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HELP! My cable modem is running slower than dialup! - Goatweed - 05-20-2004
I recommend you remove nortons firewall, it's not exactly friendly and can be buggy.
I would remove NIS totally and use Zonealarm - the free version, there isn't mch difference between that and the $40 one.
Of course, if you're behind a router you don't need to use a software firewall if your router has NAT enabled - mine does, but I'm paranoid so I run Zonealarm also.
Norton's AntiVirus is good, the rest of their products tend to really suck tho (SystemWorks is ok, but there's better stuff out now).
HELP! My cable modem is running slower than dialup! - sweet angel - 05-20-2004
Quote:I recommend you remove nortons firewall, it's not exactly friendly and can be buggy.Figures.
Quote:I would remove NIS totally and use Zonealarm - the free version, there isn't mch difference between that and the $40 one.Can I find this at download.com?
Quote:Of course, if you're behind a router you don't need to use a software firewall if your router has NAT enabled - mine does, but I'm paranoid so I run Zonealarm also.At home, no router.
So let's see...
SpyBot - check
Ad-Aware - check
Spyware Guard - check
Zonealarm - to do
Ugh.
HELP! My cable modem is running slower than dialup! - Goatweed - 05-21-2004
zonealarm is at <a href="http://www.zonelabs.com", target="_blank">zonelabs.com</a> - make sure you get the free one.
The spybots/adawares/etc. are good for getting rid of spyware, but Ive only seen a few cases where apywareware brought a system down to serious sluggishness - Im not saying that cant be the case with you, it could, but since you said by killing NIS that the speed comes back, that tells me it's Norton's.
I still like their Anti-virus stuff, but theirs (and McAfee's) firewall/security/spayware applications are, IMO, shit.
You might wanna consider a router at home too, just for the hardware firewall alone, it's worth it and the one I use (Linysys BFRS41) can be found for <$40 at most retail stores - plus you can network your place up at some point.