Comments on: What firewalls can be used with kaspersky antivirus? http://alarmfirst.com/2009/03/what-firewalls-can-be-used-with-kaspersky-antivirus/ Facts you should know about Zone Alarm Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:49:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: NYCTAXIMAN http://alarmfirst.com/2009/03/what-firewalls-can-be-used-with-kaspersky-antivirus/comment-page-1/#comment-115 NYCTAXIMAN Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:49:29 +0000 http://alarmfirst.com/2009/03/what-firewalls-can-be-used-with-kaspersky-antivirus/#comment-115 You're right. Zone Alarm will slow down your PC. I don't use the Kaspersky. I use a combination of McAfee firewall, McAfee Anti-Virus, Microsoft Defender and a DLINK router as protection. In addition to these basic items. I do the following. These are best practices to protecting your computer/laptop: - Perform monthly updates of Microsoft patches - Perform daily updates of your Anti-Virus/Firewall program(s) - Perform daily updates to your Anti-Spyware and Adware program(s) - Perform a weekly scan of your hard-disk for viruses/spyware Best of all know your computer. When you are connecting on a wireless network - You see your hard-drive flashing solid green and you are not doing anything. Your computer/laptop may be infected. Have two separate logins on your computer. One with admin rights and another with regular rights. Always use the login with the regular rights. If someone hacks in during your session. The hacker is limited to the account with regular rights and can't do much. Always have a backup of your computer/laptop for restore purposes. At the end it is up to you. Never visit sites that you don't recognized and don't trust your Emails. Always take it with a grain of salt. Windows Defender You’re right. Zone Alarm will slow down your PC. I don’t use the Kaspersky. I use a combination of McAfee firewall, McAfee Anti-Virus, Microsoft Defender and a DLINK router as protection. In addition to these basic items. I do the following.

These are best practices to protecting your computer/laptop:

- Perform monthly updates of Microsoft patches
- Perform daily updates of your Anti-Virus/Firewall program(s)
- Perform daily updates to your Anti-Spyware and Adware program(s)
- Perform a weekly scan of your hard-disk for viruses/spyware

Best of all know your computer. When you are connecting on a wireless network
- You see your hard-drive flashing solid green and you are not doing anything. Your computer/laptop may be infected.

Have two separate logins on your computer. One with admin rights and another with regular rights. Always use the login with the regular rights. If someone hacks in during your session. The hacker is limited to the account with regular rights and can’t do much.

Always have a backup of your computer/laptop for restore purposes.

At the end it is up to you. Never visit sites that you don’t recognized and don’t trust your Emails. Always take it with a grain of salt.

Windows Defender

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