[Shotimes] RE Computer

[Paul Nimz]

AdAware, Spybot, and ZoneAlarm.  I use the paid for versions of the first two.
When I get paranoid about once or twice a year I download MacAfee's latest
version of Stinger.  I also have the XP firewall enabled.

No Norton or any other run as a service virus checker as that is what would
load up my system.  Been like that for the last three years with no regrets.

Paul


On 5/19/2005 9:35:49 AM, Mike Wojton (mwojton@gmail.com) wrote:
> I suppose it makes sense that one program
> can't do it all.  Wishful
> thinking on my part.  In addition to Norton I do have AVG Antivirus.
> Works well, but the wife just had to disable it because it wouldn't
> let her connect to her email.  Never did that before,
> don't know why
> it would all of a sudden.  Something for me to check when I go home
> this weekend.
>
> I also run Adaware, Spybot, and a couple others that are supposed to
> take care of certain pieces of adware that the others won't.
> They
> don't really.  Or maybe because they don't prevent the downloads they
> keep coming back.  There are a few that I just can't get rid of.  I've
> gone through the manual deletion process
> I've seen on some sites but
> it doesn't work.
>
> Somebody asked about RAM;
> I've got 512MB on a 1.2G machine.  It should
> run pretty smartly.  When I look at processes, ones I suspect are crap
> I can't
> stop because I "don't have permission".  Some things have
> buried themselves pretty deep.
>
> I know somebody will say reformat the hard drive and start over.  It
> would take me weeks to get everything installed again.  When I
> installed a new drive last year I put Systemworks on it