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How many Anti-spywares should one install?
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Besides Windows DEFENDER, how many other anti-spyware programs (e.g. Freebies) do you recommend sensibly installing on a notebook? Am I right that too many can cause conflicts and/or reduce operating speed? Which one's do you suggest? (I am running XP Pro SP2)
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One but set properly and securely.
My whole security:
Antivir
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What is windows defender an antispyware?
My whole security:
Antivir
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What is windows defender an antispyware?
Last edited by Seten; Jan 7th, 2007 at 8:34 pm.
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Originally Posted by bdmallalieu 
Besides Windows DEFENDER, how many other anti-spyware programs (e.g. Freebies) do you recommend sensibly installing on a notebook? Am I right that too many can cause conflicts and/or reduce operating speed? Which one's do you suggest? (I am running XP Pro SP2)
The same for your Windows Updates - they are your first line of defense...
Also, using an alternative browser such as Firefox is a good idea. And, of course, employing safe browsing habits!
Have a look at my Linky below.
PP
Last edited by PhilliePhan; Jan 7th, 2007 at 9:14 pm.
In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.
~ J. Robert Oppenheimer
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~ J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Thanks PhilliePhan. Pity I didn't find your excellent Linky page earlier, then I wouldn't have needed to trouble you. What do you think of AVIRA anti-virus? It takes a long time to scan!
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Originally Posted by bdmallalieu
What do you think of AVIRA anti-virus? It takes a long time to scan!
Also, scan time will depend on a number of different variables. I do not mind long scans as long as 1- they finish, 2- they are thorough and 3- they catch what they are supposed to catch! Frankly, I am more concerned with "real-time" scanning and an AV product not letting baddies onto my compy in the first place. .. .
--- You'll find that the free options in my linky are much less bloated than their commercial counterparts and use fewer system resources.
However, some of the better "security suites" will attempt to offer rootkit protection, and the like - this might be a factor you'd want to consider as well.
Cheers
PP
In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.
~ J. Robert Oppenheimer
ASAP
~ J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Oh now I know why I don't use it
It is because of the fact, that i know how to surf, read every message, do often registry checkup and backup of whole particion.
It is because of the fact, that i know how to surf, read every message, do often registry checkup and backup of whole particion.
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Originally Posted by PhilliePhan
Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic? - It's pretty solid and holds up well against competition. Especially for a free product!
Also, scan time will depend on a number of different variables. I do not mind long scans as long as 1- they finish, 2- they are thorough and 3- they catch what they are supposed to catch! Frankly, I am more concerned with "real-time" scanning and an AV product not letting baddies onto my compy in the first place. .. .
--- You'll find that the free options in my linky are much less bloated than their commercial counterparts and use fewer system resources.
However, some of the better "security suites" will attempt to offer rootkit protection, and the like - this might be a factor you'd want to consider as well.
Cheers
PP
Further to my latest query regarding the system freeze I am experiencing, I have some further information from Task Manager, which was open when I just had another freeze. It told me that 99% of the CPU was being used in the System by SVCHOST.EXE.
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Download a program named "process explorer" (Systinternals.com) it is free, something like taskmanager 100%upgrade. It shows, what is running on the system with a lot more information than taskmanag.
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Protection:
clamwin, no additional firewall, cclearner, disabled nonusing services, no spyware SW and no adware SW.
And the system is clean. Sometimes I make a fullscan with another antivirus program just in case.
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Protection:
clamwin, no additional firewall, cclearner, disabled nonusing services, no spyware SW and no adware SW.
And the system is clean. Sometimes I make a fullscan with another antivirus program just in case.
Last edited by Seten; May 15th, 2007 at 5:46 am. Reason: Add few infos
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