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

Bob Jelf wrote:
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>> On Tuesday Nick Chalk wrote
>> Subject: [Hampshire] [OT] Virus scanner and Firewall for Windows
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>> Hello all.
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>> 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.
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>> These will, unfortunately, be running WinXP, so
>> need virus checkers and firewalls.
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>> May I tap the collected wisdom of HantsLUG for
>> recommendations in these two categories, please?
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>> 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.
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> For virus checking I use AVG Free, which has kept me clear of viruses for at
> least a couple of years
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> Bob
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I don't use a firewall (my router is my firewall) but ZoneAlarm is very
popular, and I believe they do a free version.

James