O_O

[deathboy]

<strong queens accent>Oh... MY... GAWWWWWWD!</strong queens accent>

I just stopped running Zone Alarm Pro and turned my auto-virus protection off as a last ditch attempt to see if they're causing my modem to drop now I've moved it to another computer...

I know that I'm drastically less secure now, and will be looking for an alternative if this turns out to be what was wrong (for alternative, actually read 'a box running linux'), but FUCK ME... for the first time since I got broadband, my computer actually feels like it's pulling shit down at the speed it SHOULD!

Fucking STUPID fucking windows-based approaches to security...

GAH.

Also, I'm having bad techno-juju - keep away from me unless you want the mech-lurgy, it would seem.

:/

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[themadcatlady.livejournal.com]

It seems that most antivirus software/firewalls causes some sort of problems on people's computers. You will have to play around (a lot!) with the settings (on your computer AND the Zone Alarm/Norton whatever settings) and see what works well enough for you to have an acceptable level of security.

And how is it that every fucker seems to get broadband right now where poor *me* is on dial up (thanks to NTHell's Moron Customer (What Customer?) Service)....? Grrrrrr