Intrusion Detection and Prevention

[WarLocke]

Thanks for the tips Crogon, I'm going to archive away your first post for future reference.

Unfortunately, my security measures are nowhere near that comprehensive, so I figure I might as well wait until I can buy/build a new box before I build my moat; I figure I've had this computer for about 2 years now, so it's probably riddled with everything if it's caught one thing. :(

(Thank god I haven't caught anything really serious - nothing system-wrecking, and AVG usually comes up clean)

One question I would like to ask, though - Know any download managers that work better than Flashget (and hopefully interface with Mozilla)? I'm fairly sure Flashget is (and/or installs) adware - I get IE popups w/ads (strange enough since I use Mozilla 99% of the time), but only when Flashget is running. It hasn't been anything but a nuisance so far, but I don't like nuisances. <_<