mcafee

[Don]

I am considering their Internet Security Suite 2005 v7.0
as a one-stop purchase anti-virus/firewall/spam/pop-up
thingy
I would be interested to know comments on Mcafee compared to Norton


thanks


Don

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

I am considering their Internet Security Suite 2005 v7.0 as a
one-stop purchase anti-virus/firewall/spam/pop-up thingy I would be
interested to know comments on Mcafee compared to Norton

Both are touted in these groups as "resource hogs."

a-v: Avast!
firewall: Kerio
spam: Thunderbird mail/news client has built-in junk mail handling
popups: Firefox browser (get the PrefBar extension too)

No, it isn't "one-stop" but the cost is zero dollars/euros.

http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagnasty/tips.html

 

[DaVinci]

Both are touted in these groups as "resource hogs."

a-v: Avast!
firewall: Kerio
spam: Thunderbird mail/news client has built-in junk mail handling
popups: Firefox browser (get the PrefBar extension too)

No, it isn't "one-stop" but the cost is zero dollars/euros.

http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagnasty/tips.html

I was wondering what Firefox plugin you're referring to. I searched for
"PrefBar" on the Firefox extensions page and didn't get a match.

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

I was wondering what Firefox plugin you're referring to. I searched for
"PrefBar" on the Firefox extensions page and didn't get a match.

There's a link on my page to: http://prefbar.mozdev.org/

Seen installed here, and with the settings dialog open:
http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagnasty/images/prefbar.png

 

[Frode]

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spam: Thunderbird mail/news client has built-in junk mail handling

Thought I'd offer my personal preference in case anybody else is looking. I
use a combination of SpamPal (www.spampal.org) and K9
(http://keir.net/k9.html). My mail client is set to automatically delete
mail marked as spam by both programs, and move to a separate folder for
verification if only one of them marks it.

In addition I spent quite some time training the built-in junk mail filter
in Thunderbird, but even after about a year it was nowhere near K9's
bayesian filter and thus I don't use it anymore.

After the first month or so of training K9, this combination has left my
inbox 100% clean. And by that I really mean 100%. K9 alone catches 99.7% of
all my spam so my sole reason for keeping spampal around is to get the
doublecheck to make it safe to auto-delete.


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Frode

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[DaVinci]

There's a link on my page to: http://prefbar.mozdev.org/

Seen installed here, and with the settings dialog open:
http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagnasty/images/prefbar.png

Thanks.

 

[Wattsville Blues]

Both are touted in these groups as "resource hogs."

a-v: Avast!
firewall: Kerio
spam: Thunderbird mail/news client has built-in junk mail handling
popups: Firefox browser (get the PrefBar extension too)

What does the prefbar extension do?

 

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

What does the prefbar extension do?

It gives you instant toolbar access to toggling various doodads such
as JavaScript, Java, the Send Referrer, the Popup choice, Spoof User
Agent, Flash, Clear Cache, and many others - however many you care to
put on the bar.

Download here:
http://prefbar.mozdev.org/
Shown installed in my browser, with the Customize opened:
http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagnasty/images/prefbar.png