Re: [PLUG] "playing nicely with others"

[Mike Joseph <mj@doze.net>]

I would suggest a variation on the latter.  Just run the windows VM under Linux.  Snapshot before you start work, and then revert it when you finish some task.  And as you say, do updates periodically to your golden copy.

-MJ

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Bill East <wm.east@gmail.com> wrote:

My Windows box has a Ubuntu VM on it, I do 99% of my browsing on that. Doesn't help you, I realize. You could run a Windows VM under Windows, copy it before browsing and revert to the copy afterwards. Update it with Windows Update periodically of course, and do run AV/anti-malware.

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Ron Kaye Jr <rekaye1005@verizon.net> wrote:

 i use avg


 Ron Kaye Jr
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On 01/09/13, jeff wrote:

On 01/09/2013 05:59 PM, Floyd Johnson wrote:
> I imagine you guys have similar LANs either at home or at the office,
> and my question for you is, "How do you gain the level of confidence
> with the Windows machines' security that you have with that of the Linux
> boxen?" For instance, is there a no-nonsense protective suite you
> recommend?

for me, it's more the way I use Windows than the programs.
Having said that, I use ZoneAlarm fw, avira av and scan weekly w
malwarebytes.

I don't get viruses and pretty much zero crapware by careful browsing.
No IE (where possible), Firefox w Noscript/ghostery/cookie monster. I
turn off _javascript_ and cookies by default and avoid Flash where
possible (linux too).


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