[Ham-Computers] DSL info: Thanks again all

[Dale Miller]

I have used Avast now for awhile, I think it's better than some of the 
other free virus scanners I've tried.
Of course I only use it on my system as a backup cause my ISP has 
postini filtering with virus scanning.
Avast with the broadband connection will update on regular intervals 
instead of waiting till you connect.
You will have some configuration changes to make to some of your 
internet related sofware.
For instances most browsers have a configuration for lan or dialup.
I really hope your using Firefox or Opera and Thunderbird for browsing 
and email instead of IE and Outlook.


Philip Atchley wrote:

> Hello Aaron et al,
>
> I changed the subject field.
>
> First, thank you to EVERYONE who provided this "Wideband neophyte" 
> with all this good information.  I've been on the WWW about 7 years 
> now and am just now able to go with wideband, thanks to SBC's special 
> offer (and which may 'bite' me later ;-).
>
> Anyway, I've been offered a USED LinkSys BEFSR41 at a price I could 
> (barely) afford, but which is cheaper than new, so I took the 
> gentleman up on it.  Of course it may mean that the wife has to serve 
> me Chile beans or cheap burritos 3 meals a day for the rest of the 
> month <grin>.
>
> But now I can follow Aaron's advice and use the 'free' version of Zone 
> Alarm or similar, and go back to my "Free" Avast4 anti-virus program, 
> this route is actually much cheaper than buying the full blown ZA 
> package. By the way, I've found that the freeware Avast4 home version  
> seems to be a VERY effective anti-virus program, free for home use. 
> Though it occasionally 'alarms ' on Email Viri and even a couple 
> websites I've visited (I try to be very cautious where I browse), so 
> far as I can tell nothing has ever sneaked through it.  And it 
> automatically updates every time I connect to the web. Before I 
> installed ZA and was still running the XP firewall it even caught and 
> blocked DCOM Port 135 Exploit probes, something I didn't expect.  
> (I've since plugged that "hole", DCOM is turned off).
>
> 73 de Phil  KO6BB
>
>


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Cheers & 73's
Dale Miller, KC2CBD
Tennessee
Ham Operator since 1997
Member of YahooPipesmokers and ASP since February 2005

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