Peetie, there's not a lot more you can do, short of installing an expensive physical firewall.  You're about as safe as you can reasonably expect these days.  AVG and ZAP coexist ok.

As far as AV progs go, it's been my experience that AVG, Norton, PCCillin and the other popular apps aren't quite as effective as some of the 'cutting edge' programs, like Dr.Web, NOD and the like.

However, most of the topline AV progs that I've tried are much harder to configure and use, so the average computer user is far better off with something he can understand and control, even if it mightn't pick up every bug that's going.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peetie Wheatstraw 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 7:43 AM
  Subject: [PCSOFT] W2k Pro and software for net security


  Hello,

  I run a little Windows 2000 Pro desktop system at home,
  dialing into an ISP with a 56k modem.

  Got bit by the Blaster worm last week.

  I have been updating and adding software. I now have:

  W2k Pro SP4 with all software updates, patches, band-aids, etc.
  AVG 6.0 Anti-virus
  Zone-Alarm Pro V3

  Does this sound like a reasonably good configuration for
  security on the net? Does AVG co-exist happily with ZA (and
  vice-versa)?

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