Is my Laptop protected enough ?

whs said:

+1 for SAS ( SUPERAntiSpyware.com | Remove Malware | Remove Spyware - AntiMalware, AntiSpyware, AntiAdware! ). Works great.

Won't having both of them make conflictions ?

I've always been told not to have 2 anti-viruses etc.

SAS and Malwarebytes are scanners. They do not conflict with MSE. You can even run Avast and MSE together. They have been tested together. Question is whether that makes sense.

That has always been overkill IMO and tends to slow your machine down. I have 4 GB of RAM and can feel the impact of running more than one real time app. BUT...there again, it is whatever works for a particular user.

SevenNerd said:

I use no antivirus, no firewall, (I have router) and no windows defender. The best protection starts and the keyboard and mouse of the user in my opinion and if I have to get rid of some malware/virus, which I havent goten in over a year now I will only use MBAM.

You are absolutely right in that assessment but some users are not comfortable running bare like that. I can and have but I feel more comfortable with my apps installed. Besides if my wife uses my laptop I like that extra layer of protection there. Better safe than sorry.

You are either extremely lucky, or have a lot of rootkits, bots, and other dangerous Malware.

Speaking of best protection: I suggest everybody use imaging. I take an automatic image every morning at boot time. That protects me better than anything because I can always bail myself out. I happen to use free Macrium, but there are more good options.

Petey7 said:

You are either extremely lucky, or have a lot of rootkits, bots, and other dangerous Malware.

This all depends on the user's experience and what the machine is actually used for. It can be done. I wouldn't recommend it by any means but not impossible.

whs said:

Speaking of best protection: I suggest everybody use imaging. I take an automatic image every morning at boot time. That protects me better than anything because I can always bail myself out. I happen to use free Macrium, but there are more good options.

And I always agree with you on this. Macirum could very well be my favorite piece of freeware out there.

whs said:

Speaking of best protection: I suggest everybody use imaging. I take an automatic image every morning at boot time. That protects me better than anything because I can always bail myself out. I happen to use free Macrium, but there are more good options.

I was just coming here to say something about this. I, personally, don't use imaging (I've heard claims that it can back-up viruses like system restore does), but I have spent a lot of time backing up all my personal files, my themes, the installers for my drivers, the user data for my browser (history, add-ons, themes, bookmarks, etc.) and the installers for my AV programs. I even have an image of my 7 DVD on my external HDD just in case. Having to reinstall or having a HDD fail on me (had a drive replaced a month ago, reinstalled night before last) hardly phases me when it takes an hour after install to get everything exactly as it was before. Really, its up to the user how they back-up their stuff. What matters is actually doing it. It saves a lot of time when something goes wrong and nothing gets rid of malware like a clean install.

Try Win Patrol. It makes an image. Get a virus etc. It notifies and you can tell it to go back via the image. It does not make a copy of the virus, unless you approve the change.

http://www.winpatrol.com/

richc46 said:

Try Win Patrol. It makes an image. Get a virus etc. It notifies and you can tell it to go back via the image. It does not make a copy of the virus, unless you approve the change.

BillP Studios - WinPatrol 18

Rich, how does WinPatrol make an image. I know you can backup the settings to Program files (x86) > BillP Studios folder. But I wonder where I find the imaging. I have WinPatrol Pro.