Firewall recommendations

[paladindythe]

Microsoft has already stopped adding features to Windows 2000. Any programs that are incompatible with Win2K are likely to stay that way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_20 ... _lifecycle.

Here's my opinion: if you have spyware on your system, it's compromised. At best, a software firewall can help you spot that you've been
compromised---maybe. Win2K is missing security features that are in WinXP SP2, at least according to Microsoft; I'd recommend against someone
who's--not computer savvy--from using it. That being said, here are some recommendations to protect your system.

• For web browsing, I recommend Firefox. IE 6 is pretty much worthless for security nowdays http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
  
  
  

• I also recommend using a tool like Spyware Blaster, which blacklist websites in your browser settings, so that content from those sites (scripts &
  cookies, mainly) aren't automatically ran. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
  
  
  

• If you need a simple one stop protection suite, well, AVG isn't bad, and it's very lightweight, and compatible with Win2K.
  (Antivirus/antispyware is free, suite is something like $60/year, with some deals for multiple computers and/or multi-year contracts) http://free.avg.com/
  
  
  

Also, if you are legitmately concerned about being deliberately targeted and hacked, you are going to need a more professional (and stand alone) system.
Astaro comes highly recommended. Astaro
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