What Security do you use?

Sugar_Coated_Owl

I can't seem to get spybot to work on my new laptop. It works fine on my desktop. It just keeps saying I'm not an administrator and therefore cannot remove any problems it finds. It says it will run when windows next starts but it doesn't happen.

danmanchester

razorbladekisses wrote: »

I can't seem to get spybot to work on my new laptop. It works fine on my desktop. It just keeps saying I'm not an administrator and therefore cannot remove any problems it finds. It says it will run when windows next starts but it doesn't happen.

That's Vista's UAC for you , used to annoy the heck out of me everytime I ran spybot and ccleaner.

If you right-click the spybot icon on desktop (or quicklaunch if u have it there) and "run as administrator" it should run as normal. But you'll need to do it every time you use spybot.

aliEnRIK

First thing I did when I got my new dell ~ switch the fu**ing UAC off........

Sugar_Coated_Owl

Sorry to ask but what does UAC stand for and how do you turn it off?

ETA: Found it.

aliEnRIK

Just make sure your computers well protected if you DO switch off UAC

charlieheard

aliEnRIK wrote: »

First thing I did when I got my new dell ~ switch the fu**ing UAC off........

That's not very sensible. UAC stops a lot of malware in its tracks, as it won't allow access to sensitive data or folders. It's just another line of defence, along with firewall, anti-virus, etc....

If you want to run a security check regularly, just add it to the Task Scheduler, and make sure you tick the checkbox to allow that programme to run with administrator privileges while adding it. Then make sure to close the Scheduler.;)

aliEnRIK

charlieheard wrote: »

That's not very sensible. UAC stops a lot of malware in its tracks, as it won't allow access to sensitive data or folders. It's just another line of defence, along with firewall, anti-virus, etc....

If you want to run a security check regularly, just add it to the Task Scheduler, and make sure you tick the checkbox to allow that programme to run with administrator privileges while adding it. Then make sure to close the Scheduler.;)

Thats because I reeally dont know what im doing

ITAC

Many routers have a built in Firewall. At home I use a Netgear firewall/router. At work I use a draytek. At home behind that I use Kaspersky and at work use Sophos. I am a fan of these two products. Not a fan of Norton at all!

asininity

I've always viewed the UAC as a means to stop stupid people messing up there own computers.

charlieheard

asininity wrote: »

I've always viewed the UAC as a means to stop stupid people messing up there own computers.

That's not wholly right. It's also there to stop unwanted access by malware to sensitive parts of the Vista PC, like DropMyRights was for XP. It's there to allow people to use their own PCs safely, just like anti-virus and firewalls.