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WhiteWolf McBride	Jan 30 2007, 11:03 AM
Making Trax! Posts: 196 Group: Moderator Member #15 Joined: December 15, 2005	Well... I used to use the free version of Kerio Personal Firewall, but they sold/discontinued it. Last 'free' version under that name was version 1.4, and it was very user friendly. I now have XP Home, and use XP's built-in one (not user-friendly but apparently seems to work) I back it up with a load of very efficient freeware programs. Grisoft's AVG scanner (downloads and e-mail) plus Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware. So far, no problems. I check for updates for AVG nightly, and the other pair weekly. Before you say" He's on dialup, its the best for stand-alone hacker-proofing " thats a crock of sht. I was hacked over dialup a few years ago, and I found the culprit, but ISP and RCMP dinna want to pursue it (fools) DO NOT USE ZoneAlarm, its useless, hacker went through it like it wasn't even there, both the ISP's copy and my personal one. Apple/Mac claims its the best for virus-free ops, but thats cause there ain't enough about for amyone to make it worth their trouble... shrug* (ex-IBM tech who ~hates~ Apple/Mac) Then again, using a *nix OS would make you even less prone, but I wouldn't know... and the best bet: DON'T CONNECT. just my Canuck pennies... WhiteWolf
	*WhiteWolf McBride* CEO, TaskForce Technologies Inc. Ottawa, Canada

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