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iamhiro1112

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Posted on 03-31-05 01:33 AM Link | Quote
I use windows washer, spyware doctor, dupe checker pro, Ad-Aware SE Personal, and trend microvirus.

What all u use?
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Posted on 03-31-05 05:04 AM Link | Quote

Ad Aware SE
AVG Anti Virus
Sybot Search & Destroy
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Peer Guardian
FreeDOS

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Posted on 03-31-05 05:13 AM Link | Quote
I don't need anything on Slackware. Whoo!

However my Windows 2000 install has only two protection things for safety:
AntiVir
Ad-Aware
Proto K

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Posted on 03-31-05 06:08 AM Link | Quote
Diskeeper
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Ad-Aware
Spybot - Search and Destroy
Registry Mechanic
Nebetsu

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Posted on 03-31-05 11:06 AM Link | Quote
Security Task Manager is nice if you know your computer well enough.
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BLACK HAS BUILT A SILLY DICE-MAZE!
GO!

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Posted on 03-31-05 02:59 PM Link | Quote
I'm pretty paranoid when it comes to installing software. I never install anything that includes spyware, and I use Firefox, so I don't bother using anti-spyware tools. I do have a copy of Ad-Aware installed, though, just in case.

I don't trust "window washer"-type programs, and never will. The first (and only) time I used a "highly recommended" registry cleaner, it wiped out a bunch of "bad" keys that Photoshop and some other programs needed to operate. So, I prefer to do things myself via RegEdit and good ol' Notepad.

The stuff I use to keep everything running smoothly:

- ScanDisk
- Defrag
- F-Prot Antivirus
- Backup hard drive
- Router (hardware firewall)
- Can of compressed air (dust can cause more problems than you think)
- Good quality surge protector/noise filter
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Posted on 03-31-05 07:25 PM Link | Quote
- Power Button



I take the manual defense against viruses. It works, too (0 viruses since 1995)
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<||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people

Sesshomaru
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Posted on 04-01-05 12:36 AM Link | Quote
Just AVG and a dash of common sense.
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Posted on 04-01-05 06:59 PM Link | Quote
-> AntiVir PE - although it sends a lot of MB per update, it is a good free virus scanner (they must no be compared with paid ones, though, but it is actually the best German one) and with broadband/flat rate no big problem to update it though.
Performing a full scanning every two weeks. Usually nothing to find

-> Spybot - heh, checking ... once per month and never finding a tracking cookie again after the first run (removing Alexa and stuff)

-> Ad-Aware, see Spybot. Two eyes will see more than only one.

-> brain.exe

Edit: Something messes up the post, changing the grammar - eh ?
Quote me to see it

Edit2: Suddenly .. fixed


(edited by Lezard Valeth on 04-01-05 09:00 AM)
(edited by Lezard Valeth on 04-01-05 09:01 AM)
ExKay
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Posted on 04-01-05 08:40 PM Link | Quote
Ad-Aware
Spybot S&D
PC-Cillin Anti-Virus
vacuum cleaner (removing the dust inside the PC)

that's it.
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Posted on 04-01-05 10:00 PM Link | Quote
It's usually enough to castrate IE and then use a alternate browser such as Firefox. Anti-virus and anti-spyware never hurt thought.

I castrate IE by simple turning it's abilities to use Active-x and javascript off. It get's useless but I never use it anyway.
mrmenz

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Posted on 04-01-05 10:22 PM Link | Quote
I just change IE's settings to highest security and not to accept cookies. It is particulary annoying when I want to use Windows update. I use just use Adaware SE and Sophos Anti Virus. I cant remember the last time I had any spyware, or virus problems.


(edited by mrmenz on 04-01-05 12:23 PM)
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Posted on 04-01-05 10:45 PM Link | Quote
Absolutely nothing, at least on my Mac anyways. Not buying into Norton's scaremongering.

On my PC, I run AVG, as it is good and free, and Ad-Aware. I use Firefox partly as I prefer it and partly as it protects my machine from the actions of the others that use it. My other half doesn't do anything stupid with my machine, but my little brother has only just learned that he can look stuff up on the internet (he's 22 btw, and old enough to look up dodgy things).

If the machine were left soley up to me, I doubt I would need AdAware, but I'd still use AVG and Firefox. (just as I view antivirus as a necessary evil on Windows)

And while this is seperate from my machines themselves, all machines on my network are behind linux based firewalling. No firewall software is installed to any of the machines themselves.


(edited by Tarale on 04-01-05 12:46 PM)
interdpth

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Posted on 04-02-05 03:23 AM Link | Quote
Symantec Antivirus, FireFox, and 4096 megs of vram
MetalMan88

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Posted on 04-03-05 06:51 AM Link | Quote
Hmmm.... well, here's all that I need to keep a computer in good shape.

Defrag
Delete Key (Used to destroy all virus-laden email)
Router set to make computer invisible to internet.

But I have this other stuff as well.

Microsoft AntiSpyware
Symantec Antivirus
Spybot Search and Destroy
Adblock Extension for Firefox
SpywareGuard
SpywareBlaster
Windows Firewall
Ran-chan

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eek, when are they going to stop growing...
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Posted on 04-03-05 11:58 PM Link | Quote
Ad-Aware SE
AVG
Spybot: Search & Destroy.

That
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Posted on 04-04-05 03:01 AM Link | Quote


That, and TeaTimer (just to make sure that things don't auto-install themselves) and MSCONFIG
Surlent
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Posted on 04-04-05 03:46 AM Link | Quote
Nice choice, XK. That book has a holywood like ending, but until that, it is really a good read - if you have nothing against Brown's writing style.

But I doubt that only the knowledge of TRNSLATR's story will prevent viruses to haunt a non-protected machine
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