All of my XP systems have the following defensive software:
Sygate firewall
Avira Anti-Virus
Super Anti-Spyware
MalwareBytes
My Vista systems have everything above minus the firewall.
What do you have?
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All of my XP systems have the following defensive software:
Sygate firewall
Avira Anti-Virus
Super Anti-Spyware
MalwareBytes
My Vista systems have everything above minus the firewall.
What do you have?
nothing
I'd like to add SpywareBlaster to the list - works like a charm, and it's free. Doesn't even let the spyware in in the first place!
My company just started using an AV service called Panda PMOP, or Panda Managed Office Protection, and I graciously volunteered all my systems for general testing purposes. Before that I used McAfee Enterprise 8.7 on my home systems because it is provided by my college.
Other than that, I use SpyBot S&D and CCleaner to take care of everything else.
absolutely nothing... i only go to trusted sites....
well.. other than windows firewall... and my routers firewall
Same here, absolutely nothing other than whats built into Windows XP. I've been that way for a good couple years now, still haven't ran into any problem I couldn't fix myself.
The best anti-anything route = Thumb Drive + Restore Discs/partition.
AVG, Avast!, Norton, etc. have never really worked for me, not perfectly anyways. It just solves the problem for awhile and then the problem is back again. But the above method is guaranteed to work every time, and its good for your 'puter too. Keeps it nice and fresh, clean and running smoothly. I usually reinstall windows or restore it to factory settings every year or two.
oh, although I do occasionally use Trend Micro HouseCall.
myself,
AVG for linux
and 3 hardware firewalls,
and the network/internet traffic is watched and can disconnect a pc from the network if it thinks its compromised.
I'm using Comodo as well as Windows Firewall & a hardware firewall
I'm not using any, i'm pretty confident and aware of what I do online.
Of course confidence doesn't protect you from mr hackerwithnolifeincanadalivinginhismomsbasement guy, but he doesn't know you. So i think you're good!
I use AVG 8 and scan every now and then with AdAware. I did use Spybot Search and Destroy but it didn't like my PC for some reason, worked fine on my brothers but not mine.
I'm currently using windows defender, Norton 2.0 and threatfire :up:
I go in and out of phases where I'm super paranoid and where I just get tired of the bs.
If downloading any 3rd party software/tools I go to www.virustotal.com Other than that, I just stay away from shady sites/porn/pirated bs/hack tools.
I'd rather be safe than sorry and have never had a problem with any viruses.
i use AVG 8 and Adaware if I have any problems. usually those two take care of it. Spybot helps too. My system generally stays clean but I have a lot of friends who like their porn. so I have to clean theirs up a lot. haha
I Use:
Zone Alarm firewall
Avast Antivirus
Spybot search and destroy.
All freeware, all fantastic programs.
In my opinion, avast is the best antivirus software i have ever used, much better then the stuff you pay loads for every year.
Im not massively keen on zone alarm, but i switched to it when i had some serious issues with one of the releases of sygate personal firewall.
Been meaning to try out sygate again though and see if they have sorted it.
AVG and router biult in linux client firewall
Did you see the bad review in the last MaxPC?Quote:
Originally Posted by HackSore
I installed the free versions of Avira Anti-Virus and Super Anti-Spyware and suddenly my rig starts acting up. It wouldn't go to sleep (instead the screen would just turn off) and when I tried shutting down it just sat at the shutting down screen with the little circle deal...
Just thought I'd throw that out there. Perhaps these apps do not like vistax64.
nope, sygate got bought out by norton, and is now part of there internet security suite, intergrated with there firewall, basicly its sygate with full of bloat and slowed down, with all the advanced features its used to offer removed.Quote:
Originally Posted by HackSore
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Originally Posted by XcOM