WinPatrol is similar but watches more things. There's a pay version
which offers a database of good guys and the bad guys to watch out for.
<http://www.winpatrol.com/>
Chuck Norcutt
Stuart Robinson wrote:
> It's not exactly a spyware programme but, I've used Startupmonitor for a
> few years now too. It's a small freeware prog that just runs in the
> background using hardly any memory at all. When any other prog registers
> an executable command to run at system startup you get a pop up box
> asking yes or no. I wouldn't not have it & have found it amazing how
> many progs try to either do just that or install some other software my
> system, without the monitor I'd be non the wiser.
>
> Stu
>
> Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
>>You can verify the exact time elsewhere, but I remember hearing that the
>>average time from an internet connection being established to the first ping
>>(or similar) from a hacker is a few minutes... so dial-up users are strongly
>>recommended to have a firewall.
>>br
>>Jez
>>
>>
>>On 12/4/06, James King <jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Unless the slip/ppp or other server at the ISP end has a firewall the
>>>only difference between broadband and dial up is the speed you can get
>>>attacked. The point of a firewall is to stop programs connecting to
>>>certain services on your machine and to stop programs anauthorised
>>>programs on your machine connecting to other computers. This can
>>>regardless of how the internet connection is implemented.
>>>James
>>>
>>>Geilfuss Charles wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Stu,
>>>> I'm hardly an expert in such things, but if you are using
>>>>dial-up I don't think you need a firewall (but it won't hurt); I never
>>>>had one until I moved up to broadband.
>>>>
>>
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