Re: JFW & FIRE WALL SOFTWARE
- From: "Douglas DeCamp" <ddecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:31:12 -0600
I do feel it has prevented some level of intrusions. On quite a number of
occasions when I am not working on my computer, but am nearby I will hear JAWS
read a Norton dialog about stopping an external access attempt. My ISP
provides pretty good EMail virus protection so none of them have gotten through
to where Norton needed to stop them. I have run into few virus situations and
seem to stay very clean I guess because of the sites I mostly access. I too
keep confidential data on my PC and prefer to encrypt anything really
important.
--- HTH ---
----- Original Message -----
From: MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: JFW & FIRE WALL SOFTWARE
Well, do you feel it has kept your computer from being attacked. What has
been your experience with viruses? I recently got the winfixer 2005 virus and
was able to remove it with Norton antivirus. Although, I am concerned about
contracting other viruses and other potential threats, especially since my wife
is trying to hook her computer up with a wireless router. I also have
sensitive data on my desktop which I would like to protect.
----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas DeCamp
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: JFW & FIRE WALL SOFTWARE
I have not done much with trying to configure the firewall. I originally
had Norton 2005 Internet Security on this computer when I got it and just went
ahead and upgraded to 2006 when the 90 days ran out. This completely
re-installed all components including anti-virus, spyware protection, &
firewall. Once installed I got occasional combo boxes that would come up and
ask if I wanted to permit or block Internet access to various programs. Norton
would always make a suggestion which I sometimes followed and sometimes did not
depending on the program. Many times I would select "block once" to se if
anything bad happened if I did not permit access to a particular program such
as Windows Media Player.. I do know that the 2005 version could be difficult
if not impossible to configure with JAWS. Certain functions could nott be
accessed even with the JAWS cursor.
Not sure this has been too helpful, but these have been my experiences.
----- Original Message -----
From: MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: JFW & FIRE WALL SOFTWARE
I have Norton 2005 anti virus and norton internet protection. I am told
the internet protection is a fire wall, but it is not configured and I may need
some help doing that. The antivirus is just a scaning program I guess.
----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas DeCamp
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: JFW & FIRE WALL SOFTWARE
I am reasonably happy with Norton Internet Security 2006 which includes
anti-virus & firewall. It is not completely JAWS friendly and requires some
significant use of the JAWS cursor, but will mostly auto-configure and will use
normal dialog boxes for later specific program configuration. Overall, I am
happy with it.
--- HTH ---
----- Original Message -----
From: MICHAEL MCDERMOTT
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 6:04 PM
Subject: JFW & FIRE WALL SOFTWARE
I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good fire wall program that
worked well with JFW. Also I may be in need of some help if I was to aquire
such a program so looking for assistance with that too since I don't have much
knowledge in that area! I am thinking a fire wall would help protect a home
network against viruses etc.
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