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Well I made the jump to Windows 7 (so happy thus far!) and I was able to simply upgrade from Vista Premium with all but 2 programs (Hp Quick Buttons and Photo Studio)
But my protection stays the same and has worked like a Champion:
WinPatrol (absolutely a necessity IMO!)
Comodo
AVG Free (the licensed full software seems to conflict w/ Comodo)
CCleaner
I run SpyBot Search & Destroy once a week as well.
- Acronis True Image (Backup weekly)
- Eset Antivirus
- I'm a pc tech so I know what I do and how to fix it.
No need for anything else. Just learn to download from good sources and use VMware for any shady places.
You won't believe how many people are dumb and download whatever pops up. I have to deal with my clients all the time because they couldn't at least spend 2 seconds reading whatever pops up.
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I don't use any anti virus or spyware removal and have 0 issues with my PC. It can be done long as you employ common sense and safety.
Exactly. My home router has a firewall already and I have nothing on my PC. The inherent nature of browsers protects you already: a page cannot access client's file system unless the user explicitly initiates the action. So, unless you let someone access your filesystem, a page cannot do damage. This rule also includes Java applets BUT not ActiveX controls. This is why those are very unsafe because you're opening up your computer to the author of that control. So, if a pop up says that your computer is infected on it's own, it's lying. It has no way of knowing that via the server side or client side code. Don't click on crap and agree to install something on the PC. It's like going to a French whore house and packing empty box of rubbers. The ride may be good but you'll probably walk away with something else in the system.
I've been trouble free for years by using common sense and not pulling trash down to my PC. I educated my wife and my parents about this stuff and they've been running without any problems as well and no anti-virus software. The only way to get something unintentionally is if a page exploits some backdoor on your browser which IE is notorious for. Which is why I don't use it
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I never use software firewalls, they are an annoyance.
I use an antivirus/spyware package from work, since they gave us free home licenses included. I feel that antivirus protection is ample if you are smart and have safe browsing habits.
In general, all of the consumer programs are about the same right now and the most common infections do require the user to initiate the infection.
Exactly. Use common sense and don't pull down things that are suspect and you will probably be fine. From time to time, some malware exploits a back door but that is rare. Most things out there are there because of users' poor habits.
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i love how there's a misconception that if you have any kind of antivirus on your pc you're automatically immune from getting infected. the way i usually explain it to people is like this: "you are going to get infected at one time or another! i can guarantee you that! the best thing you can do is learn how to CLEAN up an infection after being caught up. having an antivirus helps lower the odds of you getting infected but doesn't guarantee anything. with the right antivirus and antispyware programs installed and used CORRECTLY, you'll be better prepared."
then i go about showing them how to use avg, malwarebytes, and spybot in safe mode and this usually does the trick...on occasion, if the infection is really malicious, i'll get into using combofix.
i love how there's a misconception that if you have any kind of antivirus on your pc you're automatically immune from getting infected. the way i usually explain it to people is like this: "you are going to get infected at one time or another! i can guarantee you that! the best thing you can do is learn how to CLEAN up an infection after being caught up. having an antivirus helps lower the odds of you getting infected but doesn't guarantee anything. with the right antivirus and antispyware programs installed and used CORRECTLY, you'll be better prepared."
then i go about showing them how to use avg, malwarebytes, and spybot in safe mode and this usually does the trick...on occasion, if the infection is really malicious, i'll get into using combofix.
when I worked at Staples we use to pull the hdd's out which made it a lot easier to remove those nasty infections. It saved us the trouble of having to use various programs to remove all the malware
I use an Astaro gateway for home which I'm running in a VM. Runs two anti-virus engines and scans all incoming traffic including e-mail.
If you're using Vista or above that will get rid of a lot of potential infections since you have to approve of things before it lets you run anything requiring admin privileges. If you're running XP and don't have separate user and admin accounts and you're running as an admin then you're just opening up a whole world of hurt, even if you have anti-virus software installed...
And the previous posters are right, a lot of the crap out there ends up on computers because people were dumb enough to click on the "get rich quick! your computer is running slow, download this fix! Free pron, click here!" links that pop up while they're running XP as an admin user.
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