Mike wrote:

Thanks for the info. It helped.


You're welcome, Mike. Glad to help.

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Mike wrote:

I have just finished loading SP2 and want to know if I should keep
my firewall (zone alarm) and anti-virus (avast) or use Microsoft
antivirus and firewall. Which would be better?



First of all, regarding Avast, you have no choice to use Microsoft
antivirus, because there is no Microsoft anti-virus, neither in SP2
nor before it. Avast is a good choice and I would stay with it.

Regarding the firewall, the XP firewall monitors incoming traffic,
but does nothing to stop spyware programs trying to call home. It
also is much less configurable than other choices (although it's
much improved in SP2). For those reasons I recommend the free
version of ZoneAlarm instead.

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