Hears a good question 4 ALL

i was wondering besdies a firewall and anti-virus and trojan scanning program running in the back ground to keep your computer safe


What other [i mean security] programs do you run and why in the background to help keep you safe on the net

eXample: a proxy 4 - anonymous surfing

call me foolish but all i use is a natd linux router/firewall{locked down tight}. :)

SO you only use a linux - firewall and a sftware router

PS

me was looking for otehr software solutions

eXample ad-aware [cause it does more then ad's it scan 4 loads of otehr harmfull things]

If you want more security, use Mozilla. Pop-up bocking, can be EASILY configured to hide your IP address from EVERYONE, a BUNCH of other stuff like auto-blocking a lot of ActiveX controls (you don't need as many as you may think... ). My $.02 .

Mozilla Firebird rocks

I have Pest patrol running along with NAV. I scan folders/ directories with PP before i open them and have found a few trojans this way. I think it is very reliable ;)

I use Norton + Trojan remover and Spybot etc................ :D

I use a Linksys DSL router, NAV2003 Pro, and SpyBot for adware. Keeps things pretty tight. Before the router, I had Norton Personal Firewall, which I got after getting hit by the NOTEPAD virus in '01. It detected all sorts of port scanning, trojans and all sorts of bad stuff. Haven't got hit since.

I don't use a firewall or a router. Maybe stupid of me but I prefer to use windowsupdate and stay updated. Norton AV 2003 ofcourse, no puter should be without an antivirus.

SpyBot Search & Destroy ofcourse.

Oh, then I run Bind as a DNS resolver. I have set up about 1000 sites (ad sites) on a blocking domain. And I run Edexter to deliver a nice pic instead of webbugs. This way I'm free of webbugs and useage tracking by infamous ad sites. SpyBot takes care of the ad-wares and immunizes my browser.

I also use most of Steve Gibson of grc.com's small apps to make the puter safer. Check them out.

Hmm nothing other than that if I remember correctly.

Ah, forgot to mention that I have set up a list of cookies in IE that I always want to block. PopUpCop helps me fight those annoying popup hells :P

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And, I think it is "Here's a good question...) :P
(Hears means something like "is listening to...")
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An ICS box acts as a router to provide protection from the multitude of vulnerabilities in windows. This is of course frequently kept up to date with windows update.

As to protection from viruses - nothing beats common sense. As a general rule I don't open attachments ending with ".jpg.vbs" ;) which makes 99% of email viruses useless. If I have any slightest hesitation about an executable I receive from someone, I use the windows "run as" feature to run it under a guest account. That way it cant edit anything on the disk, or any registry entries, making any malicious code ineffective. Call it insane, but I dont use an antivirus scanner - simply packing an exe with a compression program like UPX often defeats virus scanners, using common sense when opening files makes them redundant. I find running NAV in the background makes my computer more sluggish as it needs to analyse all executed code, and all data written/read from disk.