Astropro's Website Of the Week Award ©2001 by Richard Nolle

MAY 7, 2001 - BlackICE Defender is, along with a decent antivirus package, a sine qua non for safe surfing. It's what's called a firewall, which is to say a barrier between your computer and the hackers of the world. Antiviral software, along with a protocol that avoids the risk of contacting computer viruses, can help protect you from passive attacks on your computer: viruses, Trojans, worms and the like. But what about the active attacks, the usually automated attempts hackers make to scan your system and steal stuff from it? (Like your credit card info, etc.) It takes a good firewall to protect you from that kind of attack, and BlackICE Defender is one of the best around. What's this have to do with astrology? Simple: contemporary astrology requires a computer, and smart computing today requires a firewall. (Available for Windows machines only, don't log on without it.)

Technically speaking, Web Site Garage rates BlackICE Defender fair over-all, poor in load time (73.64 seconds with a 28.8k modem). In comparison, the page you're now reading rates excellent in both categories, with a load time of 8.50 seconds at 28.8k.

Richard Nolle, Certified Professional Astrologer phone or fax 480-753-6261 - email rnolle@astropro.com Box 26599 - Tempe, AZ 85285-6599 - USA on the World Wide Web at http://www.astropro.com