[thelist] security strategy - is mine flawed?

[Burhan Khalid]

Tom Dell'Aringa wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Relating to my last post, I'm wondering if I am missing something in
> my security strategy. I seem to occasionally get these ad worms which
> is really annoying. Here is what I have going:
> 
> 1 - ZoneAlarm as my firewall
> 2 - NAV, completely updated
> 3 - I *Never* install any of those Kazaa like garbage.

Run Mozilla -- sometimes, progams can hijack IE settings and cause 
strange things to happen. Also you didn't mention programs like 
Ad-Aware, which are great for weeding out unwanted guests on your 
computer.  I know once I made Mozilla my primary browser (not my default 
browser), incidents like what you describe were reduced to almost nil.

Also, Mozilla's mail reader seems to be immune to all those pesky 
Outlook-specific worms.  Other good ones are The Bat ( 
http://www.ritlabs.com ) and Pegasus.

If you run any "sponsored" software -- they might install programs 
without your knowledge.

hth,



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