[dba-Tech] Software Firewalls

On 6 Dec 2004 at 11:38, Stuart McLachlan wrote:

> On 5 Dec 2004 at 19:17, Bryan Carbonnell wrote:
> 
> > On 5 Dec 2004 at 14:04, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access S wrote:
> > 
> > > So what do you use for AV?
> > 
> > I used McAfee, until work was giving out free licenced copies of
> > eTrust AV, by Computer Associates
> > (http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/Product.asp?ID=156)
> > 
> > As soon as I uninstalled McAfee, I noticed a huge system performance
> > gain, that stayed even after I installed eTrust.
> > 
> 
> But Bryan,  you use Pegasus Mail and Firefox so why bother with the
> performance hit of on-access scanning anyway :-)

Like I said in an earlier post, I'm paranoid when it comes to 
security of my box.  

Not to mention the fact that my wife and kids still use IE :(

I know, I know, I'm working on it :-)

> Just use Martin's Ireland's Virscan and a daily scheduled on-demand
> system scan during a quiet period.

There is no quite time with my box, unless it's off. :)

-- 
Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at sympatico.ca
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.