Using Firewalls and Antivirus at the same time

From: half_pint (esboella_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:15:28 -0800

I am trying to fix my problem of getting my computer
hijacked with Spam, virus and other programs and needed
some help. As most of you know, I do not like the UI from
AVG, but the thing does seem to work.
This is how I have it set up now for what I think will
stop any problems, let me now what I left out.

Firewall: Zone Alarm Pro, McAfee Personal Firewall Plus,
Norton NIS,

Anti-Ad's: Spybot, Lavasoft Ad-Adware, McAfee Privacy
Sevice,

Virus, AVG 6, Sophos, Norman Antvirus, McAfee Virusscan
Pro, Norton Antivirus, IPE antivirus.

Everything runs ok together, its a little slower on
startup. What else do I need ? A hardware firewall ? I
have looked for hardware firewalls and cannot find them. I
use dial up. Might change to xp pro, is that firewall
worth it ?

Regards
half_pint

Relevant Pages

  • Re: XP home vs. Pro.
    ... Pro will allow you to set it up the way you want. ... > Trend Micro's online virus scan. ... You should ALWAYS be running a firewall, anti-virus program, and use spyware ... I use either Zone Alarm or a hardware firewall and the free AVG anti-virus. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: mcafee firewall exception in CPD.exe
    ... At least thats my reading of your issue the virus is messing up the firewall ... If this condition is repeatable and prevents McAfee ... > The fix given to uninstall and reinstall may fix the symptoms for some ...
    (comp.security.firewalls)
  • Re: Sending & Receiving Error - Outlook 2002
    ... I do have a firewall, Mcafee Personal Firewall Plus ... Both firewall and virus scan. ... >| I authenticate both outgoing and incoming mail servers. ...
    (microsoft.public.outlook)
  • Re: Kuang2 Virus/Trojan - Does ANYONE KNOW HOW TO REMOVE?
    ... McAfee Firewall Plus is still showing port activity on Port 17300 "Kuang2 ... The Virus XXX" but nothing about having blocked the attempt. ... "The firewall has blocked an attempt to access this port." ... > Your post indicates you used the McAfee Command Line Scanner. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Using Firewalls and Antivirus at the same time
    ... > Firewall: Zone Alarm Pro, McAfee Personal Firewall Plus, ... > Pro, Norton Antivirus, IPE antivirus. ... A hardware firewall? ...
    (microsoft.public.security)