User Feedback :: Saved by the DSL...



Any time I want to browse I always boot from cd, and
anything I download is to a separate download partition.

Plus running in ram makes for fast browsing.

Likewise, I always run from LiveCD.
My HDInstalls are for testing, and my in-laws.

I agree with AwPhuch on the malware programs.
What I don't like is WHY do they both find items the
other package won't?

Adaware is good about frequent updates, but LOUSY on
detecting and removing most of what I find on M$ boxes.

S&D finds a LOT of stuff that adaware leaves behind, but
the updating and support has been LOUSY up until recently.

And it's my opinion that the 0-30 day malware will still have
free reign in your windoze box until one of these programs
picks it up and adds it to their updates.

So don't get TOO COMFORTABLE doin' your thang' on M$.
Recently IE and IIS have been front page in the news,
so if I were inclined to use them, I'd certainly have other
additions to my arsenal like ZoneAlarm, BitDefender, etc..

Backup, backup, backup....
( and always keep a DSL CD within reach  :)  )

73
ke4nt

Here is another link to more info on this topic, with some
good tips on using other resources outside the M$ gui.

One of my favs - OC ! :cool:
http://www.overclockers.com/tips1162/

73
ke4nt

Thanks all for the recommendations. I mostly use Macs and, more recently, Linux, so I've been out of the Windows troubleshooting loops for a while.

original here.