Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
wildone
climber
GHOST TOWN
|
|
|
Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 30, 2009 - 08:20pm PT
|
So apparently, I'm the last person in the world still using windows 2000 as an operating system, because zonealarm just stopped supporting it.
I've been very happy with zonealarm and the firewall feature. It's been great. But now I'm bummed.
Is there anyone else out there who runs 2000 or knows of a good antivirus firewall-type program for it?
What do you use?
What should I avoid?
Thanks in advance
|
|
KP Ariza
climber
SCC
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2009 - 09:35pm PT
|
Go Mac, the sooner the better. Save yourself years worth of heard aches. Hot fixes, patches, antivirus software, worms , trojans........forget about all that sh#t. I just got the new iMac after running windows for ten years. I couldn't be happier, should have done it long ago.
DK
|
|
wildone
climber
GHOST TOWN
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 30, 2009 - 09:43pm PT
|
I hate evangelism.
Anyway...was not so much looking at free trials, so much as open source stuff like zonealarm, which has been a phenomenal product.
|
|
Anastasia
climber
Not here
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2009 - 09:49pm PT
|
Get a mac!
Or...
1) AVG Antivirus
2) Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition
) AOL Active Virus Shield
I know only two good free programs for Spyware...
1)Spybot S&D
2)Ad-Aware
|
|
Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2009 - 09:58pm PT
|
second on AGV Free version, used it for years
I disabled ALL anti virus and spyware protection on both my home destop and laptop windows three years ago.
Not needed, in my opinion, if you never visit a porn site where almost all spyware is collected.
As far as viruses, my understanding is, almost all the time, they come from opening email attachments, from people you do not know.
Following the no porn visits and email only from knowns, I have had no need for the memory hogging anti anti programs.
Best of all, if you just hang on to your system restore disks from when the bought the machine, you can just reboot to new if you do manage somehow to pick up something.
Lost the original disks?
You should create periodic "restore" points, this brings your system back to when it was clean IF you get something.
|
|
TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2009 - 10:15pm PT
|
You get what you pay for.
:-)
|
|
nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2009 - 10:16pm PT
|
I use MacOSX and have since 1988. Never once installed anti-virus software. NEver once dealt with a virus.
|
|
Redwreck
Social climber
Los Angeles, CA
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2009 - 10:18pm PT
|
I've been pretty happy with Avast. For antispyware I use Spybot Search & Destroy along with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
|
|
TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2009 - 10:21pm PT
|
Nature was an early adopter, apparently....
Mac OS X (pronounced /męk oʊ ɛs tɛn/)[3] is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems.
Apple released Mac OS X Server 1.0 in January, 1999. A public beta of Mac OS X was released in the year 2000, and March 24, 2001, saw the full and official release of Mac OS X version 10.0. Version 10.1 shipped on September 25, 2001, followed by the August 24, 2002, release of Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar"; the October 24, 2003, release of Mac OS X 10.3 "Panther"; and the April 29, 2005, release of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger". Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" was released on October 26, 2007.
|
|
'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2009 - 10:22pm PT
|
I never bothered with anti-virus stuff for years, until such time as some wanker from this website sent me a photo of himself which contained some sort of jpeg virus. Just about wrecked my machine. It only takes one to shut you down, and if you're operating without anti-virus software in your machine - and expect to get away with it - you need to be very smart, or very lucky - preferably both.
Viruses sure as hell aren't limited to porn sites and email attachments for cryin' out loud, they're everywhere. There are all sorts of malicious little geeks out there figuring out new ones every day. Sooner or later, you're going to get infected. It's like catching a cold - eventually your day will come.
I've used the free version of AVG for years. It updates itself for free daily, and it's not a memory hog. Norton's a real memory hog, total junk. I don't know if AVG would work on 2000 or not. Is that the Millennium edition? If so, AVG used to work on it.
Two claws up for AVG. You can get it from downloads.com.
Cheers, eh?
|
|
nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
|
|
|
Mar 30, 2009 - 10:42pm PT
|
wow TiG... yew so smart. can I have your autograpf?
|
|
wildone
climber
GHOST TOWN
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 30, 2009 - 10:57pm PT
|
I'm running AVG, and also zonealarm. What I like about zonealarm (and will miss) is setting program access preferences, and update preferences. Also, when some program or application tries to access the "trusted zone" I am alerted, and then prompted to allow or deny the access attempt.
If I'm running avg, is the zonealarm superfluous? I think avg would help me scan my computer and remove viruses if I have them, but I get the impression that zonealarm won't let me get one.
Also, I've heard it's a bad idea to be logged in as the administrator on your machine because then malicious programs can change settings.
True?
Everyone's responses here have been helpful. Well, except for the fact that seemingly everyone who owns a mac also has reading comprehension disabilities as I was asking about antivirus software and not whether or not to get a mac, but I digress...
|
|
jbar
Social climber
Asymptote
|
|
|
Mar 31, 2009 - 12:54am PT
|
Wildone - hang in there and call ZA helpdesk. I was forced to get rid of ZA because Comcast updated and offered free McAfee and there was a ZA conflict. I loaded McAfee memory hog and 2weeks later I was hijacked. Now I'm back on ZA. Turns out they made a patch pretty quickly. I only use the free ver plush AVG and a few others like spybot and adaware that I only run once a week. The last time I tested my system @ shieldsup none of my ports even responded.
|
|
Jim Wilcox
Boulder climber
Santa Barbara
|
|
|
Mar 31, 2009 - 01:15am PT
|
Lately, post service providers have been offering free virus protection software. My provider offers Mc Afee at no extra charge.
|
|
Anastasia
climber
Not here
|
|
|
Mar 31, 2009 - 01:16am PT
|
skipt!
I never heard of that but it appears to be a very logical solution. Now off I go to read up on the subject to get a clue.
:)AF
|
|
johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
|
|
|
Mar 31, 2009 - 01:23am PT
|
I've been using the web for 15 years now and I've never had a virus nor have I ever used any antivirus program.
Careful what you click on and where you go. Get rid of MS Explorer. Don't open attachments (clicking rule again), there are exceptions if you've preplanned with senders. Read your mail on your ISP's server, don't bring it to your computer. Delete it before you open it if you don't know its source. Many viruses trick you into clicking links, use task manger to shut down links that pretend to fix, clicking them shut just leads you to more problems. Hide your system files and startup files from viruses.
There are more preventions but the first one will avoid most.
|
|
Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno
|
|
|
Mar 31, 2009 - 01:39am PT
|
Not the Mac evangelism again... You guys really need to get a clue. All the self-righteous "I got a Mac, I don't need AV" stuff does is actually help to spread viruses faster.
AVG is a pretty good product. It's actually free and not a resource hog like so many other AV programs. As has been mentioned above tho, your online behavior really puts you at the most risk and determines your odds of getting a virus.
|
|
cintune
climber
the Moon and Antarctica
|
|
|
Mar 31, 2009 - 11:01am PT
|
Anyone mention AVG yet? It's good.
|
|
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!