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[ttuee2006]

Securing XP...

Adding a limited account on XP doesn't really help you in the spyware/adware/virus realm. They still get it and still die from it. The computers on campus always had extremely clamped down settings, and they STILL managed to get infested with junk. The best thing you can do is just use common-sense and caution and you'll be fine.

 

[j2400]

Limits in limited accounts

Theoretically, some sort of restricted account should help. Although, I wouldn't consider it to be a guaranteed fix...just something free, easy to do, that might help a bit.

Unfortunately, though, these fixes only go so far. I, myself, would not trust an XP machine connected to the Internet. Nor, for that matter, would I trust Vista. I've read of at least one account of a person who's had problems with a Vista system picking up malware.

It seems to me that there is also another problem with limited accounts I'd half forgotten about: some software won't run properly on XP Home's limited account. So, it may be that Windows XP Home users, which (I'm guessing) would be most home computer users, would be better off sticking with regular accounts. (I should have remembered this earlier--but frankly I use Windows so little that it's not easy remembering some of these details sometimes.)

 

[autowasherfreak]

I ran Spybot, AdAware, and did a complete scan with Trend Micro. It's funny Spybot found about 20+, AdAware about another 20, and Trend Micro 1 spyware instances. I do like Chrome so far, it's very basic, pages load quickly, so far I haven't found a page that it wouldn't load.

 

[scott55405]

I use AVG, it's great, and Spybot. I'll have to check out "Sandboxie". Overall I have had very little problem with anything in roughly 10 years. My virus this past fall is the first time I've ever had to take a computer to the shop.

I'm so impressed with my IPod and IPhone that I'll probably get a Mac the next time.