Ok, what else should I have? in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21063843 en Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:15:12 EDT Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:15:12 EDT Re: Ok, what else should I have? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21068008 Smokey Bear :
said by mjmsr See Profile :

Should I be adding anything else?
No, IMO this is sufficient, especially when you are not a skilled user :)
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said by Creer See Profile :

Hi,

you can change AV to Avira AntiVir (free)
rest looks OK.
No need to get rid of Avast.....plus you don't get that annoying nag screen to upgrade.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21067850 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:51:56 EDT Re: Ok, what else should I have? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21067759 slajoh01 : You should not really have that much security software running.

Number one things to hvae is COMMON SENSE...Its what the operator does really controls security more than security software itself.

Run as a restricted user.
Turn off services what you dont need.
Run a router with NAT or SPI filtering.
And thats it...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21067759 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:24:19 EDT Re: Ok, what else should I have? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21067637 DownTheShore : SpywareBlaster :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21067637 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:56:02 EDT Re: Ok, what else should I have? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21067055 Psicop : On top of what HeelYeah said, tighten up your Windows machine:

»www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/s···aks1.htm
»labmice.techtarget.com/windowsxp···ault.htm

Plenty of info in there.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21067055 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:17:29 EDT Re: Ok, what else should I have? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21066634 spie34 : You know I have been online since the 90s. I run my computer under an administrator account and I've yet to have any problems while I have been on the Internet.

I use AVG Antivirus -- the free version, sit behind a dedicated SPI firewall and I seem to have no problems with viruses, spyware or anything like that.

Seems like people have poor browsing habits and just click on things without paying attention to what is going on.

But you don't need to be running 3 antivirus programs, limited user account, anti-spyware programs. Be smart about surfing the Internet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21066634 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:48:03 EDT Re: Ok, what else should I have? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21064674 HeelYeah : A Limited Account for use when surfing the web is a must have.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21064674 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:38:48 EDT Re: Ok, what else should I have? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21064105 ZZZZZZZ : Couple of other programs to think about are Boclean,Threatfire and First defense.
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you can change AV to Avira AntiVir (free)
rest looks OK.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21064057 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:55:54 EDT Re: Ok, what else should I have? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21063894 HA Nut : If you used the data backup part of 360, you need something to take over those duties. Other than that, sounds pretty good!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21063894 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:31:47 EDT Re: Ok, what else should I have? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21063881 Cudni : No :)

Cudni]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21063881 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:29:15 EDT Ok, what else should I have? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21063843 mjmsr : After getting the itch to dump Norton 360, I decided to take some recommendations and installed the following on my notebook (Vista Premium 64).

Avast Pro
SuperAntiSpyware
Comodo Firewall Pro
I am behind a wireless router - standard configuration

Should I be adding anything else?

Thanks,
Mike]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21063843 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:22:02 EDT