Re: Need recommendations on security

"POP"

| > | > Don't know about zone alarm but you can set up AVG to
| > update
| > | > the virus defs automatically once a day. Just go to the AVG
| > | > Control Center and click
| > | ...
| > |
| > | Zone Alarm too, sort of:  IF this pastes readable, here's the
| > | Help page text:
| > |
| > | Setting update options
| > |
| > | When you purchase Zone Labs security software you receive a
| > year
| > | of free updates. You can check for updates manually, or set
| > Zone
| > | Labs security software to check automatically.
| > |
| > | To set check for update settings:
| > | Select Overview|Preferences.
| > | In the Check for Updates area, choose an update option.
| > | Automatically- Zone Labs security software
| > | automatically -notifies -  you when an update is available.
| > |
| > | Manually -You monitor the Status tab for updates. To invoke
| > an
| > | update check immediately, click Check for Update.
| >
| >
| > Does the pro version contain the option to 'check as soon as
| > the system is
| > on line?'  I ask as she does not use the system often and there
| > is no
| > practical way to predict a fixed time when an up date should be
| > skeducled.
| > Which rases a question is there another program that would do
| > the up date
| > task for every think base on say once a week whereever she
| > might be on line?
| >
| >
|
| No, I don't think ZA will fit that exact description.  Not with
| total non-intervention as you're looking for anyway.  If you
| really want to find out what could be done, check out their
| forums; seems to be a good bunch there the few times I've
| visited, mostly out of curiousity before I paid for ZA.  I like
| to get dirty laundry before I spend my bucks whenever I can <g>.
|      Norton would, sort of, I'm pretty sure, but you've already
| ruled that out.  I know their av works as you described, but only
| within reason.
|    One thing to keep in mind when you want it to check & d/l
| install without hesitation like that:  NO apps that I know of
| will do it exactly that way.  They all try to work in the
| background as much as reasonable in order to stay out of the
| user's way, so use of the computer will lengthen the time it
| takes to find and download, then install such updates.  My Norton
| av comes close, but even it stays out of my way if I'm busy as
| soon as I connect.  Having DSL helps that, but it's still a
| process that requires a finite amount of time.
|    That said, I guess you could mess around with the task
| priorities, but I'd worry about getting complaints that it's
| slowing things down when she first gets online.
|

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the post man rode a horse.