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I support everything andyb has said in this thread. I offer Comodo's free firewall as an alternative to PC Tools', and suggest the use of a-squared Free 3.5 in addition to a regimen of Spybot Search and Destroy's and Ad-Aware's on-demand (not background) scanners.
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Because most of use use Windows and the Internet, any OS and no internet is safe, Linux locked down tightly with Internet is pretty low risk.I still can't understand why SPCR people need firewalls, anti-virus and anti-spyware apps...
Using internet explorer with a firewall and and AV software is riskier than using firefox without. As far as I am concerned using IE is a bigger security risk than not having a firewall or AV software.
Andy
In this case, you - as a computer-literate SPCR-er - are driving a tank... Not a car. And you are a professional tank driver.nick705 wrote:I haven't personally, but I've also never gone face-first through my car windscreen. I don't see that as a good argument for not wearing a seatbelt...Matija wrote:Have you honestly ever had problems with malware?
Well, okay, maybe you aren't, I don't know
Yes, one of my friends was showing me somepeiceofcrapAmericanmusclecar using IE, and infected my PC in an instant. After I fixed it I went hunting for the same website using Firefox - no infection, although it tried.Have you honestly ever had problems with malware?
Another friend has infected his PC (IE again, and claims i quote "I wasnt even porn surfing, I wouldnt have minded so much if I was because I do that all of the time and havent got anything bad on my PC"), thats downstairs waiting for me to fit is and permanently disable IE.
The following instructions work BTW for IE as well as WMP.
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Andy
Thank you sir, but I think you give me too much credit. Also, there are munitions out there which will go through even Chobham armour like a hot knife through butter, and however expert the driver, he's toast once that happens...Matija wrote: In this case, you - as a computer-literate SPCR-er - are driving a tank... Not a car. And you are a professional tank driver.
Well, okay, maybe you aren't, I don't know
Seriously, I do regard myself as reasonably computer-savvy, but I'm also very much aware that there are many, many people out there who are far more capable, and that not all of them have good intentions. The whole "I'm PC-literate, I don't need no AV/firewall/anti-spyware" argument strikes me as dangerously complacent... however well-informed and careful you may be, you can't possibly always anticipate and avoid any threat which may occur in the future. Also, with the best will in the world no-one can maintain complete concentration at all times, and a single ill-judged click on a link could result in all sorts of problems later, even if they don't manifest themselves immediately.
Common sense and being aware of potential threats is definitely the first and best line of defence, and of course a simple AV or firewall won't in itself guarantee immunity, but at least it provides an additional safety net, and the small (or non-existent) financial cost and minimal system overhead on modern equipment seems a small price to pay.