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**pam123** · 04-23-2006, 03:17 PM

Go into the security center in control panel and turn on the XP firewall.
Once you're behind it disable the Windows Messenger Service.
Instructions here : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330904/en-us

Now go download and install all the XP updates from Microsoft : http://support.microsoft.com/wupd

Now get the following free programs : AVG http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01

ZoneAlarm : http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten..._freedownloads

Spywareblaster : http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Spybot Search & Destroy : http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html

Adaware : http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

Defender (Windows beta software,which means it's still being tested. You don't need it but you may want to try it): http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...s/default.mspx

Now disconnect the computer from the web. Depending on what sort of connection you have you may actually have to shutdown the computer and physically disconnect before you boot again.
Go into the security center and set it to "I will monitor my own security" and disable the XP firewall.
Install ZoneAlarm and use the defaults ( Use some sense here please, you can always tweak later and yes IE needs net access).
If you have to shut down to reconnect to the net do so, if not reconnect and begins installilng the other software, they will need to be updated. An anti-spyware or anti-virus program is only as good as it's most recent update.
Zonealarm will sk you about each one, say yes.
Reboot as necessary, run scans for the first time.
You're done (unless you've been tagged by something.).
Forget you ever heard of McAfee

04-23-2006, 03:17 PM	#5
pam123 Computing Professor Staff Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 11,943	Go into the security center in control panel and turn on the XP firewall. Once you're behind it disable the Windows Messenger Service. Instructions here : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330904/en-us Now go download and install all the XP updates from Microsoft : http://support.microsoft.com/wupd Now get the following free programs : AVG http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 ZoneAlarm : http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten..._freedownloads Spywareblaster : http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html Spybot Search & Destroy : http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html Adaware : http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/ Defender (Windows beta software,which means it's still being tested. You don't need it but you may want to try it): http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...s/default.mspx Now disconnect the computer from the web. Depending on what sort of connection you have you may actually have to shutdown the computer and physically disconnect before you boot again. Go into the security center and set it to "I will monitor my own security" and disable the XP firewall. Install ZoneAlarm and use the defaults ( Use some sense here please, you can always tweak later and yes IE needs net access). If you have to shut down to reconnect to the net do so, if not reconnect and begins installilng the other software, they will need to be updated. An anti-spyware or anti-virus program is only as good as it's most recent update. Zonealarm will sk you about each one, say yes. Reboot as necessary, run scans for the first time. You're done (unless you've been tagged by something.). Forget you ever heard of McAfee __________________ Asus M4A77D, 64 X2 6000+, 4 GB Corsair DDR2 800 ram, Radeon 5770.