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August 19th, 2010 | #1 |
Commie Killer
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Computer protection. What should a person use?
Currently I have no virus or computer protection. I do use Windows defender and run Windows XP.
Am I OK? Do I need: virus protection? spyware stuff? A better friewall? I stopped using virus protection because it seemd usless. It would detect a virus ok but the system would already be infected. I tried Spyware once but it locked up my PC after doeing a cleaning. It also seemd like the protection software would slow down my PC. Any sugestions? Anyone? Last edited by Fred; August 19th, 2010 at 02:25 PM. |
August 19th, 2010 | #2 |
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Try BitDefender, you can get a free trial and see how it works, and when you're ready to buy, you get full 2 years for the price of 1 through any other AV provider.
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August 19th, 2010 | #3 |
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August 19th, 2010 | #4 |
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Malwarebytes. It's free, and I've had it catch and fix things that other programs didn't.
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August 19th, 2010 | #5 |
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download microsoft security essentials. it's free and it works better than any anti virus software i've ever used.
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ |
August 20th, 2010 | #6 |
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Thanks Everyone.
I guess you all mean that running just Defender is not OK. I loaded the essentials and it seemed to find quit a bit of bad stuff. |
August 21st, 2010 | #7 |
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August 21st, 2010 | #8 |
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Ben, I was using a trial version of the Kapersky Antivirus which was about to expire in like 5 days or so. I took your advice, uninstalled it and am now using MSEssentials. It's working ok but I still think Kaspersky is the best antivirus.
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August 23rd, 2010 | #9 |
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http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
Uncheck the run at boot option in settings,or just uninstall it after you're done.
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February 22nd, 2011 | #10 |
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how about privateproxy or go trusted is it worth using them?
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November 14th, 2011 | #11 |
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I'd go for AVG. I tried malwarebytes but it was a bit too tight with its security measures. Once I had it scan my PC and it removed some Yahoo messenger files. Had to reinstall it all over again.
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