He needs to learn to behave in a responsible manner. Don't be a wimp! Just
tell him unless, and until, he allows it to be sorted then he has no access.

Peter Crosland

But you don't have to let him win!

Install AVG free edition that automatically updates and should keep most
nasties out. He might learn something from the experience.

Peter Crosland

In message <mmq6i2d5abc1p0lii507j55e6unb2bg6n3@4ax.com>, Peter
<z123@nospam.com> writes
Free AV software is available which would be better than nothing. It
wouldn't hurt if he told all his friends about it either.

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

Why do you have a software firewall only on your XP m/c? Free firewalls
are available - Sygate Personal Firewall for instance.

Keep communicating - it's very very unlikely that things won't improve
eventually - as long as you don't sweat the small stuff and try only to
get wound up by the important things - like keeping your other PCs
secure despite his experimentation with limits.

--
dave @ stejonda (has son 19yrs and still (mostly) sane)

Peter wrote:
As mentioned AVG freeware or what I use, Avast freeware.

<http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html>

I have Avast on all my PCs, including my two teenage lads, they spend a
hell of a lot of time on MSN, swapping files, using web cams etc.
Viruses have certainly been caught in MSN by Avast. I regularly
(weekly) run virus scans, and SpyBot on their machines. As far as I can
tell the machines are clean. I've also crippled OE and IE on their
machines, so they are 'forced' to use Thunderbird and FireFox for mail
and browsing just for good measure.