On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:40:56 GMT, Rat River Cemetary wrote:

> Kayman wrote:
>
>> Okay then, you're obviously on the top of things and have all bases
>> covered. Good luck
>
> Yea, I agree with what you say about outbound protection and Windows
> Firewall (that's what I have been using for years now) but outbound
> protection can help with blocking legit software from phoning home if
> you feel like doing that. I've played with the outbound protection in
> Vista but it is a PITA to use and blocks it's own update service. Thanks
> for the input and now that I think about it some more there is no real
> need to use F-Secure when I already have everything set up to be pretty
> tight. I don't like the idea of F-Secure checking for updates on a
> frequent basis too. I check for all updates manually as it less of an
> annoyance that way. There is not much more annoying than both AVG and
> Windows Defender trying to get updates at the same time.

Just keep in mind that you shouldn't worry about *trusted* software phoning
home; Especially when the (trusted) software monitors/protects your OS.
All the best