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Antivirus, Firewall, Both, Neither?
danny_galaga:
If the only thing he wants to do online is play SF4, does he really need anything? He's said he won't be browsing the net...
jhartley111:
Thanks for all the input. I think I'm gonna try this out with neither AV or a firewall.
saint:
--- Quote from: jhartley111 on June 05, 2009, 03:38:02 pm ---Thanks for all the input. I think I'm gonna try this out with neither AV or a firewall.
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If you're going to have a Microsoft Windows machine with Internet access without AV or firewall, make sure you have a good backup :)
Jack Burton:
I'm running Windows XP Service Pack 3 with all security updates, automatic updates turned off, firewall turned off, a linksys router, no anti virus, no anti adware/spyware, using firefox and opera as browsers. I also don't run very many programs at all.
Once a month I install anti-virus and anti spyware programs and let them run. Afterwars I uninstall them.
I have had one virus in two years with this approach. The one time was due to my own dumbness for installing a program I got from a link on youtube.
Smart internet browsing is the best security you can get.
I will note however, that I do not value anything on my computer.
Level42:
I'm amazed. For once I totally agree with Xiaou2 :o