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Old August 26th 05, 04:10 AM
Mike
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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?
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Old August 26th 05, 04:40 AM
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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?


Publicly Microsoft has no AntiVirus at this time.

Publicly - Microsoft has only BETA AntiSpyware.. (BETA means "in testing
stages".)

Microsoft's Firewall is okay - for those interested in only keeping things
out and not detecting things they installed trying to get out.. As well as
for those who may not fully understand (or care to) the proper configuration
of a third party firewall.

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Old August 26th 05, 05:06 AM
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Keep ZoneAlarm
Keep Avast
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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?


Publicly Microsoft has no AntiVirus at this time.

Publicly - Microsoft has only BETA AntiSpyware.. (BETA means "in testing
stages".)

Microsoft's Firewall is okay - for those interested in only keeping things
out and not detecting things they installed trying to get out.. As well
as for those who may not fully understand (or care to) the proper
configuration of a third party firewall.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



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Old August 26th 05, 03:58 PM
Ken Blake
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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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Old August 27th 05, 06:36 PM
Mike
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Thanks for the info. It helped.
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Mike S


"Ken Blake" wrote:

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.

--
Ken Blake
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Old August 27th 05, 08:36 PM
Ken Blake
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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.

--
Ken Blake
Please Reply to the Newsgroup



 




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