RE: [OT] Antivirus software

["UKHA" <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Got to  agree with you there, I used the original version for a long while
and it was great, but then it got more bloated with each version and was
unstable as hell, the best instance was on a friends PC, when ZA was
running
the PC ran at about 10% of its real speed - apps took ages to open let
alone
run, kill ZA and everything went back to normal... Never used it since...

I run IPCop now (a fork of SmoothWall), but I must add that this (and
SmoothWall) will stop inbound attacks, it WON'T stop Trojans, virii, etc
from getting OUT of your network to attack other systems on the internet by
default, or stop one of your PCs attacking the others, for this reason it's
best to run a personal firewall on the PCs as well.
On that front, I can thoroughly recommend an old copy of Tiny Firewall 2,
the free version, tiny footprint and uses very little resources...

Lee
-----Original Message-----
From: christopher purves [mailto:CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 August 2004 08:40
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Antivirus software


Hi Guys,

Just a comment on firewalls. I have finally grown sick and tired of
ZoneAlarm and it constantly been upgraded, losing its configuration and
the
occasional crash and so am switching to the free linux based smoothwall. I
am installing it on a spare 'old' box with a couple of nics and will just
leave it running.

Chris


>From: Mark Hallows <markhallows@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: "'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Antivirus software
>Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 08:30:00 +0100
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