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Internet Security Suites was Yo - John H (and other photo folks)
"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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JimH,
I also run Adware and Spybot every few weeks, (this is an old habit I have
from before I updated to ZA Security Suite). Since I update the databases
on a fairly frequent basis, when I run Adware and Spybot, they very rarely
catch any spyware that got by ZA Security Suite.
I ran Spybot a week ago, and SpyBot did not show any Spyware on my
computer. I just ran Ad-Aware SE before I sent this post and it did not
catch any Spyware on my computer.
I have ZoneAlarm Suite set not to allow tracking cookies (on medium
setting)
In the past ZoneAlarm and ZoneAlarm Plus did not do a good job of catching
Spyware, based upon my usage of ZA Internet Security Suite, it really has
done a good job of catching Spyware.
YMMV
" JimH" wrote in message
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"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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ZoneAlarm Security Suite has done a great job for me, for over a year.
I have not had a problem with Spyware or a Virus even though I do
download freeware and trialware from many sites.
I picked this based upon the recommendations of CNET.
"ZoneAlarm Security Suite puts Norton and McAfee to shame with its
easy-to-use triple-layer firewall, antivirus, antispam, and now
antispyware features."
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3667_7-6375268.html
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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" JimH" wrote in message
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"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 01:02:32 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
news:a07pq11b9gab0f0764h9qlourn1jvm6trp@4ax .com...
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:07:34 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 23:04:59 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:
Oh please...freeware is not automatically equal to spyware. If
you don't
trust Tucows, visit www.download.com (cNet) instead. It's
somewhat more
businesslike, and they really do check things carefully.
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CNET has come in for their share of grief also. I was a
downloader
par excellence at one time but I've backed off after a few bad
experiences. If someone is charging decent money for the
software, at
least there's an organization to go after if it messes up your
computer. I prefer to let others do the beta testing.
If you had a real firewall, you wouldn't give a damn about spyware,
John.
What firewall do you use?
I wasn't the one worried about the spyware. I'm the one who
suggested the
program to
be downloaded. I use McAfee, spybot, and adaware. So far I've been
pretty
lucky.
--
John H
**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****
McAfee *what*? Does it include a firewall which controls *outbound*
nasties?
The one that's included with Windows XP only deals with inbound
stuff.
McAfee Personal Firewall Plus. You specify, for each program, what it
can do. You can
allow or block inbound or outbound or both.
--
John H
**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****
A firewall alone will not stop spyware.
Recommended programs to install:
Spydefense
Microsoft Antispyware
SpywareBlaster
Adaware
Spybot
The first 3 run in the background using very little resources. You
manually scan your system with the last 2 after updating the
definitions.
I believe all are free.
It depends on what you mean by "stop". For years, ZoneAlarm has been
able to stop *any* program trying to send data outbound without your
permission. It was up to you to determine a course of action when a
detection was made. Recently, the program added the ability to detect
the actual identity of spyware, in the same way as Adaware and Spybot.
Sure. Try running the programs I suggested to see what a good job
ZoneAlarm has done for you blocking spyware.
I guarantee you that you will be amazed at how much spyware you have on
your machine if you rely on ZoneAlarm only.
Oops.
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Spy...pydefense.html
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