Best firewall and antivirus

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Hi
I use norton PF 2003 and AV2004 but the system goes slow.Does anybody knows
a AV and FW that can replace norton?

Thank's
 
what about zonealarm pro and panda 2004?
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Zonealarm had issues with Windows XP. Don't know if it's been sorted
now though.



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george said:
Hi
I use norton PF 2003 and AV2004 but the system goes slow.Does anybody knows
a AV and FW that can replace norton?
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Some will say that anything is better than Norton, others
will even say that nothing is better than Norton. ;o)
 
thank's a lot !!!!

anybody
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Get a cheap NAT router and put it infront of the machine that cost about
as much as you paid for Norton.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

If using a NT based O/S like Win2k or XP, then use IPsec to supplement
the router on inbound and outbound traffic to and from the machine, by
port, IP, protocol or DNS.

http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_traffic_with_ipsec.htm
http://www.analogx.com/contents/articles/ipsec.htm

As for the AV, you can take your choice.

You can use Active Ports (free) to watch inbound or oubount to and from
the machine.

Duane :)

Duane :)
 
Excuse me Duane but what is NAT?

Duane Arnold said:
Get a cheap NAT router and put it infront of the machine that cost about
as much as you paid for Norton.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

If using a NT based O/S like Win2k or XP, then use IPsec to supplement
the router on inbound and outbound traffic to and from the machine, by
port, IP, protocol or DNS.

http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_traffic_with_ipsec.htm
http://www.analogx.com/contents/articles/ipsec.htm

As for the AV, you can take your choice.

You can use Active Ports (free) to watch inbound or oubount to and from
the machine.

Duane :)

Duane :)
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Excuse me Duane but what is NAT?
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NAT stands for Network Address Translation. It is a technique employed that
converts the IP address from a private address to a public address
automatically. This therefore enables a single connection to be shared by
many different computers.
 
Conor said:
Zonealarm had issues with Windows XP. Don't know if it's been sorted
now though.
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Earlier versions of ZoneAlarm (_much_ earlier, IIRC) may have had problems
with XP. I'm running the current version (4.5.538) on both XP Home and Pro
without problems.

I've never used Panda AV, so I can't comment on that.

HTH,

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george said:
Excuse me Duane but what is NAT?
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Network Address Translation. It's a feature usually found in DSL modems
and possibly some cable integrated modems (I don't use cable). In effect,
it hides the private local network's address space (typically 192.168.x.x
for a small home network) from your ISP's assigned external address.
Properly set up, it's your first line of protection against outside
intrusion..

The second line of defense would be a personal firewall (Zone Alarm, Kerio,
Sygate) on each machine on your private network.

Third would be a strong AV program with inbound and outbound mail scanning.

Fourth, do _not_, repeat _not_, repeat _not_ use Outlook Express. Forget
that it exists. There are many others available (Netscape, Mozilla
Firebird, etc.) that work as well for both email and news that do not have
OE's vulnerabilities.

Fifth, make sure every machine on the network is fully updated for any
security vulnerabilities.

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| George Ruch |
| "Is there life in Clovis after Clovis Man?" |
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George said:
Fourth, do _not_, repeat _not_, repeat _not_ use Outlook Express. Forget
that it exists. There are many others available (Netscape, Mozilla
Firebird, etc.) that work as well for both email and news that do not have
OE's vulnerabilities.
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Specifically........ which ones? ............specifically.
 
Fourth, do _not_, repeat _not_, repeat _not_ use Outlook Express.
Forget that it exists. There are many others available (Netscape,
Mozilla Firebird, etc.) that work as well for both email and news that
do not have OE's vulnerabilities.
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I am using Outlook and Outlook Express and I don't have any problems with
it.

Duane :)
 
Zonealarm had issues with Windows XP. Don't know if it's been sorted
now though.
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I had some difficulty with my non-current version of ZoneAlarm and
XP. I have used it for years on 98-SE.

Following the advice in a helpful posting I downloaded the freeware
version of Sygate. If you are happy with the learning process of
ZoneAlarm you will warm to Sygate which does much the same but, in
my opinion, more thoroughly. Anyway, no problems with Sygate on XP
and I am more than confident that it is providing the necessary
protection.

Peter
 
Zonealarm had issues with Windows XP. Don't know if it's been sorted
now though.
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Before anybody flames me, I do know that ZoneAlarm and Sygate are
firewalls! It may be off-topic but that is what Conor was asking
about.

Peter
 
Peter said:
Before anybody flames me,
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Hey Peter, got a match? :O)
I do know that ZoneAlarm and Sygate are firewalls!
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A firewall is external to the computer(s) it is protecting. You are
referring to "Personal Firewall's" which aren't *really* firewalls
but what some would call pseudo firewalls. When running on the
machine that they hope to protect, these programs must allow
the traffic at least part of the way in in order to work.
 
Hey Peter, got a match? :O)


A firewall is external to the computer(s) it is protecting. You are
referring to "Personal Firewall's" which aren't *really* firewalls
but what some would call pseudo firewalls. When running on the
machine that they hope to protect, these programs must allow
the traffic at least part of the way in in order to work.
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I am put into my place! Incidentally, my son accuses me of being
pedantic. :-)>

Peter
 
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