RE: [Hampshire] [OT] Virus scanner and Firewall for Windows

> On Tuesday Nick Chalk wrote
> Subject: [Hampshire] [OT] Virus scanner and Firewall for Windows
>
> Hello all.
>
> One of my esteemed colleagues has come up with a
> plan to move a few of his staff to a new building
> for three months. Given this short period, it's
> not economical to install a phone line and ADSL,
> so the suggestion is to equip them with laptops
> and 3G cards.
>
> These will, unfortunately, be running WinXP, so
> need virus checkers and firewalls.
>
> May I tap the collected wisdom of HantsLUG for
> recommendations in these two categories, please?
>
> Ideally, both pieces of software will allow
> advance configuration, and present no questions to
> the user thereafter. We have many staff with few
> IT skills.
>
> Thanks!
>
Windows XP has its own firewall which I find works reasonably I do back it
up with Windows Defender.

For virus checking I use AVG Free, which has kept me clear of viruses for at
least a couple of years

Bob




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Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.18/554 - Release Date: 27/11/2006 13:40