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Step by step guides needed please?

Feb 7, 2004 3:07PM PST

I want to add to my safety site, with setup steps for the main free protection programs. Since I no longer use these, and don't want to wreck my finely tuned computer with temp installs just to see them, I'd be grateful if people could provide the installation/best settings for these, nad any caveats/bugs they may have.

Sygate Personal firewall
ZoneAlarm Free firewall
Avast! Free AV
AVG Free AV
MailWasher Free edition

I know there are others, but these are hte ones I recommend for visitors, as they are long-time proven and reliable. I can handle the Spybot and AdAware procedures myself. Thanks in advance for the assist.

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Re:Step by step guides needed please?
Feb 7, 2004 11:06PM PST

Well under the heading of 'not for everyone'.

I find a Hosts file a nice tool.

http://webpages.charter.net/hpguru/hosts/hosts.html

Security? Well it blocks the rubbish servers so that when I run a spyware scan I usually don't find much.
Pop-ups? With a Hosts I get so few of those that for me it's a non-issue.

Pro's--it's free

Con's--it does require an update every so often.

Setup--the way I load it.
does require an unzipper.
does require a rename.
does require the user to drag+drop.

Bottom line, it blocks the rubbish from getting in, so that I don't have to use tools to find and remove the stuff.

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Re:Step by step guides needed please?
Feb 8, 2004 1:33AM PST
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Re:Step by step guides needed please?
Feb 8, 2004 1:59AM PST
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How Do I Install ZoneAlarm?
Feb 8, 2004 12:30PM PST