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Mikey wrote:
> Recently purchased a Zoom 5660 modem / router. It has a
> Network Address Translation firewall and Stateful Packet
> Inspection. The Windows XP computer it's installed on also
> has Zonealarm (free version) installed. Is Zonealarm still
> neccesary with this modem or can it be uninstalled?
You need a good virus scanner, and some scanner for spyware, with a
registry/autostart monitor to catch malware before it can settle.
A combo of a good plain virus scanner (no "internet security" bloatware
necessary at all) with on-access capabilities, like kaspersky,
and a anti-spyware tool like S%D with the registry monitor teatimer,
will work fine.
Even better, if you do your surfing and mailing and daily work from a
non-admin account.
You know, in XP-Pro you can always run a command or installer as admin with
shift-rightclick-"run-as" option. Of course, that needs a password for
admin. And, run that nice downloaded program from untrusted source only
after you have scanned it, waited for a few days even if it appears clean,
then scanned again with freshl updated signatures. Take your time, unless
you have too much spare time to waste with windows reinstalls.
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