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wisdomkiller & pain wrote:
> 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.
Thank you for the reply. I have AVG (the free version) antivirus installed,
also AdAware, SpyBot and Windows Defender. The spyware programs I don't have
running all at once, of course, I just update them and have them scan the
computer every now and then.
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