Re: Advice for beginner needed

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From: Jim Crowther
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 00:06

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In article <yKrEDwCvd6w5EwbW@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk>, Andy Mabbett
<andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes
>Can anyone recommend a site, or sites, which will take a relatively- 
>new- to - computing friend of mine (they are familiar with working in a 
>Windows environment, but not with PC configuration issues) from a point 
>of no knowledge of PC security, to a position where they have Zone Alarm 
>and AtGuard configured, for a standalone PC using dial-up, to save me 
>the bother of trying to do so at a distance, via e-mail? 

Apart from pointing them to <http://grc.com>, your question is probably
best asked in newsgroup shieldsup on server news.grc.com, where the
coders and power users lurk.

-- 
Jim Crowther (It's MY computer & NanoProbe tm Steve Gibson)
Mailto:jim@crowfam.org.uk                                  
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