McAfee Total Protection

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:52 pm

Right I got rid of my Internet Security product provided by my cable company today as it does not have wireless support at the moment

So for now I have a free service from Trend Micro came with the router, has anyone tried this, think I may buy it

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:59 pm

O...k... I guess they really are out to get you.

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:00 pm

James Box wrote:O...k... I guess they really are out to get you.

:?

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:02 pm

60 quid!???!!

Just cos you're getting paid tomorrow doesn't mean you have to spend it!

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:04 pm

Got paid today already spent £150 of it :lol: :lol: more to be spent tomorrow and the day after

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:06 pm

I just have a firewall built in to my dsl modem, with a few select ports opened to my Linux server which has its own firewall. Virus-scan all incoming email and downloads. Wireless router is encrypted.

If someone really wants to hack my network, there's not much to find

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:08 pm

Well I currently have 3 firewalls the router has 2, and then theres my normal firewall on my system.

Don't mind the price tag, its a small price to pay really

UBT - PaulT · Post by **UBT - PaulT** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:09 pm

Save your money Dave.

I've been using wireless for about 2 years now and still use AVG and Sygate on my windows box and only run AVG on my Linux box so as not to unintentionally email a virus to anyone else.

You are at no more of a threat now than you were before going wireless.

James Box · Post by **James Box** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:11 pm

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Well I currently have 3 firewalls the router has 2, and then theres my normal firewall on my system.

Don't mind the price tag, its a small price to pay really

If you don't mind throwing your money away on something you don't really need and just slows your system down, go right ahead...

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:12 pm

UBT - PaulT wrote:You are at no more of a threat now than you were before going wireless.

Its been something I have been thinking of doing for a while changing to someone else the router just kind of spurred me on to finally doing it. It seems to have a lot of features built in, lots of buttons for me to click

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:14 pm

If you want some buttons to click I'll send you some - £20 each sound good?

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:15 pm

UBT - Mikeejones wrote:If you want some buttins to click I'll send you some - £20 each sound good?

What are buttins

:lol: :lol:

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:21 pm

It's all bobbins anyway

(I can sell you some of them as well if you want!)

UBT - PaulT · Post by **UBT - PaulT** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:25 pm

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Well I currently have 3 firewalls the router has 2, and then theres my normal firewall on my system.

What are you trying to hide?

You only need 1 firewall mate.

If you were a big multi national organisation with trade secrets to hide fair enougth, but for a home PC, I do think your going a bit too far

UBT - Halifax-Lad wrote:Its been something I have been thinking of doing for a while changing to someone else the router just kind of spurred me on to finally doing it. It seems to have a lot of features built in, lots of buttons for me to click

A router is a router, be it wired or wireless. By all means change your software if you have no confidence with your current setup, but £60 seems a bit much when you can get the same for nowt.

Sygate was discontinued ages ago but I still have complete faith in it.

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:29 pm

I don't have faith in my ex-provider seen as though my web browser was hi-jacked not so many weeks ago, something that should not have happened at all.

Not my problem I have 2 firewalls on the router it came that way there activated and I can't be arsed switching them off.

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:30 pm

UBT - Mikeejones wrote:It's all bobbins anyway

(I can sell you some of them as well if you want!)

A package deal then