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good combo to go with avast home edition
everybody will have their favorites
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Home...ce/CounterSpy/ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Home...onal-Firewall/ http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html peter "razor_303" wrote in message ... whats a good anti-spyware program to go with avast, and a good firewall? thanks |
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good combo to go with avast home edition
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:51:28 -0500, "razor_303"
wrote: whats a good anti-spyware program to go with avast, and a good firewall? The Windows firewall works fine here. Regarding anti-spyware, a single anti-spyware product--even the best one--is *not* good enough. Note what Eric Howes, who has done extensive testing on Anti-Spyware products, states: "No single anti-spyware scanner removes everything. Even the best-performing anti-spyware scanner in these tests missed fully one quarter of the "critical" files and Registry entries" See http://spywarewarrior.com/asw-test-guide.htm I use and recommend Spybot Search and Destroy Adaware Spyware Blaster Windows Defender. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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good combo to go with avast home edition
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:51:28 -0500, razor_303 wrote:
whats a good anti-spyware program to go with avast, and a good firewall? You are not going to find anything better than the Vista FW and Vista in itself due to the advanced features the FW and Vista are using. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0905.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/WFP.mspx Jesper's Blog http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesp...l-is-free.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_joha...01/426921.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...l/default.aspx "If you try to block outbound connections from a computer that’s already compromised, how can you be sure that the computer is really doing what you ask? The answer: you can’t. Outbound protection is security theater—it’s a gimmick that only gives the impression of improving your security without doing anything that actually does improve your security. This is why outbound protection didn’t exist in the Windows XP firewall and why it doesn’t exist in the Windows Vista™ firewall." Vista Firewall Control http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/ The effectiveness of an individual A-S scanners can be wide-ranging and oftentimes a collection of scanners is best. There isn't one software that cleans and immunizes you against everything. That's why you need multiple products to do the job i.e. overlap their coverage - one may catch what another may miss. SuperAntispyware - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html Ad-Aware - Free http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html Spybot Search & Destroy - Free http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html Windows Defender - Free (bulild-in in Vista) http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx Interesting reading: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136195/article.html "...Windows Defender did excel in behavior-based protection, which detects changes to key areas of the system without having to know anything about the actual threat." Good luck |
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good combo to go with avast home edition
great thanks
"Kayman" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:51:28 -0500, razor_303 wrote: whats a good anti-spyware program to go with avast, and a good firewall? You are not going to find anything better than the Vista FW and Vista in itself due to the advanced features the FW and Vista are using. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0905.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/WFP.mspx Jesper's Blog http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesp...l-is-free.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_joha...01/426921.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...l/default.aspx "If you try to block outbound connections from a computer that’s already compromised, how can you be sure that the computer is really doing what you ask? The answer: you can’t. Outbound protection is security theater—it’s a gimmick that only gives the impression of improving your security without doing anything that actually does improve your security. This is why outbound protection didn’t exist in the Windows XP firewall and why it doesn’t exist in the Windows Vista™ firewall." Vista Firewall Control http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/ The effectiveness of an individual A-S scanners can be wide-ranging and oftentimes a collection of scanners is best. There isn't one software that cleans and immunizes you against everything. That's why you need multiple products to do the job i.e. overlap their coverage - one may catch what another may miss. SuperAntispyware - Free http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html Ad-Aware - Free http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html Spybot Search & Destroy - Free http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html Windows Defender - Free (bulild-in in Vista) http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx Interesting reading: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136195/article.html "...Windows Defender did excel in behavior-based protection, which detects changes to key areas of the system without having to know anything about the actual threat." Good luck |