Firewall antivirus recommendations?

[olamo]

Any Free firewall and antivirus apps you can recommend for XP64/audio?

Ola

[Michael Tibes]

A separate computer handling the task? I'd not run anything in the background on a daw...
I've been thinking about a small Linux system handling this, but so far never found the time to really look into it. I use my laptop for internet (with full antivirus), the studio network is independent from the internet and I only use the internet on my daw for registrations or such things. So I only visit sites that seem safe. For that I rely on the basic firewall in the dsl modem and don't have antivirus.

Michael

[paulwr]

either keep antivirus all the way off and only download from perhaps known update sites for your software, etc...., or have something like an interchangable C drive like SonicaX offers on their DAW's so you can safely use the computer for personal use with antivirus.

You don't want antivirus running behind a pro audio setup ever.

-Paul

[shanabit]

Windows Firewall and AVG Free for Anti-Virus, no issues here

[paulwr]

Acronis........ can't say it enough...... Acronis........
Always have byte for byte backups of all system drives! Keep data on other drives.

-Paul

[shanabit]

I'm laughing at you for not using hidden partitions. :wink:

Whats a hidden partition, I cant seem to find it? :wink:

[D]

Whats a hidden partition, I cant seem to find it? :wink:

Neither can he. :rotfl:

[TAFKAT]

The only time I see this reaction is from people who can't figure out how to multi-boot correctly.

Nate,

I have 4 boot partitions , XPSP3 , Vista 64 , Win 7 32, Win7 64, and GOD forbid, I haven't bothered to hide the boot partitions, and somehow manage to multi-boot correctly fine, without it ending up in a smoking mess, so whats your point ?

Would I be interested in maybe hiding the boot partitions for clients who are , hmmm, lets say , more prone to overwriting something accidentally due to being technically all thumbs, maybe, can I bother wading thru another derailed mess to find out.. Nope.

[TerryG]

Gentlemen, in an effort to protect you from yourselves, 3/4's of this thread has been exorcised... :icon_twisted:

speaking of firewalls...

[Sam]

If one goes down, they all go down. Also, you have to install OS's in a certain order.

I can wipe one partition and re-install without affecting others.

The list goes on and on.

Doing anything the Microsoft way isn't good, IMHO. :wink:

Could you put up any instructions to set up multi-boot with hidden partitions in the tipsntricks nate?

[TAFKAT]

If one goes down, they all go down. Also, you have to install OS's in a certain order.

I can wipe one partition and re-install without affecting others.



Nate,

Cool, now thats more like it .. :wink:

Sam just beat me to it, I was about to ask you to do a tutorial so that those of us that use multi boots , for what ever reason, can actually benefit from the hidden partition alternative to MS's standard boot manager..

Thanks

[olamo]

I have created a thread here where you can go on with boot and partition recommendations :icon_cool:

http://www.cubendo.com/showthread.php?t=913

Now back to my topic.. Any suggestions on reasonably safe and lightweight AV/FW software?

Ola

[blob]

have installed comodo internet security. Anti virus is beta, but everything seems to work so far. Its free, small footprint, easy to configure or tons of options if u know what u are doing.

Would probably install this puppy on all my non DAW machines.
NOD32 it people choice. But I prefere free / donation software...

hope this helps


regards