Mar 4

My PC slowed up quite a bit and Dell sold me on McAfee. It helped some, but my PC, running Windows XP Home is still too slow.

I have heard the some computer shops have shopped the open-source market and have put together suites of anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-trogan-horse, software etc.

Is there is a good combination of open source code that is bettter than Norton, McAfee, and PCCillian?
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I prefer Mac, but may have an opportunity to do some programming on both Mac and PC.

I was considering changing to Linux, but it seems that Linux, only having 1% market share for desktop computers hasn’t enough market share yet to be viable as a personal productivity computer.

I hear that Linux is quite good as being the OS for servers.
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I looked at the ratings on all of the commercial anti-malware software on both Consumer Reports and on amazon.com and it seems like all of the commercial products get about 3 of 5 stars, so I agree with the answer that nothing is 100% effective. It seems that every commercial solution is mediocre.
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Feb 20

I am looking for a software + proxy list service (free or NOT) that can do the following:

- Checks entire lists for active proxies
- Indicates which country the proxy is in
- Connects/Configures use of chosen proxy
- Can provide 100+ different proxies daily

So far the best software I have found is Elite Proxy Switcher
http://www.eliteproxyswitcher.com
But when I go to order this software it indicates that the software will be mailed to me.
Has anyone purchased this software - if so - is it also electronically delivered for instant use?

Thanks for all of the suggestions in advance.

Feb 7

It advertises to employers to spy on their slacker employees, to spouses to spy on their partners, and parents to spy on their kids. Allegedly, this software records every website the subject has visited, even after the person has deleted the history. Furthermore, it recorsds all keystrokes, which means that every e-mail and chat session is recorded. It also records every e-mail and message that is received, even after all e-mails are deleted and chat sessions closed. Many people think this is creepy because it invades people’s privacy, while others like the idea because it can open their eyes to something they were blind to and thus help them get rid of unnecessary people in their lives (a cheating spouse, a slacker employee)…

I am kind of torn on the issue. While it is true that if one has nothing to hide, one has nothing to fear, there’s the issue of privacy. And also trust… of course, the concept of trust is used and abused these days, but I don’t know, what do you guys think?

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