[wdvltalk-social] firewall, anti-virus, vista

[joseph harris]

Thanks Cheryl,

That is very helpful and I'll make sure it is understood ;-).

Joseph


> Your router should contain a hardware firewall which is all you 
> need. Vista
> also contains a built-in firewall that is considerably better 
> than earlier
> operating systems from Microsoft and allows you per program 
> blocks/access.
> By default most programs are blocked and you have to unblock 
> them to use. As
> for anti-virus there are dozens available for Vista. Most I 
> know use either
> NOD32 or AVG. Since your preference is AVG I'd use that and the 
> hardware
> firewall (with or without the Vista one.)
>
> FWIW, I used Zone Alarm with XP but haven't bothered with 
> Vista.
>
> Cheryl D Wise
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: joseph harris
>
> Ho-kay...
>
> Master machine on our LAN is reluctantly Vista...
>
> Is there advice on the firewall and AV?    At the moment 
> windows firewall
> and Bullguard AV is in use;   various advices seem to indicate 
> that this is
> not a good combination, and the windows firewall seems 
> difficult to control
> !
>
> The preference is to return to ZA and AVG, but what is the most 
> sensible
> solution with broadband connection...
>
>
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