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342495 2005-04-07 09:41:00 after reformatting and loading xp again i would like some ideas on what
to have in my desktop tool box
as i said i have xp with sp2
pc-cillin
sygate firewall
ad-aware se
spybot
runing mozilla firefox as my browser
and mozilla thunderbird as my e-mail
should i have any thing else loaded
i would like to have a very usable fortress
any ideas would be wellcomed
holden (2488)
342496 2005-04-07 09:45:00 I would recommend AVG7 as a backup (non residential) antivirus as well, to be run every now and then as a double check Myth (110)
342497 2005-04-07 09:49:00 SpywareBlaster is a good program for keeping spyware off your computer. FoxyMX (5)
342498 2005-04-07 10:20:00 If PC-Cillin has a firewall with it it is probably not a good idea to run both that and Sygate.
You are going to be busy doing updates for everything, getting a bit ridiculous the number of programs that are required and need to to be run and updated all the time.
As well as Windows, Firefox and Thunderbird updates you will need to update AVG if you add that as well as SpywareBlaster, Spybot, Ad-Aware, and PC- Cillin
There are others you could add but you are well covered with what you have and you have to draw the line somewhere if you want to get time to do anything useful on your computer.
Safari (3993)
342499 2005-04-07 10:22:00 OS X Metla (12)
342500 2005-04-07 10:49:00 i have turned of the firewall on pc-cillin
can never be to carefull now days with all the nasteys out there
holden (2488)
342501 2005-04-08 11:25:00 A shortcut to the latest version of the stinger (vil.nai.com) Rob99 (151)
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