Hee. Your TV addiction served you well in this instance.
I didn't get a TiVo until I moved here anyway.
Anti-virus/firewall question: My NAV subscription is expiring. With what would you recommend replacing it?
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
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§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 4:10:19 pm PDT #2532 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
le nubian - Apr 19, 2005 6:10:18 pm PDT #2533 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I like Sygate for a firewall. It is really good. And free.
Virus...don't know.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2005 6:11:21 pm PDT #2534 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
ita, PC or Mac?
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 7:10:36 pm PDT #2535 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
PC. Wait, I'm about to become a 2 OS household -- I need Mac recs too.
Will go check Sygate.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2005 7:26:23 pm PDT #2536 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
ita, for Mac, these 2 Macworld articles are really helpful on security/firewall and virii issues: [link] and [link] . Also check the right sidebar on those pages.
UTTAD - Apr 20, 2005 1:26:13 am PDT #2537 of 10003
Strawberry disappointment.
I'd back up Sygate for firewall. And I've found Panda to be really good as an anti-virus.
Jon B. - Apr 20, 2005 2:40:02 am PDT #2538 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm about to become a 2 OS household
If there's more than one 'puter, why not just use the hardware firewall in your router?
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2005 3:49:24 am PDT #2539 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I already do. But I must be doing it wrong, because NAV has intermittently reported intrusions that reached the PC.
Jon B. - Apr 20, 2005 4:56:07 am PDT #2540 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Are you familiar with the Shields Up web utility? It could be that NAV is reporting things that are basically harmless.
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2005 5:01:07 am PDT #2541 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cool page, Jon. Everything looks good with NAV in place -- I'll try later without it.
Some of the stuff NAV reports is bunk -- attacks from inside my house (he's PINGING FROM INSIDE THE NETWORK!!!) and sometimes it has a dislike of stuff returned by web servers. Others, though, have been reported intrusion attempts from machines that aren't internet servers, and those make me worry.