Re: ZoneAlarm5 and WXP SP2 Problem w/IE6 - PC Protection

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From: peter (peter_at_nomalarky.ca)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:24:30 -0700

So on that note and remembering what TED said.........
All of these spyware detect programs as well as Anti Virus needs to be updated
frequently.This also holds true for ZA...maybe the version you were using did
have a problem with SP2 but the newer version does not.
As for getting browser hijackers/malware/etc...............its like sex
..........if you dont practise safe sex you can catch anything.
One must be carefull about which websites to allow onto their screen and this is
especially true of if you download music/video/games thru one of these "sharing"
services.Or if you open every email that has your name on it.I use a program
called "mailwasher" that downloads just the headers and I decide which one to
download from the mail server and which ones to return to sender as if I did not
exist.There are a few reputable sharing services out there but very few.The next
thing to watch for is clicking of links on websites....its like leaving your
front door wide open.
I am not bragging or anything but I have had a computer for approx 15 years now
and in all that time only 2 virus,never a hijack,lots of adware and
trackers.With a few common sense precautions anyone can reduce their chances of
infection/hijacking/etc
practise safe hex
peter
"~ FreeSpirit ~" <spammenot@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "peter" <peter@nomalarky.ca> wrote in message
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>> Did you solve your "start group" problem??
>> ZA ver 5.5.062.004 works flawlessly under XP SP2.
>> Might I suggest that you have too many "anti spyware" crap running at the
>> same time.
>
> ** It doesn't all run at the same time. Only "StartUpMonitor" runs all the
> time. Don't you know what these things are? You have to update them and run
> them yourself - which I do, about twice a month.
>
>> PC World tested a quite a few and found that you basically needed only
>> 2...Spybot and Lavasofts Adaware.
>
> ** I have them. They're useless for browser hijackers (as I found out last
> year) and they don't stop malware from executing like SUM does. SUM asks when
> something tries to execute itself and run. It can't unless SUM allows it to.
> Hijack this doesn't run until I run it to see if I have another browser
> parasite - I had one of those already on the old PC. BEHOD, when run, tells
> me what's running on my browser - INCLUDING any parasites or hijackers that
> snuck themselves in.... Spyware Blaster PREVENTS known spy/ad and other
> scumware from getting onboard to start with. None of these alone does it all.
> Most are not running all the time.
>
>> With ZoneAlarm active and carefull use of email and IE6 very little should
>> get thru.
>> You should set your anti virus to scan all email before opening.
>
> ** It is set for that, plus my ISP scans all incoming mail. Viruses have not
> been that big a problem. Browser hijackers and assorted Adware were our
> biggest problems in the past few years. Spybot and Adaware didn't see them
> all.
>
>> The XP firewall is not that great it only stops incoming...ZA stops incoming
>> and outgoing and it will ask your permission first.
>> You seem to be really concerned about security issues....why not buy yourself
>> a router with a build in firewall.
>
> ** I am concerned about security. Our older PC running W98SE was always
> infected with something although we had ZA, Spybot and Adaware on it and
> updated and ran them at least twice a month. Several times we had to reformat
> and reinstall the entire OS. HiJackThis found 3 different browser parasites
> trying to run at the same time making IE all but useless on that older PC.
> When you have as much software on a PC as I do you know the nightmare a
> reformat-reinstall of the OS can be. It's several days before you're all
> reloaded and back to normal.
>
>> Do you have a specific problem with your system that you need so many
>> scumdetectors??
>
> ** We did on the older W98SE HP computer, yes. Browser hijackers and adware
> were the biggest problem. Spybot and Adaware did not get them all. They're of
> no use for BHJ's. When I bought *this* PC 18 months ago I got on several NGs
> asking how to protect it and took the advice I was given. So far not one
> hijacker or scumware has been found. :-)
>
> FS~
>
>> peter
>

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