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Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 961/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Pretty much what the title implies....running WinXP Service Pack 2, what settings and the like should I have to make sure no bad bad people try and get into my computer(s)? Any special firewalls I should grab, or is the Windows one good enough? And so on. |
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Jizuko Jiz Is The Magic! This board has run out of mana and can no longer use The Magic Level: 51  Posts: 885/1191 EXP: 1004683 For next: 9255 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 230 days Last activity: 213 days |
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| Make sure you're not already behind an existing firewall, such as one for your building complex or neighborhood. I just use the windows firewall from sp2, I think it's good enough, if something new needs to connect and get info from outside the firewall always ask if I want to unblock or block the program. Other than that I use AVG anti virus. I don't think you should need more than that and some common sense. | |||
Sokarhacd Ball and Chain Trooper Resistance is Futile You Will Be Assimilated Hab SoSlI' Quch Level: 61  Posts: 709/1757 EXP: 1799888 For next: 76708 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 4 hours |
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| and also, remember its always connected, so its usually not wise to disable any firewall when you get off the computer..but you should know your always connected anyways...but just saying just incase. | |||
Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119  Posts: 4199/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
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| Pretty much what's been said, as long as you know you have a firewall running and working with anti-virus on the side you should be fine. If you don't have it, you're going to be in way more trouble than you would with a dinky 56K. | |||
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DarkSlaya POOOOOOOOOOOORN! Level: 88 Posts: 2521/4249 EXP: 6409254 For next: 241410 Since: 05-16-04 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| And always keep track of spywares. Because: Faster connection equals faster downloads (and more of them) and more downloads = spywares. | |||
Karadur Fire Snake  Level: 48  Posts: 66/1192 EXP: 786444 For next: 37099 Since: 11-02-04 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 15 hours |
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| To add something to DarkSlaya's suggestion, there're three spyware programs I use on my computer Ad-Aware SE Personal Spybot: Search & Destroy Giant AntiSpyware Interestingly enough, none of those programs detect all the spyware that manages to get installed on the computer. Each program finds it's own share; Ad-Aware finds stuff in both the registry and on the hard drive. Spybot mostly finds stuff in the registry, but it's said to block most of this stuff from getting on your computer in the first place. Giant AntiSpyware likes to pick on the passport.com cookie that gets created when I log into hotmail, and it also detects some 'StartNow Hyperbar' at least once a day. The latter may be because I use a P2P program. |
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