What security do I need

aliEnRIK

espresso wrote: »

Read this article here

I wish theyd update that.

Avira ~ uses LESS resources. It doesnt matter that it doesnt scan emails. You dont even need to register when you first get it, never mind re-reregister

AVG ~ cr*p

stevejaxon

Read the suggestions to the original post with interest. Recently acquired Toshiba via T-Mobile. From reading this and other posts a strong groundswell of opinion for both Avira and Firefox, both of which I'm now using. Could someone kindly explain the need for extra security as per this list, as well as suggesting which versions to use (plus, if poss, links). Many many thanks!

PC TOOLS firewall
AVIRA or AVAST anti virus
MALWAREBYTES
SPYBOT
SUPER ANTI SPYWARE
FIREFOX with the NOSCRIPT plugin

stevejaxon

hmmm... I appeared to have killed this thread stone dead. I'm new to this forum. Did I ask too much or maybe what I was asking wasn't clear? Replies to this and/or the original post greatly appreciated!:rolleyes:

aliEnRIK

Id use them all steve

Not got time to post the links but hopefully someone else can

Zebra

PC Tools - Firewall

Avira - Antivirus

Malawarebytes

SpyBot

SuperAntiSpyware FREE Edition

Firefox with NoScript

stevejaxon

Thanks ever so much, guys.

Steve

stevejaxon

After following all your suggestions, zebra and alien, the only one I've had problems with is the NoScript. It renders most sites I open either partially or almost completely inoperable, unless, of course, I make that site an exception. I found I was constantly having to 'exceptionise' sites, which tends to work against the convenience of being able to move freely round the internet. Right now I've got it switched off. I don't know if you guys or anyone else would like to comment?

aliEnRIK

steve

Yes you do need to do that. But once a sites 'unlocked' it stays unlocked (So long as you put allow and not TEMP allow)
You cant visit THAT many webpages surely?

tradetime

stevejaxon wrote: »

After following all your suggestions, zebra and alien, the only one I've had problems with is the NoScript. It renders most sites I open either partially or almost completely inoperable, unless, of course, I make that site an exception. I found I was constantly having to 'exceptionise' sites, which tends to work against the convenience of being able to move freely round the internet. Right now I've got it switched off. I don't know if you guys or anyone else would like to comment?

Use Sandboxie, or some similar product and browse inside that, then you don't need to worry about script blocking and most of the other stuff.