within the page I suggest to the reader, as I'm doing to you now, to
put pressure on their System Administrators to request from the suppliers of
their work Anti-Virus that they permit "Free For Home Use" Where this isn't
available try and include it when the AV contract is up for renewal. It's
been my experience that a lot of AV vendors will gladly do this, the meaner
vendors will do it for a minimal fee per user supposedly to offset the cost
of support.

Hope this helps, and respect to the various suppliers of the free software

-andy cuff

Talisker's Computer Security Portal
Computer Network Defence Ltd
http://www.securitywizardry.com

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