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<blockquote data-quote="Zedcuk" data-source="post: 2112179" data-attributes="member: 8989">Delurking as this is a topic dear to me and i feel i need to clear something up.&nbsp; A router with a firewall built in will not stop spyware from being installed onto your computer.&nbsp; The biggest reason : its all served via port 80 which is HTTP.&nbsp; If you can browse a web site you can get spyware : fact.More likely those of you who are not suffering either have a fairly decent personal firewall in place (not many currently can really address spyware properly) or an AV prodct that can detect it in certain forms.using firefox should help - or any non ie webbrowser, running AV, PfW and spyware detection software will also help.Not running P2P programmes or visiting hacking / Pron sites will also lower your exposure...Many of the tools mentioned here are fine for spyware detection and prevention.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zedcuk, post: 2112179, member: 8989"] Delurking as this is a topic dear to me and i feel i need to clear something up. A router with a firewall built in [b]will not[/b] stop spyware from being installed onto your computer. The biggest reason : its all served via port 80 which is HTTP. If you can browse a web site you can get spyware : fact. More likely those of you who are not suffering either have a fairly decent personal firewall in place (not many currently can really address spyware properly) or an AV prodct that can detect it in certain forms. using firefox should help - or any non ie webbrowser, running AV, PfW and spyware detection software will also help. Not running P2P programmes or visiting hacking / Pron sites will also lower your exposure... Many of the tools mentioned here are fine for spyware detection and prevention. [/QUOTE]

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