How safe is it to be online without a firewall/antivirus

Norton will kill cpu usage. Mcafee is not bad at all. I get no difference in download speed while testing with mcafee on or off but with norton my download speed dropped about 40%.

 

Sounds like the equivalent of dipping your stick in bleach and screwing every girl at the bar.

 

Which one's ?

 

You can do a 3dmark 2006 cpu test with and without Antivirus and check : http://www.futuremark.com/download/


But i m not realy convince that an antivirus can have an impact in trading software...

 

Could probably be pared down even more. I.e. no printer, no audio.

 

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All I can say that by switching Norton AV off, but keeping firewall on, X_T started functioning properly, that's just my experience so far.

 

Here is a good site that addresses internet security issues: http://www.grc.com - they offer an online security test (Shields Up).

 

Sorry for the late reply.

SIF = Statefull Inspection Firewall

in other words the packets themselves are inspected rather than only at the moment of establishing contact.

(Hope I have explained it correctly, at least this is my understanding)

Maria

 

Opinions on the best router firewalls... the Rangemax by Netgear???