Anti-Virus G600-4

[joe4 0]

Does anyone use anti-virus on there geovision computers? I did not know if the overhead was worth it.

[CCTVINSTALLER 0]

Never used an anti-virus, just go for the free checkup at trendmicro.com every 6/12 months. A Firewall is definitely worth it though. We used norton firewall with our computers when we used USB broadband modems. Now, thanks to the help from some computer guys on this forum, we've managed to get a netgear dg834 hardware firewall router operational, and that's been great, because not only does iit never disconnect but also prevents any hacking etc.

[loop 0]

There's no real need to use an AV, but if you have to, then I recommend AntiVir. Low on resources, free and does the job well.

 

www.free-av.com

 

As for firewall, sygate is the best free one:

 

http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

 

also low on resources, very easy to use, and the most important: it's effective.

[Thomas 0]

One thing to remember is that software firewalls have to be configured like you would a hardware firewall.

 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/sentry/

 

And that's the best free firewall.

[rory 0]

just installed XP with SP2 on a couple PCs, it has firewall built in and with Nortons Anti Virus all updated, they both work well together. Like it better than SP1 or older, and you all that know me know im not a big XP fan to start with. IE has alot of extra security feaures, but I ended up installing FireFox anyway.