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Is my laptop over protected?

wazza
wazza Posts: 2,595 Forumite
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Could someone cast an eye on the below programs installed on my Dell laptop running Vista and check if i have not over protected the laptop.

Avira Antivirus

Malwarebyte Anti Malware

Ad-Aware

Spybot Search and destroy

Spywareblaster

SpywareGuard

Zonealarm Firewall

and of course CCleaner

Thanks
Problem with having access to internet is that i get asked by many to solve their problems :( Well at least i learn something on the way :D
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  • bat999
    bat999 Posts: 1,951 Forumite
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    Avira
    MalwareBytes
    ZoneAlarm
    Ccleaner

    The above are probably sufficient.
    Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
  • didi66
    didi66 Posts: 17 Forumite
    bat999 wrote: »
    Avira
    MalwareBytes
    ZoneAlarm
    Ccleaner

    The above are probably sufficient.

    Yep I agree. Having too many things at one time can cause conflicts and slow your laptop down.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,644 Forumite
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    edited 10 July 2010 at 11:43AM
    bat999 wrote: »
    Avira
    MalwareBytes
    ZoneAlarm
    Ccleaner

    The above are probably sufficient.


    second the above set up, no need to have programs that do the same role, for firewall get soemthing like pc tools which im currently using
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    yes, ZA doesn't help speed either.
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • cybergibbons
    cybergibbons Posts: 399 Forumite
    What's wrong with Windows Firewall?
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Id say under protected. Zonealarm is very poor these days
    :idea:
  • bat999
    bat999 Posts: 1,951 Forumite
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    closed:- yes, ZA doesn't help speed either.

    cybergibbons:- What's wrong with Windows Firewall?

    aliEnRIK:- Id say under protected. Zonealarm is very poor these days

    So would you guys recommend that the OP uses Windows Firewall instead of ZA?:cool:
    Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
  • spud17
    spud17 Posts: 4,451 Forumite
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    bat999 wrote: »
    So would you guys recommend that the OP uses Windows Firewall instead of ZA?:cool:

    If behind a router, and using Vista or Win 7, then definitely,Yes.
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    edited 10 July 2010 at 2:12PM
    Yes, personal outbound firewalls are bloat and most people have no idea whether to allow or deny an outbound process so select allow, router (backed up with windows firewall) stops people getting in, resident virus scanner (backed up with secondary manual scanner eg malwarebytes) stops 99%+ of infections.

    avast5, malwarebytes, and windows firewall (+ ccleaner which has little to do with security) will run much better than the long list in the op's post, with little or no difference in protection.
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • notjustanyone
    notjustanyone Posts: 2,621 Forumite
    I use
    Avira
    Malwarebytes
    SUPERAntiSpyware
    Spybot
    CCleaner
    Use Vista's firewall, behind my router
    also have Windows Defender

    Never had any problems so far since I got this laptop 17 months ago using the above softwares :)
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