Re: What to do about college

From: Charles Newman (charlesnewman1_at_comcast.net.spammers.will.be.shot.on.sight)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:55:24 -0800

"k" <blah!!!*@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> itzadreamer wrote:
>
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > My brother recently went to college and since he's been there his
> > computer has been hit hard with a lot of spyware and viruses. His
> > Norton antivirus is catching most everything and I've had him use
> > ad-aware and Spybot. Though he keeps getting slammed with stuff. I'm
> > about to have him start using FireFox instead of Internet Explorer to
> > browse.
> >
> > My question is...is there a firewall program or something to that
> > nature that we can get for him that will help him stay more secure on
> > the network at school? I read somewhere about a NAT router. Is that
> > even possible to use in his case? Anyways, any input or suggestions
> > would be much appreciated! :o)
>
>
> if he's running windows, make sure to set it up to automatically
> search/download/install new updates... the same with his virus scanning..

   Be careful about automatic updates. I have problems on my network
of Windows Product Activation having to be run yet again, every time
an update is downloaded. Best to get the freeware version of BigFix, and
have it alert you to new hotfixes, and then the user install them manually.

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