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by **Steve Levet** » Fri, 05 Apr 2002 05:15:12

I would only run 1, its easy to turn off the XP one, just go into your
connection properties and turn it off.

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Steve Levett

> Is it possible to have two firewalls on your system without then causing
> more hassle while online racing.
> Can you turn the XP firewall off if need be.

> Regards

> Bob

> > Anti-virus: AVG by Grisoft at www.grisoft.com . I don't use Tiny
> Personal
> > Firewall since I'm running Windows XP with the built-in firewall, but
> > friends have said they really like it.

> > ------

> > If I may make a suggestion here (even though I may criticize your
> enjoyment
> > of the XP firewall)..... The XP firewall only offers protection in one
> > direction and that's incoming. There's nothing wrong with that, unless
> you
> > have a trojan or something on your system that wants out but you don't
> want
> > it to access the internet. I use Kerio Personal Firewall which is the
new
> > version of Tiny and it's a damn good piece of software. It offers
> > protection of both inbound and outbound traffic. It's also free for
> > personal use.

> > On the antivirus side of things. If you want something small and
> effective
> > then give F-Prot a try. It's DOS based and doesn't offer all the CPU
life
> > sucking, run time features of the larger packages but it does the job.
It
> > has been rated as one of the most effective virus scanners around with
> > updates almost daily.

by **Mark Per** » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 04:43:12

I hope your brother hasn't purchase it yet. I did and found a ***
little surprise. Their site says most software is OEM (big deal if
you don't care about getting a box or a manual). In the case of the
McAfee software however, OEM means 180 day trial version. (Software
will only work for six months).

According to free-irewards customer support, the phrase "six months of
upgrades and support" highlighted in red in the ad should have let me
know that this was a trial version. (Gee, how could I have missed
that...)

Buyer beware (at least at free-irewards).

by **Cobalit** » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:56:35

Here's a better deal for anyone interested. Go to www.dragon.ca and order a
copy of Norton SystemWorks Professional Edition (OEM $35.00 CAD). No
restrictions on OEM version and manual comes on cdrom, just like retail
version. Retail version costs $150.00 CAD up here. This package has Norton
Anti Virus, Roxio GoBack, Norton Ghost, Norton Clean Sweep, FAX software,
Norton Utilities (bunch of useful stuff like WinDoctor, DiskDoctor,
Defragger etc.). For firewall just download free version of Tiny Personal
Firewall. Can't beat that for $35.00 CAD. Ghost in a standalone package
costs almost $100.00 CAD here.

by **WyatEr** » Thu, 02 May 2002 00:55:52

You know what you can do with it after the 180 days. I thought there was a
catch (and I read through the site pretty good) originally thought it was
one of the "Book of The Month" type deals.

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Glenn H. Curtiss rode a V8 powered motorcycle
to a 136.30 mph record in the measured mile.

The Chicago Daily News headline reads:
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