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blind34_1 · 04-08-2005, 11:10 PM

i just reloaded as well, and im using this program we've been using on all the new school district computers we are building, called RestoreIT! (not free). Basically, this program will take an image of your hard drive, and store it in a hidden partition. It will also back incremental backups each time you start your computer or whenever you specify. This is especially useful in the schools where spyware is a HUGE problem. If there is too much on there to remove and repair, we just restore the image, and all is back to normal.

This option would not be as good if you stored a lot of personal data on the imaged drive. Thats why a second hard drive or at least partition would be better.

As far as protecting yourself, I use only Norton AV 2005 (you dont need that whole internet security suite; its a bunch of crap you dont need, i've heard it runs a bunch of crap in the background.) NAV2005 includes worm protection, which can replace the windows firewall, but its your choice, both are good. (but then again I use a hardware firewall, so GT40FIED could give you more detailed info on that)

however, if been noticing some problem with NAV2005 and my machine, it will occasionaly hang my machine when im trying to shut down. ccApp (part of norton) will stop responding and cause issues. In reading a few reviews of top antivirus software, mcafee 8 scored higher than norton, in effectiveness, ease of use, etc.

Microsoft's AntiSpyware program is one of the best I've seen so far. Its still in Beta, and its free, and very effective. I've been testing it for about 4-5 months and have been very impressed at what it finds. It updates itself, and will run scheduled scans just like an antivirus program.

spybot s&d is still very good, but ive noticed while running microsofts program, spybot finds nothing (or very little)

you might also want to remove a few windows components, specifically all the messenger services. I saw my friends machine go nuts with these pop up dialog boxes which i now know come from an exploit in the messenger service. The service can be removed in the group policy editor (start, run, gpedit.msc) there are a lot of cool options in there, but a lot can also screw up your system. change ONE thing at a time, if you do it.

04-08-2005, 11:10 PM	#4
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 41 Posts: 1,813	i just reloaded as well, and im using this program we've been using on all the new school district computers we are building, called RestoreIT! (not free). Basically, this program will take an image of your hard drive, and store it in a hidden partition. It will also back incremental backups each time you start your computer or whenever you specify. This is especially useful in the schools where spyware is a HUGE problem. If there is too much on there to remove and repair, we just restore the image, and all is back to normal. This option would not be as good if you stored a lot of personal data on the imaged drive. Thats why a second hard drive or at least partition would be better. As far as protecting yourself, I use only Norton AV 2005 (you dont need that whole internet security suite; its a bunch of crap you dont need, i've heard it runs a bunch of crap in the background.) NAV2005 includes worm protection, which can replace the windows firewall, but its your choice, both are good. (but then again I use a hardware firewall, so GT40FIED could give you more detailed info on that) however, if been noticing some problem with NAV2005 and my machine, it will occasionaly hang my machine when im trying to shut down. ccApp (part of norton) will stop responding and cause issues. In reading a few reviews of top antivirus software, mcafee 8 scored higher than norton, in effectiveness, ease of use, etc. Microsoft's AntiSpyware program is one of the best I've seen so far. Its still in Beta, and its free, and very effective. I've been testing it for about 4-5 months and have been very impressed at what it finds. It updates itself, and will run scheduled scans just like an antivirus program. spybot s&d is still very good, but ive noticed while running microsofts program, spybot finds nothing (or very little) you might also want to remove a few windows components, specifically all the messenger services. I saw my friends machine go nuts with these pop up dialog boxes which i now know come from an exploit in the messenger service. The service can be removed in the group policy editor (start, run, gpedit.msc) there are a lot of cool options in there, but a lot can also screw up your system. change ONE thing at a time, if you do it.