I see many people recommending Peer Guradian, but I question its usefulness. From past experience, it blocked many sites that I found useful, and tended not to block a whole lot else. Because it relies on user submited IP's.
From their website:
"How safe is PeerGuardian, really?
Well, it is accurate in the sense that it blocks everything on your blocklist. It is impossible to know _all_ the addresses to block so while it will increase your safety to a good extent, it can never be perfect."
IMO its like sticking your head in the sand and hoping noone sees you.
WHQL drivers, thats the problem. For the high end directx 10 cards there are no WHQL drivers, in fact, there are no drivers at all in certain cases (even for the brand new $600 cards).
So in short, they would upgrade if they could. Maybe read around before flaming?
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I see many people recommending Peer Guradian, but I question its usefulness. From past experience, it blocked many sites that I found useful, and tended not to block a whole lot else. Because it relies on user submited IP's. From their website: "How safe is PeerGuardian, really? Well, it is accurate in the sense that it blocks everything on your blocklist. It is impossible to know _all_ the addresses to block so while it will increase your safety to a good extent, it can never be perfect." IMO its like sticking your head in the sand and hoping noone sees you.
WHQL drivers, thats the problem. For the high end directx 10 cards there are no WHQL drivers, in fact, there are no drivers at all in certain cases (even for the brand new $600 cards). So in short, they would upgrade if they could. Maybe read around before flaming?