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[Tom Boucher <trekkie AT spamcop.net>]

On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 11:22 AM, Craig Duncan wrote:

> With the recent spate of virus attacks, my parents are afraid to turn 
> on
> their PC, let alone connect to the internet, thus defeating the purpose
> for which they purchased it. They use via dial-up modem to connect to
> the internet.
> Does anyone have any recommendations for firewall products compatible
> with Windows XP(Home Edition or other) and is there something better
> than Norton anti-virus. I would also be curious to know if there are
> any hardware firewalls that use dial-up for home use that they could
> use.

ZoneAlarm gets high praise from everyone I know that uses it.

Better yet though is a Linksys firewall, then zonealarm on the machine.