My Security...

For my security I will try these. Please tell me if there are problems with it.

Avast!
Lavasoft Ad-aware
A-sqaured?
Spyware S&D

How do these sound?

 

They are all good products.

If you are worried about possible security threats then you should always run as a restricted user. Only use the administrator account when you need to make system wide changes. Even then you can normally use the 'Run As' command from your normal user account.

For more information on security, check out the Windows XP Security Guide sticky in the Windows forum of this website

 

I read that earlier. I don't think I will be hacked or anything with all of those. I read that other post before. Thanks.

 

Aslong as you aren't a host, or use dodgy web sites, keep frequent scans (daily) and updates, you are highly unlikely to be hacked.

 

How about a software firewall like ZoneAlarm, that is if you dont have any harware firewall.

 

yea! I was going to say , I don't see a firewall on that list..

 

Theirs the windows but that probably isnt enough. Whats the best freeware Firewall? Thanks.

 

See if you can get / find a copy of Sygate 5.5 , it is one of the best free one's.

 

Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall

 

Which one?

 

I wound try Sygate,it is a little more user friendly.. Kerio can be a pain sometimes to set up just right..

 

I found 2 sites (since I guess I wanna give it a shot too):
personalfirewall.de - Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5
and
Sygate Personal Firewall at OldVersion.com

However, there's a strange disparity here... On OldVersion.com it has 5 different 5.5.x versions, all of which are over 8Mb. The one I downloaded off the german site is only 7.2Mb, and it doesn't mention anything about there being different versions of 5.5... Which one of these 6 would u d/l?? lol