I have a customer whose hard drive failed and I have now reinstalled
WIndows 7 on a new drive.

His provider is HughesNet. They have him on a plan where he has a ZoneAlarm
Security Suite of some kind or another that is supposed to protect him from
everything. But they are charging him $3.95 a month for it.

He has never had malware problems and is not a risky surfer. He is a mule
addict and practically every site he visits has to do with mules... :-)

I have suggested installing the free version of Avira or Avast, or
Microsoft Security Essentials.

Does he even need a firewall other than the Windows firewall? If so, I
could always install the free version of ZoneAlarm.

Or should I just reinstall the ZA Suite and let him keep paying?

Personally, I use the free version of Avira and the paid version of MBAM
which runs resident. It's rare that either ever detects anything and I live
a helluva lot more dangerous than my customer :-)

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