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Protect Your PC...

  • 17-10-2003 12:18pm
    #1
    Falgorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 106 ✭✭


    Getting Broad Band installed at home, and this is the first time my home pc will be online for more than a weekend at LAN.

    I have heard a shed load of scare stories about websites installing stuff onto your pc without your knowledge, viruses from playing online games, and all sorts of other nasties i'd rather avoid!

    My question is this; where can i get software to protect my pc, ie: firewalls, anti virus etc.. at the moment i have Norton Anti virus, and i run live update when i can. From what i have read, windows itself offers no reasonable security, so what can i do?

    Thanks

    Falgorn.


Comments

  • #2
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    i wouldnt worry about it u have nortions thats aboyut all u need


  • #3
    Shinji
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭Shinji


    This belongs in one of the technology forums - moved.


  • #4
    Hobbes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    I would recommend getting..

    - Anti Virus software

    - Firewall (ZoneAlarm, hardware one is better though)

    - Ad-Aware or Spy Sweeper

    After that, install every windows update and disable active-X.

    Actually I'd say go with Mozilla as well (www.mozilla.org) as IE has a number of "Give some muppet full access" bugs in it which MS haven't bothered to fix yet.

    Also disable the messenger server (used for admin alerts).


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Good - now you have BB you might be able to stay patched...

    http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

    Also have a look through all the stickies and treads on this forum for this month and last month - also might help to disable unneeded services. Also use a password or rename the Admin account, so no one can remotely connect to your machine if the firewall fails. (eg: since Zone Alarm loads after the network driver in theory you could be vulunerable for about 3 seconds... )

    And as for that comment about norton AV being all you need ..
    Viruses are not the only problem.


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