Re: [OT] Anti-virus / anti-spyware other essential programs?

["domdevitto" <dom@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been using 'k9webprotection' on all my windows boxes for a while,
and it's great - just limit access to 'unrated sites' and this neatly
filters out the phishing sites.

It's from Bluecoat (the leading enterprise web-filtering appliance)
and oh it's free :-)

Dom

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ho Yin Ng" <architect.hoyin@...>
wrote:
>
> I need to upgrade / reinstall and basically reformat all my computers
> at home. Everything is going t*ts up.
>
> Main main computer only boots up when it wants to, I can't get access
> to my NAS on others no matter what I do. Bascially it all needs
> resetting!
>
> Since I am doing this I thought I might as well get all the essential
> programs in on my computers.
>
> 1. Can someone recommend a good antivirus-spyware program? Is the AVG
> malware any good?
>
> Anything else people would recommend as must haves? I was thinking
> about getting something like drivermagic to manage all my drivers and
> download updates, and perhaps Norton Ghost so when everything goes
> t*ts up again I can just restore the systems?
>
> Running Windows XP.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ho Yin
>