With DSL subscriptions now in the region of 3-5 million, that equates to the same number of systems on a public network, i.e. all targets. It’s no wonder that trojans, malware, spyware and viruses are rife!
One has to follow the same standards in protection as if you were managing your connection for a business. There is a nice market of home-users waiting here for the security entrepreneur 😉
The list is quite straightforward:
1. Use Firefox and bin IE. Remove your IE shortcuts just in case you or someone elsereverts to type. If you do find a site that doesn’t work with Firefox, type the URL into the My Computer/Widows Explorer Address bar. Likely that site author has used something proprietary so this will access the site in IE.
2. Use Ad-Aware AND Spybot. The effectiveness in latter though is knowing which Windows processes are genuine. Use the BHO, ActiveX and System Startup sections to examine and disable. Both from download.com
3. AVG Free-Edition version 7. Make sure you dop a full system scan after installing.
4. If on Windows XP, install Service Pack 2.
5. Have a firewall. WinXPSP2 has a good one. Or if you have a dsl router come modem, that properly configured will do.
The benefit of this list is that it is all free AND fully-featured.
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