My wife's broadband internet (cable) service was switched from 
TimeWarner Road Runner to Comcast.  The Computer Associates security 
products (firewall, antivirus, etc.) that came free with Road Runner no 
longer can be updated, and she's supposed to switch to the free MaCafee 
security products, but they only support IE and Firefox, not Seamonkey 
(their web site will not allow the download using Seamonkey, and I'm 
guessing even if I used IE to download it, they probably wouldn't 
protect while surfing with Seamonkey).

So, what is a good firewall and antivirus for her to use with Seamonkey?

On 08/09/2007 09:58 AM, TMitchell wrote:
> My wife's broadband internet (cable) service was switched from 
> TimeWarner Road Runner to Comcast.  The Computer Associates security 
> products (firewall, antivirus, etc.) that came free with Road Runner no 
> longer can be updated, and she's supposed to switch to the free MaCafee 
> security products, but they only support IE and Firefox, not Seamonkey 
> (their web site will not allow the download using Seamonkey, and I'm 
> guessing even if I used IE to download it, they probably wouldn't 
> protect while surfing with Seamonkey).
> 
> So, what is a good firewall and antivirus for her to use with Seamonkey?

Linux :-)

NoOp wrote:
> On 08/09/2007 09:58 AM, TMitchell wrote:
>> My wife's broadband internet (cable) service was switched from 
>> TimeWarner Road Runner to Comcast.  The Computer Associates security 
>> products (firewall, antivirus, etc.) that came free with Road Runner no 
>> longer can be updated, and she's supposed to switch to the free MaCafee 
>> security products, but they only support IE and Firefox, not Seamonkey 
>> (their web site will not allow the download using Seamonkey, and I'm 
>> guessing even if I used IE to download it, they probably wouldn't 
>> protect while surfing with Seamonkey).
>>
>> So, what is a good firewall and antivirus for her to use with Seamonkey?
> 
> Linux :-)
OK.  Besides Linux.

On 08/09/2007 11:21 AM, TMitchell wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 08/09/2007 09:58 AM, TMitchell wrote:
>>> My wife's broadband internet (cable) service was switched from 
>>> TimeWarner Road Runner to Comcast.  The Computer Associates security 
>>> products (firewall, antivirus, etc.) that came free with Road Runner no 
>>> longer can be updated, and she's supposed to switch to the free MaCafee 
>>> security products, but they only support IE and Firefox, not Seamonkey 
>>> (their web site will not allow the download using Seamonkey, and I'm 
>>> guessing even if I used IE to download it, they probably wouldn't 
>>> protect while surfing with Seamonkey).
>>>
>>> So, what is a good firewall and antivirus for her to use with Seamonkey?
>> 
>> Linux :-)
> OK.  Besides Linux.

I use a router with a built in firewall. However when I boot into
windows I also use ZoneAlarm (free version) and Bitdefender (free
version). The free version of BD isn't interactive, but you can schedule
it to do scans at any time of day/interval etc., it's an excellent AV &
checks for automatic AV updates every hour.

http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloads/
  http://www.bitdefender.com/site/view/Download-Free-Products.html

TMitchell wrote:
> My wife's broadband internet (cable) service was switched from 
> TimeWarner Road Runner to Comcast.  The Computer Associates security 
> products (firewall, antivirus, etc.) that came free with Road Runner no 
> longer can be updated, and she's supposed to switch to the free MaCafee 
> security products, but they only support IE and Firefox, not Seamonkey 
> (their web site will not allow the download using Seamonkey, and I'm 
> guessing even if I used IE to download it, they probably wouldn't 
> protect while surfing with Seamonkey).
> 
> So, what is a good firewall and antivirus for her to use with Seamonkey?


I use free programs, Avast anti-virus, and Sygate personal firewall 
[which may no longer be available, not sure].  The free version of 
Sygate is no longer supported since the company was sold.  :(
bj

chicagofan wrote:
> TMitchell wrote:
>> My wife's broadband internet (cable) service was switched from 
>> TimeWarner Road Runner to Comcast.  The Computer Associates security 
>> products (firewall, antivirus, etc.) that came free with Road Runner 
>> no longer can be updated, and she's supposed to switch to the free 
>> MaCafee security products, but they only support IE and Firefox, not 
>> Seamonkey (their web site will not allow the download using Seamonkey, 
>> and I'm guessing even if I used IE to download it, they probably 
>> wouldn't protect while surfing with Seamonkey).
>>
>> So, what is a good firewall and antivirus for her to use with Seamonkey?
> 
> 
> I use free programs, Avast anti-virus, and Sygate personal firewall 
> [which may no longer be available, not sure].  The free version of 
> Sygate is no longer supported since the company was sold.  :(
> bj
  Go here and find out what's what.

http://us.mcafee.com/root/package.asp?pkgid=272

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Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
> chicagofan wrote:
>> TMitchell wrote:
>>> My wife's broadband internet (cable) service was switched from 
>>> TimeWarner Road Runner to Comcast.  The Computer Associates security 
>>> products (firewall, antivirus, etc.) that came free with Road Runner 
>>> no longer can be updated, and she's supposed to switch to the free 
>>> MaCafee security products, but they only support IE and Firefox, not 
>>> Seamonkey (their web site will not allow the download using 
>>> Seamonkey, and I'm guessing even if I used IE to download it, they 
>>> probably wouldn't protect while surfing with Seamonkey).
>>>
>>> So, what is a good firewall and antivirus for her to use with Seamonkey?
>>
>>
>> I use free programs, Avast anti-virus, and Sygate personal firewall 
>> [which may no longer be available, not sure].  The free version of 
>> Sygate is no longer supported since the company was sold.  :(
>> bj
>  Go here and find out what's what.
> 
> http://us.mcafee.com/root/package.asp?pkgid=272
> 

I downloaded McAfee with the IE, and it works fine with SeaMonkey 
thereafter.

TMitchell wrote:

> So, what is a good firewall and antivirus for her to use with
> Seamonkey?

I'm on windows xp and have it's firewall on as well as my router 
firewall.
I use Avast free, & have for a long time. It udates almost every day, 
and sometimes 2 or more times in a day. I lso use SpyBot.

Tom J

George Carden wrote:
> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
>> chicagofan wrote:
>>> TMitchell wrote:
>>>> My wife's broadband internet (cable) service was switched from 
>>>> TimeWarner Road Runner to Comcast.  The Computer Associates security 
>>>> products (firewall, antivirus, etc.) that came free with Road Runner 
>>>> no longer can be updated, and she's supposed to switch to the free 
>>>> MaCafee security products, but they only support IE and Firefox, not 
>>>> Seamonkey (their web site will not allow the download using 
>>>> Seamonkey, and I'm guessing even if I used IE to download it, they 
>>>> probably wouldn't protect while surfing with Seamonkey).
>>>>
>>>> So, what is a good firewall and antivirus for her to use with 
>>>> Seamonkey?
>>>
>>>
>>> I use free programs, Avast anti-virus, and Sygate personal firewall 
>>> [which may no longer be available, not sure].  The free version of 
>>> Sygate is no longer supported since the company was sold.  :(
>>> bj
>>  Go here and find out what's what.
>>
>> http://us.mcafee.com/root/package.asp?pkgid=272
>>
> 
> I downloaded McAfee with the IE, and it works fine with SeaMonkey 
> thereafter.
OK.  Thank you.  I'll give it a try.

TMitchell wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 08/09/2007 09:58 AM, TMitchell wrote:
>>> My wife's broadband internet (cable) service was switched from 
>>> TimeWarner Road Runner to Comcast.  The Computer Associates security 
>>> products (firewall, antivirus, etc.) that came free with Road Runner no 
>>> longer can be updated, and she's supposed to switch to the free MaCafee 
>>> security products, but they only support IE and Firefox, not Seamonkey 
>>> (their web site will not allow the download using Seamonkey, and I'm 
>>> guessing even if I used IE to download it, they probably wouldn't 
>>> protect while surfing with Seamonkey).
>>>
>>> So, what is a good firewall and antivirus for her to use with Seamonkey?
>> Linux :-)
> OK.  Besides Linux.

On XP boxes I have Avast AV Home edition (free), Kerio (nowadays
Sunbelt) Personal Firewall - you may have to search for the latest
version predating acquisition of Kerio by Sunbelt (which is free for
personal use, I'm not sure about the Sunbelt PFW) in case you want to
use it free of charge.

You should also consider disabling some dangerous and unneeded windows
services (see e.g. http://www.blackviper.com/ for informations).

Best regards
	Petr

TMitchell wrote:
>>So, what is a good firewall
>>
I suggest Jetico for a software firewall.
Zone Alarm has become bloatware
(the oldest version actually does everything you need done)
and most of the firewalls that were once freeware are no longer free.

>and antivirus for her to use  ?
>
Before setting her free to use crutches as her primary weapons,
start her out with behavior modification as a first line of security:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:IShQNMnsqIAJ:techguylabs.com/radio/ShowNotes/Show327+Update-*-*-regularly+*-sure-*-they-*-sent-it-*-*+*-*-*-*-days-later+turn.off.HTML.*+*-*-*-links-in-email+*-*-*-*-*-not-billed-*-*+quarantine-*-*+*-*-*-aren-*-*-*-*-safe+*.*.you.know+*-*-hides-*-*-destination+Don't-open-*-attachments+Use-*-firewall+immediately+limited.user#toc3
..
Tom  J wrote:
>I'm on windows xp and have it's firewall on
>as well as my router firewall.
>
Just wasting CPU cycles.
All *other* brands of software firewalls[1] do **egress** filtering.
A software firewall that doesn't filter OUTBOUND traffic
is WORSE THAN USELESS if there is already a firewall in the router.
..
..
[1]  Of all the "software firewalls", Microsoft's <deep scorn>
is the **ONLY** one that doesn't sniff outgoing packets.

JeffM wrote:
> TMitchell wrote:
>>> So, what is a good firewall
>>>
> Zone Alarm has become bloatware
> (the oldest version actually does everything you need done)

yup, my ZA is still version 2.6.231, and I've never had a 
problem with it.

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TMitchell wrote:
>So, what is a good [...]antivirus for her to use ?

>From just this week: **3-Way Tie for First Place"
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:tW6Dfjntg_UJ:slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/09/2243229+you.can.keep.them.from.going.out+100-*-caught+Clam.AV+Poster+Poster+20177741+this.is.especially.good.news.for.those.of.us.utilizing.CLAM#20177373

This *does* refer to apps running under Linux--however
for those running Windoze and for whom *cost* is a concern:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:SYtxS6sTzqYJ:www.tech-pro.net/clamav.html+copyright+ClamAV.under.Windows+*.freeware.anti-virus.*+copyright+copyright+copyright+native-*-port+copyright+there.are.several.versions&strip=1

For many years, I have thought
McAfee is more trouble than it is worth.
(It's low effectivity rating in the article underscores this.)

More recently, Norton (though *effective*)
has IMO also become a PITA.

It is worth noting that a payware AV that **always** gets high marks
wasn't included in this "study":
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:tW6Dfjntg_UJ:slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/09/2243229+20178307+Poster+*-*-NOD32#20178307

Petr Cerny wrote:
> TMitchell wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
>>> On 08/09/2007 09:58 AM, TMitchell wrote:
>>>> My wife's broadband internet (cable) service was switched from 
>>>> TimeWarner Road Runner to Comcast.  The Computer Associates security 
>>>> products (firewall, antivirus, etc.) that came free with Road Runner no 
>>>> longer can be updated, and she's supposed to switch to the free MaCafee 
>>>> security products, but they only support IE and Firefox, not Seamonkey 
>>>> (their web site will not allow the download using Seamonkey, and I'm 
>>>> guessing even if I used IE to download it, they probably wouldn't 
>>>> protect while surfing with Seamonkey).
>>>>
>>>> So, what is a good firewall and antivirus for her to use with Seamonkey?
>>> Linux :-)
>> OK.  Besides Linux.
> 
> On XP boxes I have Avast AV Home edition (free), Kerio (nowadays
> Sunbelt) Personal Firewall - you may have to search for the latest
> version predating acquisition of Kerio by Sunbelt (which is free for
> personal use, I'm not sure about the Sunbelt PFW) in case you want to
> use it free of charge.
> 
> You should also consider disabling some dangerous and unneeded windows
> services (see e.g. http://www.blackviper.com/ for informations).
> 
> Best regards
> 	Petr
RE: MacaFee doesn't support Seamonkey
     There is an additional product called E-Scan which I find is 
perfectly compatible with Seamonkey, and is available for both Windows 
and Linux!