Re: norton antivirus and ms firewall
From: Shenan Stanley (newshelper_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/02/05
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Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:23:54 -0500
Hal wrote:
> i am running win xp pro sp2 and have just installed norton antivirus
> 2005. NAV recommends i use it instead of windows for my default
> firewall protection. should i turn off the windows firewall and rely
> just on the norton antivirus, (which checks for worms, trojan
> horeses, etc by default), or run both?
Then you did not install Norton Antivirus 2005.
You installed a Norton SUITE.. Because a Firewall and an AntiVirus software
have little in common.
Although the Norton Internet Security (or whatever it is called now) does a
lot - I find it cluttered and a resource hog. When the normal user would
happily get by with the Windows "Firewall", some antivirus application
(Norton's included) and antispyware applications (along with the other
normal maintenance/backup routines) - they instead get some software that
claims to do it all for them and then wonder why their machine has slowed
down or they keep getting asked "Should I allow this?"
Go with simplicity and security - not the claim of it.
If you have broadband - get a NAT router - like a Linksys/Netgear/D-Link/etc
that allow you to connect your computer and several others to the same
high-speed internet connection behond the saftey of the router. Then turn
on your Windows Firewall, install your favorite antivirus software and set
it to auto-update, set your Automatic Updates to On (Windows XP) and
download/install and occassionally update/scan/immunize with a few
AntiSpyware applications. Don't forget to start some scheduled backups and
change your password(s) once every 3 to 6 months.. Then you should be good
to go.
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