Comments on: 7 Essential Security Downloads You MUST Have Installed

By: Nicbot

Nicbot — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:18:30 +0000

I think the issue at hand has more to do with your index finger and mouse rather than your Antivirus software. No offense, but short of disconnecting your computer from the internet completely, no antivirus software can 100% protect you from your self. Education will always be better than the best AV software out there…at least at this point. But for those times when something new is in the process of being learned, tools like good AV, malware and firewall software are priceless. MAM and SAS ftw! …Combofix for those nasty ones

By: Aibek

Aibek — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:46:30 +0000

No, you can definitely rely on antivirus that came with your PC, you just need to make sure it’s updated on a regular basis.

By: Antivirus

Antivirus — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:29:27 +0000

It is true that you cannot always rely on the antivirus software that comes with a computer. My PC came stocked with Norton Antivirus, so I used it. But then I received a message that I believed was from Norton telling me that I had spyware on my computer. I clicked for Norton to fix it, except the message was not from Norton but some criminal hackers who then used it to infect my computer so bad that I had to buy a new one. I now use Spyware Terminator, which is simpler and makes me feel more secure.

By: Markm

Markm — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:35:05 +0000

Listen People !!
If you have some pennies floating around, and never want to have your computer at risk of ANYTHING, may I suggest the best… Norton by Symantec.com
It is simply the best anti-everything!

By: Longtail

Longtail — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:41:14 +0000

Oops, that should be Filseclab. I’m using their last version 3.0.0.8686 and it still works tops.

By: Longtail

Longtail — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:50:15 +0000

I use xp pro n-lite, no IE installed. I use clamwin as my anti-virus as I prefer to run it manually than to have it always checking. I have used AVG, Avast, and Kaspersky in the past, and my system ran slower, and one of them (can’t remember, as it was over 3 years ago) was constantly checking for updates while online. I use dial up, so this slowed my surfing down, besides being distracting.
winpatrol is great. I like its taking-a-snapshot approach of your system before and after installing anything.
I believe a good firewall is your best bet. I have been running Filesclab Personal Firewall for the past five or more years. I tested it at Gibson Research Shields Up, and the only thing I had to do was under Rules>new> was add L-port 1026 and 1027>deny for both, and it now shows total ports secure. It will alert you to any programs that want internet access and ask you what to do, as well as have a small unobtrusive bubble pop up in the lower right hand side of screen when a port has been blocked stating which port, etc. This firewall is definitely under rated. After using Zone Alarm for a bit, it was a nice change fromt that program.
Another thing I do for security is to disable autorun in the registry, changing the value from 1 to 0.

By: soda

soda — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:33:20 +0000

WinPatrol. Sygate Personal Firewall. Period. (Old WinME system.) Never had a virus or hack in more than a decade (check rarely). More about being familiar with your system. Using a virtual drive to make reinstall of the OS easier seems to break System Restore ‘tho.

By: mums

mums — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:17:31 +0000

NOD32 antivirus is far better than AVG! But to have a full protection I advice to choose Eset Smart Security 4.x

By: GFYM

GFYM — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:06:06 +0000

I’m sorry for you, because you could have a linux virus/backdoor/malware and not even know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_computer_viruses

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By: Aibek

Aibek — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:29:42 +0000

weird, i never heard abt this from anyone before. Malwarebytes is extremely popular program so I am pretty sure it’s caused by something on ur end. One way to bring the system back to the prvious state would be to use System Restore, unless you have it disabled of course.

By: nicbot

nicbot — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:40:54 +0000

I’ve been using Malwarebytes for a long time now and that has never happened as a result of installing the app. Could be a deeper malware issue, or Spyware Terminator (which i have no experience with).

Hope you got your machine up and running again.

’sfc /scannow’ just to be safe.

By: Sathish

Sathish — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:18:03 +0000

After installing Malwarebytes & Spyware Terminator, the system doesn’t allow me to login it logoffs automatically once i login. Any one of the above applications went and changed user.exe file in windows. I struggled to bring back the system

By: ygtshrn

ygtshrn — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:01:26 +0000

KeePass is an alternative to lastpass.

By: ladfrom

ladfrom — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:54:45 +0000

A hardware router, with an SPI firewall. Common sense browsing. Firefox with, NoScript, Adblock+, Foxyproxy, Greasemonkey, IETab, Perspectives, Secure Login, ShowIP, Vidalia, Keyscrambler, FEBE and Haute Secure. Used to use Avira for AV as it had the best F/P on , but to be honest I aint used AV for around 6 months and this bloated XP installation is still snappy. If I have doubts about a program I just run it in Sandbox. HTH. LFB.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:53:05 +0000

May bad, that line of ours is indeed incorrect I ‘ll get it fixed asap.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:51:07 +0000

Lavasoft’s AdAware is ver popular but I dont find it very effective. It pften missed on craplets that were picked up by others. That’d only applies tp free version though, not sure about the paid one.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:50:39 +0000

Lavasoft’s AdAware is ver popular but I dont find it very effective. It pften missed on craplets that were picked up by others

By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:48:02 +0000

I have SSD installed as well but I find Spyware Terminator better.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:46:48 +0000

WOT is a great secrutity addon. I am sure we are going to be mentioning several times more in the future.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:44:29 +0000

I second the “come on” guy

By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:43:28 +0000

yeah but it’s not practical, as one of the main reasons people install NoScript because it offers some protection when opening links to unknown sites

By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:40:50 +0000

Hijackthis is also a good one, but it’s for advanced users.

By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:39:09 +0000

agree!

By: Aibek

Aibek — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:37:54 +0000

I agree, knowing what processes are running on your system is another must. I didn't include it in the original list as I think it's not really aomething for beginners. I personally use ProcessLibrary. I set up a quick search for it on Firefox which makes it very easy to lookup the process when i need it.

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By: phaoloo

phaoloo — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:50:03 +0000

You can use Comodo Internet Security instead of AVG, MalwareBytes, Spyware Terminator

By: dann-o

dann-o — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:50:44 +0000

Win-dohs is like a Harley. You buy one, then you have to buy a whole bunch of other stuff just to make sure it runs right and doesn’t break down. Buy a mac and you get a 1500cc Honda that isn’t flashy or noisy, but goes f**king fast, and does what it should.

By: L Mohan Arun

L Mohan Arun — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:26:03 +0000

I have used LastPass with my IE7 and it made my IE hang often. Had to remove it.
I can say that this is misleading:
“The encrypted passwords are stored on your computer and easily accessible when you need it.”
The correct version is:”
The encrypted login information are stored on a central server which are then accessible from any internetted computer that you have Lastpass installed on.

By: 42

42 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:29:30 +0000

McAfee SiteAdvisor

Does the same job as WOT, works with both Firefox and IE.