Re: Recommended firewall and anti-virus.

From: sponge (yosponge@yahoo.com)
Date: 01/12/03 

From: yosponge@yahoo.com (sponge)
Date: 11 Jan 2003 21:12:36 -0800

Use Kerio for the firewall. You'll be able to import my Spyware
Blocklist (www.geocities.com/yosponge) directly as a file, plus IMHO
it gives the best protection. Actually, Sygate and others are good too
as long as they are properly configured. I've pre-written the rules
for Kerio though, and will for Sygate someday when time permits.
For AV, use either Moosoft's The Cleaner (www.moosoft.com) or AVP. I
believe both offer a free trial period. Also download the (free)
SpyBot S&D (http://security.kolla.de) and Lavasoft's Ad-Aware
(www.lavasoft.de). If you've bought a computer or downloaded anything
in the last few years, odds are you have some kind of spyware running.

On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 12:36:29 -0500, Bob <bob@nospam.aok> wrote:

>I inquired on an anti-virus ng about the relative merits of security
>suites from Norton and McAffee, but got just a few sarcastic "boo
hiss"

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