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November 29th, 2004, 09:36 PM
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Re: OT: Software Recommendations
For Antivirus I have been testing AVG 7.0 professional. Seems a good as norton and costs less.
For the firewall, get a router with firewall and NAT built in. You can get one that has a few LAN plugs, wirless and a print server for next to nothing these days. Software firewalls are better than nothing, but they are easy to bypass and a pain to keep locked down.
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November 30th, 2004, 02:07 AM
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Re: OT: Software Recommendations
At least there is a lost of selections you can go with. 
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November 30th, 2004, 02:09 AM
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Re: OT: Software Recommendations
Yeah, lots of choice. Some, like Norton, are poor choices though...
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November 30th, 2004, 02:43 AM
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Re: OT: Software Recommendations
Okay, another line of inquiry. Is there lots of different types of ADSL, or only one? The reason I'm asking is I have to decide whether I need to rent the modem from the phone company or whether I can buy one cheap elsewhere and get it to work reliably.
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November 30th, 2004, 02:57 AM
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Re: OT: Software Recommendations
Renting will cost you something like $10+ a month. Unless you plan to be moving in the near future, or your home environment is very tough on electronics (violent/hairy cats/kids?), its best to buy one.
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November 30th, 2004, 03:37 AM
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Re: OT: Software Recommendations
Hairy kids?
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November 30th, 2004, 03:40 AM
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Re: OT: Software Recommendations
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