Post your Security Arsenal

Lordbob75 said:

pacinitaly said:

I sit in a chair by the front door with an AK-47, an M-16 and:






Microsoft Security Essentials, Malwarebytes, router, Windows Firewall, Avast

I need me one of those.

~Lordbob

Nothing, nothing at all. I have never had any trouble at all this way. I am the safest surfer around, no file sharing of any type, yadda yadda. Anyway, with me, wife and daughter using it we have still never had any trouble. One day it'll bite me I suppose, but until then I like not having the overhead of stupid security programs.

Then I work on peoples computers that have gotten viruses within hours of opening the box! Sigh. I really do not know what people do to get them so often.

My favorites for others to use are Malwarebytes, Spyware Doctor, and Norton 2010 for AV (I know, amazing, but the new Norton products are really good, at least the Av is! I loose cool points for liking it, but it is really light and works well now) Kaspersky if I could only have a single program for everything.

Dinesh said:

Removed Avira. Lacks better detection IMO.
Now installing Avast and MSE side by side.

Do you guys find that you actually have virus problems which require using 2 anti-virus apps side by side? I've rarely ever gotten anything whatsoever in my years of using computers personally and supporting them professionally.

Zidane24 said:

...The greatest protection against malware is common sense...period

so very true.

alas, most of us are human, and as such are all too fallible, and sometimes click on stupid things when intoxicated or just plain tired, or not concentrating.

so it's a good idea to have good av as backup.

i use and really like kis 2010, and i get it free from my bank - hoorah!

Zidane24 said:

The greatest protection against malware is common sense...period

Unfortunately, so few people seem to be have enough common sense when it comes to computers. Of course, there is a correlation to between these types of problems and the people who opt to not pay for their OS's and software and visit nefarious websites to download their warez thinking that everything is just fine and they have never had a problem.

Many adult websites are the exact same way. While many think they just stumbled onto a cool site offering free pics...they don't actually realize the things going on in the background.

Nod32 (antivirus only, not suite)
Windows Defender
Windows Firewall
Hardware Firewall (WRT54G router WPA-AES enabled)
Secunia PSI
Spywareblaster (free version)
Truecrypt to keep sensitive files secure
DEP on
UAC default setting