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On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 23:43:15 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote: [Note to regulars: I will soon create a webpage or two or three that replicates the following (with enhancements, of course, plus some additional t-shooting, Grystmill style), so I can reduce the load I impose here by repeating it so often. I know it's long overdue, but that's life, s.) The below includes significant new material. Review, comments and corrections requested.] I'm sure many will be looking forward to checking out the web page. The following points are submitted as constructive comments: I think the following para may be confusing to the uninitiated. Suggest you re-write the following para into a Firewall para and AV para. The 3rd a 4th sentence has switched from firewalls to AVs with the 5th sentence referring to both. Tradition had it that Firewalls were generally not needed when using simple dial-up modem connections. Alas, this is no longer the case. *Everyone* needs a firewall! Also, I make no bones about it--Norton, McAfee and Trend-Micro products (and probably a few others) are ABOMINATIONS!, particularly when it comes to Win9x systems. They are massive suites that intrude into basic functions where they simply do not need to go. For freeware solutions, I suggest AVG or AVAST (based upon the recommendations of others, though each has it's minor drawbacks) and ZoneAlarm Firewall. But for really good, inexpensive, and trustworthy protection, you simply can't beat eTrust Armor. Antivirus and Firewall combined, very non-intrusive upon the system itself (I've *never* seen a crash caused by EZ Antivirus, and there's hardly any impact whatsoever on Resources, etc.) eTrust is from Computer Associates Inc.--the antivirus is a version of their corporate product usually known as Inoculan, and they got smart recently and switched to using a version of ZoneAlarm for their firewall. You can get a one-year free trial of eTrust EZ Armor at http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/. This offer was initially slated to end this June, but has been extended through February 2005. The trial offer is also included in at least some versions (not sure about all languages) of Microsoft's Windows Security Update CD, an item *everyone* should own. (However, do *not* just run the Update CD on your system without a proper analysis of where your system stands with regard to Updates. Might do more harm than good.) EZ Armor would normally cost $50 for the first year (a deal in itself), and yearly renewal subscriptions only cost $25--an absolute steal when compared with other offerings. Order the Windows Security Update CD directly from MS, totally free, including S&H, at http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp Some precautions in using the WSU CD above may be welcome. I've seen comments like "Presumably when wmp7.x is already installed, you get updated to 9.x, which if you've been avoiding it like the plague will be as welcome as ship full of rats." True? I don't know! Also acknowledgement of the Windows Security Guidance Kit April 2004 Release, may be helpful. BoB |
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Agreed on all points, and other than creating the pages themselves (screen
shots, etc.), a major part of my efforts will be dedicated to the WSU CD. I intended to get to it quite a while back, but events simply destroyed those expectations. I've had that Guidance Kit since early on, and *still* haven't cracked it open! I'm only now finally getting close to a break in business activities, and I have some serious systems rebuilding to do--I've been stringing along on a shoestring and a prayer, running most of my system from external HDs after a striped RAID array went south. Figure on finally setting up a server for files and testbed IIS, rebuilding my power-XP system, and adding back in a multi-boot research/test machine--in addition to rebuilding two machines for family members. A lot has piled up over the last 9 months since that weird illness set in. With any luck, I'll be decently up by July, when I start a C#.Net course (as a student.) Have one or two ASP and/or C# apps to put together for a client, plus our own publications to get online, and I figured I'd refresh my web skills by making these help blurbs more efficient. Might see some basic results soon, but the finished product won't likely be in till mid-July. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "BoB" wrote in message ... On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 23:43:15 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune" wrote: SNIP I'm sure many will be looking forward to checking out the web page. The following points are submitted as constructive comments: I think the following para may be confusing to the uninitiated. Suggest you re-write the following para into a Firewall para and AV para. The 3rd a 4th sentence has switched from firewalls to AVs with the 5th sentence referring to both. SNIP Some precautions in using the WSU CD above may be welcome. I've seen comments like "Presumably when wmp7.x is already installed, you get updated to 9.x, which if you've been avoiding it like the plague will be as welcome as ship full of rats." True? I don't know! Also acknowledgement of the Windows Security Guidance Kit April 2004 Release, may be helpful. BoB |
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