What Security do you use?

technosapien

I always find firewalls a subjective issue, I have a firewall on my router, windows firewall and check against shields up, I have in the past on my old machine had more problems with firewalls than anything else....ZoneAlarm used to be good and then bloated out. When I changed to Vista, curbed my experimental ways, if I go for an all in one will use their firewall, if I stay on the free route, I will leave as is.

Mad_Dog_2

I have got windows vista and am thinking downloaing the following anti-virus softwares

Avast
Malwarebytes
Spybot

Are these softwares alright to use or do i need different ones?

Airwolf1

Mad_Dog wrote: »

I have got windows vista and am thinking downloaing the following anti-virus softwares

Avast
Malwarebytes
Spybot

Are these softwares alright to use or do i need different ones?

Firewall ?

thomas01155

This is my current setup
Comodo Firewall
Comodo Antiviurs
Comodo Defense+
Spybot
Spyware Blaster
Malwarebytes
Firefox+NoScript+Adblock Plus
Limited User Account

aliEnRIK

Mad_Dog wrote: »

I have got windows vista and am thinking downloaing the following anti-virus softwares

Avast
Malwarebytes
Spybot

Are these softwares alright to use or do i need different ones?

Theyre fine

make sure you use Spybots IMMUNISE feature too (It stops known nasties in their tracks)

theloft

Mad_Dog wrote: »

I have got windows vista and am thinking downloaing the following anti-virus softwares: Avast Malwarebytes Spybot
Are these softwares alright to use or do i need different ones?

These are OK, I use similar. Don't forget that Vista has it's own firewall (Windows Defender) so if you download another one , switch Defender off).
Personally I am happy with Windows Defender. I like Avast, it updates regularly and is unobtrusive. Spybot is well proven and Malwarebytes has many fans.

aliEnRIK

theloft wrote: »

These are OK, I use similar. Don't forget that Vista has it's own firewall (Windows Defender) so if you download another one , switch Defender off).
Personally I am happy with Windows Defender. I like Avast, it updates regularly and is unobtrusive. Spybot is well proven and Malwarebytes has many fans.

Windows defender is NOT the windows firewall. Theyre 2 entirely different programs..........

theloft

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Windows defender is NOT the windows firewall. Theyre 2 entirely different programs..........

My mistake ! Windows Defender is the inbuilt anti-virus, but you should disable the Windows Firewall (in the Control Panel) if downlaoding an alternative firewall, as they sometimes work against each other and slow down your computer.

aliEnRIK

theloft wrote: »

My mistake ! Windows Defender is the inbuilt anti-virus, but you should disable the Windows Firewall (in the Control Panel) if downlaoding an alternative firewall, as they sometimes work against each other and slow down your computer.

defenders not an anti virus either
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx

espresso

theloft wrote: »

My mistake ! Windows Defender is the inbuilt anti-virus, but you should disable the Windows Firewall (in the Control Panel) if downlaoding an alternative firewall, as they sometimes work against each other and slow down your computer.

Why do you continue to post in a thread about security when you clearly know very little about the subject! Other less knowledgeable peeps may actually believe the crap that you post, if others like RIK don't take the trouble to post.

:rolleyes: