What Security do you use?

Toxteth_OGrady

@ Tess

See this thread.

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TOG

highlighter

Tess wrote:

I have Zone Alarm Firewall and until recently used Grisoft AVG free anti virus software.
I recently had to reinstall Windows 98 (after unplugging everything when decorating) and when I installed the AVG free software again Outlook Express stopped working, so I have uninstalled the AVG and no longer have any antivirus protection. Does anyone know how to fix this problem or would I be better buying some software? I am not technically minded and a bit thick when it comes to computers.

You could try https://www.avast.com -free antivirus.

Many on here use AVG or Avast. If you have further problems just create a new thread on the techie board and no doubt you'll receive lots of goog help and advice

shopbot

Can I recommend Microsoft AntiSpyware. On both my and my gf's computer it has picked up nasties that Adaware and Spybot and the respective Virus Scanners missed. Well worth having a look if you don't have it.

nads

My list:
Agnitum Outpost Firewall
Kaspersky AntiVirus (Use AVG if you want a free av)
AdAware\MS Antispyware (occasionally) Spybot Search & Destroy\Hijack This

Browser: Sick of Firefox, back to Maxthon

oh and a router help even if you only have one pc and routrs only allow traffic requested.

Pulse

I am quite happy with the very basic setup I have. It is more than adequate.

AVG free for my Anti Virus software.
Built-in Windows firewall for my firewall.
Can't quite remember what I use for spyware, as I haven't used it in such a long time!

The reasons for using AVG are quite simple. It's free for a kick-off, and then also I like how it does a really good job. For example, if I download a virus, as soon as it's finished downloading, it'll tell me if there's a virus in there, and I can delete it. Nice and simple for all users (believe me, because I'm quite simple! :P)

Hope this is of some help to someone at least!

Ganyam

You dont need to much security, as long as you have an antivirus, firewall and some kind of spyware remover.. The best security i have come across is NIS2005, Microsoft antispyware (only runs on 2000 / xp), and Lavasoft adaware. Too many can cause you problems. But the type antivirus and firewall is down to user preference.

All these are free apart from NIS.

http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en

tigermatt

I use:

Ad-Aware (Free Download version) Anti-Spyware
http://www.lavasoft.com
(Download at: http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5)

Spybot - Search & Destroy Anti-Spyware
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Firewall built into router Firewall

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition Anti-Virus
http://free.grisoft.com

Internet Explorer Browser
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/

Firefox Browser
http://www.firefox.com

I found that when I installed ZoneAlarm, it wasn't actually blocking anything because my Router's firewall was blocking everything before it could even enter my network. Therefore, I don't use ZA, just a firewall in my router. (Also, problems with ZA 6 made my mind up for me that I should remove it)

Do any of my links not work? If so, please PM me and I will update/remove them! Thanks. PM Me

dougadam

Norton Pro

-TangleFoot-

Until very recently, I've been content with:

• An ADSL router with NAT
• Windows Firewall
• AVG Free
• SpywareBlaster

But after reading through these:

• The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
• How Good are Free Security Programs
• Anti-Malware Engineering Team
• Windows Live Safety Centre (see Downloads)

...I've ditched SpywareBlaster for Microsoft AntiSpyware and added the following:

• Ewido Security Suite
• PrevX Home
• MSN Search Toolbar with Phishing Filter (and tabbed browsing, too!)

27/11/2005:
After using the MSN Search Toolbar for a short while, I discovered that it was making Internet Explorer a little unstable, so I uninstalled it. I wasn't using any of the other features anyway...

sra

I change my setup lots. Right now I have...


AVG - I think it has the lightest touch of the AVs but because I don't like to trust one anti-virus I regularly use online scanners

Spywareblaster
IESpyad (tutorial) - stopped me getting quite a bit of spyware when using IE
MS Antispyware

I also scan every now and then with:

• Bazooka
• Ad-aware
• Spybot S+D

though I don't use the real-time protection with the any of these
(and if you have Spybot you should definetly use its startup manager regulary to check what's been added.)

I usually leave my software Firewall off and rely on my Router's one but if I'm worried about something I switch it back on to see what's happening.

I also sometimes scan with RootkitRevealer to check nothing has been added

That might seem a lot but it's really only one scan with a differnt scaner every night.


Of course, none of these scans ever finds anything because I use Firefox and only get freeware after checking reviews at download.com and snapfiles.