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Apr 1^st, 2005 at 8:18pm

Jared Offline
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What's your best method of protection? ( Grin

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Right now I'm running XP Pro on my desktop and Home on my new laptop.

Both are running macaffe's newest version of antivirus as it is free through the university..

Also I'm running the free version of the sygate firewall... Wink

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For anti-spyware removal I typically use a combination of the SBC yahoo spyware removal tool as it was able to remove the stuff that aol installed automatically... Roll Eyes

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as well as the microsoft beta version of their antispy tool, depending on what I'm doing I'll leave it running or turn it off. And last but not least the spybots search and destroy.

All free for me, besides the sbc software which was included with our dsl package..

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Reply #1 - Apr 2^nd, 2005 at 5:29am

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What's your best method of protection?

Ribbed...For her pleasure.

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Reply #2 - Apr 2^nd, 2005 at 6:05am

Foxhound-B Ex Member

Well, I kind of sterilized my PC by shutting down unnecessary ports which could be a security risk.
But extra protection - no way!

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Reply #3 - Apr 2^nd, 2005 at 11:28am

Webb Ex Member
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Router, ZoneAlarm Pro, Avast Antivirus, Spybot , AdAware and, of course, practice safe surfing.

There isn't much that's going to get past all of that.

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Reply #4 - Apr 2^nd, 2005 at 11:34am

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Ribbed...For her pleasure.

hehehe....

When I started at my company I was stuck sweeping floors everyday, so one day one of the guys about my age started teasing me about it...

I told him though I could get any woman easy, why I just sweep her off her feet, not to mention the broom has a very LONG handle, and on the end it has a grip which has very larger ribs... Wink

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All in good fun of course, cuz I ccan get a woman just by looking at one.... Roll Eyes

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And if you believe that I have some fresh Ohio air to sell you!

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Reply #5 - Apr 2^nd, 2005 at 4:58pm

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I have some fresh Ohio air to sell you!

I'll bet someone on Ebay would buy it.

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Reply #6 - Apr 2^nd, 2005 at 5:00pm

Jared Offline
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Yep..

probably the same person who bought the Colarado Air they were selling awhile back..

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Reply #7 - Apr 2^nd, 2005 at 8:16pm

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Yep..

probably the same person who bought the Colarado Air they were selling awhile back..

Really? How much did they get for it?
I had this idea a long time ago when everyone was selling dumb sh*t like cheese sandwiches and an ass-whoopin', I thought I could bottle Michigan air and sell it on ebay, you never know, there could be someone collecting air from every state. I can do Indiana air too since I work down there.
Another idea I had was to sell sand from the shores of Lake Michigan, I could get a pail of it and sell little vials of it forever on ebay. See, I'm thinking like an
en-trep-a-manure.

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Reply #8 - Apr 3^rd, 2005 at 12:50am

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If I remember right it was bought for a few bucks, probably cost more to ship it... Roll Eyes

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Reply #9 - Apr 3^rd, 2005 at 6:42pm

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OpenBSD Server (serving as router)

Multi-layered proxy

Nortan Systemworks 2005.

Windows Firewall

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Reply #10 - Apr 3^rd, 2005 at 11:45pm

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nortan firewall nortan antivirus. router firewall and windows firewall with sp2

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Reply #11 - Apr 4^th, 2005 at 3:05am

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mcaffe i put it on lockdown security when i am not using it

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Reply #12 - Apr 4^th, 2005 at 6:31am

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So many guys from the UK/USA and so many spelling errors...whow!

a) Norton
b) Mc Affee

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Reply #13 - Apr 4^th, 2005 at 8:28pm

Jared Offline
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So many guys from the UK/USA and so many spelling errors...whow!

a) Norton
b) Mc Affee

Meh, only minor details...

You obviously got what we meant or you wouldn't be pointing out mistakes.. Wink

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Reply #14 - Apr 5^th, 2005 at 6:18am

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I'll bet someone on Ebay would buy it.

too right what does it start bidding at.............NOT LOL Grin

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Reply #15 - Apr 5^th, 2005 at 8:07am

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You obviously got what we meant or you wouldn't be pointing out mistakes.. Wink

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I'm pointing out the crappy spelling and grammar of some of our members in general. This was just a small part of the whole horror.

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Reply #16 - Apr 5^th, 2005 at 8:54am

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I'm pointing out the crappy spelling and grammar of some of our members in general. This was just a small part of the whole horror.

I tend to agree old chap but you're wasting your time. Be like me & sit here thinking a lot while biting your tongue until it bleeds. Grin

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So many guys from the UK/USA and so many spelling errors...whow!

I should point out that I think I'm the only guy from the UK in this thread. I'm not saying my countrymen are any better at spelling than anyone else, just making that clear. From what I see all over the Internet & in my mailbox, the standard of spelling by young people in both countries seems lower now than it's ever been. Roll Eyes

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Reply #17 - Apr 5^th, 2005 at 10:45am

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Amen!!!!

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And back to protection.........After running several apps., from different virus protection programs, popup blockers, email scanners, firewalls etc. I happened upon eAcceleration's Stop Sign. I happened upon this when I suddenly started getting pop ups while flying ONLINE in CFS2 at the Zone. Nothing like diving on a Zeke with my Hellcat and just about to pull the trigger and POW, pop up saying I can have a bigger........er um.........EGO!!

Ran all my apps............nothing found.

Searching led me to the Stop Sign site and a free scan. Tried it and bingo presto, lots of spyware and worst of all, trojans not detected by all my other UPDATED stuff. Stop Sign fixed it all. 30 day free trial and after couple weeks was convinced to buy it. Cheap for a year and I am VERY impressed with the ease of use and the available QUALITY plugins you can get with it!

I am sure there is stuff out there that does the job, but all my free stuff didn't in this case, and I am talking about all the free prorams recommended most commonly.

My 6 cents worth anyway. Wink

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Reply #18 - Apr 5^th, 2005 at 12:08pm

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I tend to agree old chap but you're wasting your time. Be like me & sit here thinking a lot while biting your tongue until it bleeds. Grin

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If this was a chatroom and I was an operator, I'd be kickbanning people because of bad spelling all the day. Grin

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Reply #19 - Apr 5^th, 2005 at 10:55pm

Jared Offline
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If this was a chatroom and I was an operator, I'd be kickbanning people because of bad spelling all the day. Grin

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And yet it isn't, so you get to live with bad spelling! Grin

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I say that if bad spelling is the most you got to worry about you are one lucky guy... Wink

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Reply #20 - Apr 18^th, 2005 at 1:00pm

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Well for starters im behind a firewall router.
I have norton antivirus 2005 installed
Spysweeper official latest installed(very good, reccomend it)
Zonealarm latest release
Service pack 2

I havent had a virus in 4 months or spyware, so im very well protected. Touch wood!

Its protecting me well!#

Jimbo

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