RogerN wrote:

I'm looking for recommendations for Antivirus and Spam elimination (or
reduction) software. I find plenty out there but would like to hear from
users instead of the advertisments and claims made on the box. Any
favorites?

Also, I use a dial up connection on my desktop computer and have a wireless
network to my laptop. Any recommendations on proxy server software? I have
it working now with the Default Gateway but have no control of hanging up or
dialing from the laptop. I wish I could just "Share" the modem like you
would a drive or printer. I tried windows internet connection sharing a few
times and when it did work, it would dial the internet when no one was
operating the computer. (I'm guessing some software (adobe, real player,
quicktime) was trying to check for updates. Wish I could sue Microsoft for
making my computer do things I never requested or gave permission for it to
do.

A small Netgear router is easy to use, and has basic firewall capability built
in. Not only that, they are built extremely well, well documented, and cheap.

At my house we use Norton for virus protection, and Spybot for spyware. Only.
Anyone who uses 10 utilities is wasting their resources. Spybot is completely
simple to use and it works on about 98% of spyware. The remaining spyware (the
kind you get when you frequent slippery places -- I never ever get it, just my
kids) can be very challenging to remove but I have never found one yet whose
removal wasn't documented on the Web.

I wish I could sue Microsoft too.

GWE