FromTheRafters wrote:
> Li'l Abner wrote:
>> 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 :-)
>>
> Avira and the firewall that came with Windows 7 is just fine IMO.

Which provides close to zero protection against the most common type of
current infections, the rogue security software installers.