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Old December 30th, 2005, 01:05 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Good virus/spyware protection

whats everybodies recomendations for spyware and virus protection? and a nice firewall?
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Old December 30th, 2005, 01:24 AM     #2 (permalink)
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I use AVG, Adaware, and Spybot.
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Myself, Avast! and Spybot. Both are free. I've heard Defender Pro was nice, too.

BTW, avoid ZoneAlarm right now. I don't know what went wrong with their newest update, but it reaked havoc with my internet activity. I had to remove it.

Also, I reccomebd Web Eraser and CCleaner, also free.
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Old December 30th, 2005, 01:45 AM     #4 (permalink)
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nothing more PC-Cillin Internet Security 2006
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Myself, Avast! and Spybot. Both are free. I've heard Defender Pro was nice, too.

BTW, avoid ZoneAlarm right now. I don't know what went wrong with their newest update, but it reaked havoc with my internet activity. I had to remove it.

Also, I reccomebd Web Eraser and CCleaner, also free.

Whats wrong with ZoneAlarm? Are you talkin about Secuirty suite or just zonealarm firewall program?
I'm using ZoneAlarm Secuirty Suite 2006 atm.
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Old December 30th, 2005, 03:31 AM     #6 (permalink)
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Well i'm probably freaking about spyware and viruses but this is what i'm using now:

AVG 7.0
Microsoft anti spyware
Ad Aware
Spybot
Bazooka spyware scanner
Ewedo anti spyware
Spyware Blaster
Spyware Guard
CW Shredder
Hijack This
Trojan Hunter
Track Eraser Pro

and a Router for an extra protection

I check my computer almost on a daily bases and i defrag once a week...yes i'm probably freaking out about getting infected and that's on both my computer and my laptop.

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I don't know about you guys but i'm staying away from McAfee, Norton and Zone Alarm. I'm also using the Windows Firewall.
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Nortan 2006 and Ad-aware professinal(ripped) but ssssssssssssh
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Old December 30th, 2005, 04:24 AM     #9 (permalink)
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Anti-Virus: Avast
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Spyware Removal: Ad-Aware
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thanks guys but i am going to try lavasoft personal firewall 2006 =D
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