cyrnel

Marv, have to keep this quick. An appraiser's office just called in a panic...

Nothing magical. Things change, so do my preferences. I use things that work, that have a support path, and that people will stick with.

For home/so AV most people seem to like avast over AVG over antivir. Norton is falling way out of favor due to install and footprint issues, and support. They might be turning some of that around this year but I'm not holding my breath.

For personal firewalls, Zone Alarm is big. I like KPF better. (Sunbelt just picked it up)

For antispyware, MS's tool is just about everywhere. That's good and bad. Use at least two. (one resident plus alternate scans) I like Sunbelt counterspy or a combination of adaware & spybot. Nothing is 100% unless you're fascist about safe practices. I almost get away with nothing on my boxes, until young relatives visit. Multiuser boxes are the most popular victims for a number of reasons.

For recovery I use a custom boot cd & flash drive of tools, or for critical stuff install the drive in another box to grab an image before repairing.

Check with Bendsley et al for large sites. I'm in a small town now and am no longer current on enterprise Windows.

Have to hustle. We can carry this further later if you want. Safe practices & recovery docs are plentiful around the net.

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