(e-mail address removed) ( Steve H) wrote in
Any suggestions?
Currently using AV, firewall and Proxomitron - along with custom IE
settings.
Regards,
No, proxomitron is a local web proxy and while the default is somewhat
restrictive it provides very good security and privacy enhancements
*while* browsing. Software in the same class include naviscope, Privoxy
etc
Spywareguard is a totally different class of program. To put it simply,
it's the anti-spyware equalavant of your AV's resident scanner.
It's won't catch everything, normally only software installed
manually/locally.
I would be very suspicious of "trick" sites, you never know when one of
the "tricks" is actually malicious.
Personally, I think you might try switching over to another browser
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ for example, it has built in
popup blocking, tabs , and other additonal functions. More importantly,
it is more secure than IE (most malicious tricks are aimed at IE users),
so needs somewhat less protection than Internet explorer and you can
probably get away without proxomitron if you are careful.
It might work okay on your son's game cheats sites, unless they are
IE specific (use VB/activex etc).
Aaron (my email is not munged!)
