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21-Mar-2008, 07:33 AM
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21-Mar-2008, 08:22 AM
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 although I'm using the AVG 7.5 Professional Edition and you can also get it for FREE here's my installers link: http://www.mediafire.com/?v1rl91yyjd2 90.000day TRIAL indeed!  |
21-Mar-2008, 08:38 AM
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You question is not silly - within 20 minutes of connecting to the Internet, a Windows OS will get compromised without some very good prophylactic protection. The con is not only the cost of extra security software but for an operating system by a vendor that does not show plain everyday users how to batten down the security hatches, and the fact that once they get you - there you are stuck with the vendor (at least the OS vendor). By contrast, I have a 1GB RAM computer with 4 HDs, run in a naked Live CD Linux environment with a very restrictive iptables firwall (and a dialup connection). Upon bootup, I run a simple script (on CD - yes I have one DVD and one CD drive), and it gets (on one of my HDs) another script which reinstalls all of the updates I have applied to my vanilla Live CD environment including initializing the iptables firewall. Once I dialup my ISP, I am very well protected. I've been doing this for over a year now with no problems. After I disconnect, there is no way out from my computer even if a malware made it past my firewall. In a Live CD environment, the file system is not on HD, but built in RAM + the OS. After I save my browser profile to HD, and shutdown the power to my computer, any malware that may have existed in the file system in RAM gets extinguished. In addition, there is a Linux command (one of my updates not in the vanilla Live CD) with which depending on how paranoid I feel before going on the Internet, I can spin down my HDs for extra protection which are normally protected by not being mounted to the Live CD environment anyway. When my WinXP Pro SP2 tanked in mid-June 2006, I did get it up and running for a couple of weeks and then it went away to never return. I reverted to my dual-boot setup with another release of Linux (installed) and discovered Unbuntu in mid-August on Live CD - never to look back since. If you are interested, hop on over to the Unix/Linux forum and search for posts initiated by my member name and you can read up on topics of interest. I no longer spend money on security software of any kind. There are free tools on Linux that search for rootkits and the like. -- Tom P.S. NOD32 would be my AV of choice if I were running a Windows OS because it is heuristic (pattern rule-based) rather than signature based like most AVs. Also, Linux is not necessarily for everyone. If you don't mind learning and using a command line interface terminal window, then Linux or Unix (FreeBSD) could work for you and save you money - freedom from being stuck in a costly tool/OS relationship.
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