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How do you protect your computer from infection?   [Edit]

Survey period: 19 Nov 2007 to 25 Nov 2007

Firewalls, software, old wives tales? Which do you trust?(suggested by rotter512)

OptionVotes% 
Firewall (hardware)82748.53
Server based antivirus/anti-spyware28916.96
Antivirus/anti-spyware on your machine1,34278.76
Third-party software firewall50929.87
Standard OS firewall63537.27
Web / Email restrictions (eg attachment restrictions, banned site list)40523.77
Virtualization865.05
Physically separation from the web844.93
We cross our fingers34720.36
Other1508.80
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

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GeneralRe: Patches and common sense Pin
Gary Wheeler19-Nov-07 1:32
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W Balboos, GHB19-Nov-07 3:41
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Paul Watson19-Nov-07 3:48
sitebuilderPaul Watson19-Nov-07 3:48 
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W Balboos, GHB19-Nov-07 3:51
W Balboos, GHB19-Nov-07 3:51 
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Paul Watson19-Nov-07 3:53
sitebuilderPaul Watson19-Nov-07 3:53 
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W Balboos, GHB19-Nov-07 5:28
W Balboos, GHB19-Nov-07 5:28 
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Paul Watson19-Nov-07 5:43
sitebuilderPaul Watson19-Nov-07 5:43 
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe20-Nov-07 2:24
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe20-Nov-07 2:24 
Paul Watson wrote:
The last time a computer of mine was infected was when I installed Windows XP (without SP 2) and connected to the net. 30 minutes later, while waiting for SP2 to download, my computer was a petri dish.


I did that once when I was reimaging my laptop (this was in SP1 days) to see how long it took before the system was toasted...8 seconds. D'Oh! | :doh:

If that's not a compelling illustration of why firewalls are needed, I don't know what is. Hmmm | :|

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