Classic Emulators...

[Luis]

Simple? Nope.
Well, don't hook it up to the internet. If you do, at the very least 
ensure the Windows firewall is activated and check it's settings: Only 
open ports that you need open. Make sure Automatic Updates is running 
and that these run DAILY.
Not so 'simple'? Well, for a single user system, at home, I'd recommend 
the Norton Internet Security package (covers all sorts of viruses and 
malware and has a very good firewall). It can be flaky at times (not 
shutting down properly when shutting down/restarting the PC) but sorts 
itself out if you keep it updated (through LiveUpdate).

Norton Internet Security (or any other combined Anti-Virus app) can be 
quite a load on the system if your resources are low - Your mileage WILL 
vary.

There are freebie apps (WinPooch plus ClamWin, AVG, Search and Destroy, 
among others) but it's hard to find decent recommendations.

If you're running a separate firewall, say through your broadband 
modem/router, then you can limit the traffic from there (depends on the 
specs!) so going for the freebies would be ok for looking after the bits 
that 'fall through'.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

Luis.


Jim Carwardine wrote:
> This is a whole new (and ugly) world to me, having managed to totally ignore
> PCs up until now.  Is there a simple, thorough way of (application for)
> handling these vulnerabilities?  Jim
> 
> on 9/25/06 9:39 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote:
> 
>> Yes.
>>
>> Running Windows on Parallels gives you essentially the same
>> vulnerabilities as running Windows on any other kind of PC. Viruses,
>> malware, popups, etc. the whole nine yards.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Sep 25, 2006, at 3:53 AM, Jim Carwardine wrote:
>>
>>> Just one more slightly [OT] question... Do I need to keep up to
>>> date with
>>> the latest virus checkers using Windows with Parallel on the Mac?  Jim
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