Based upon recommendations in this NG, I'm using AVG with
good success and little problems.  It is relatively transparent
(hope that means that it still works tho' )

Jon

smartin@pdq.net wrote:
> For that I use something like SpySweeper to catch apps that try to inject
> spyware in the first place.
> After having a software firewall for a while, just got tired of it, DLL
> problem causing AV or CPU at 100% type of crap.
>
> Firewall
> SpySweeper
> AV
>
> Scott.
>
> "Steve Gill" <v8steve_removethis_@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:A3739188-769B-45DA-AB9E-3C8383933566@news.elevatesoft.com...
>> smartin@pdq.net wrote:
>>> Just go get a box, avoid software firewalls.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Scott.
>> In that case you need to make sure that the hardware firewall filters
>> outgoing as well as incoming traffic.  My hardware firewall only checks
>> incoming traffic but my software firewall checks both incoming and
>> outgoing.  A while back the software firewall caught spyware trying to
>> connect to the Internet, which of course was completely missed by the
>> hardware firewall.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> SteveG
>
>

smartin@pdq.net wrote:
> For that I use something like SpySweeper to catch apps that try to inject
> spyware in the first place.
> After having a software firewall for a while, just got tired of it, DLL
> problem causing AV or CPU at 100% type of crap.
>
> Firewall
> SpySweeper
> AV
>

Hi Scott,

I haven't heard of SpySweeper but I use AVG and 4 different anti-spyware
apps, but occasionally I get spyware that none of them detect, including
the spyware I mentioned previously.  The worst thing was this particular
spyware was collecting credit card information, bank account details and
passwords.  It was trying to send this information to a server somewhere
but the software firewall was blocking it.  I know what you mean about
the 100% CPU usage though.  ZoneAlarm was doing this for ages but has
finally settled down now with the later releases.  It was getting very
frustrating for a while.

Regards,

SteveG

Just ran across this, related to this thread ...
http://www.trusteli.com/

Regards,
Scott.

"Heiko Knuettel" <heiko@knuettel.com> wrote in message
news:49101FBC-FF4C-40CD-9071-
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> Does anyone know a personal firewall where you can define a rule like
> "Don't mind if file