Time for another "What's everyone running and recommend" thread.


I test my security whenever I get bored. Like purposely getting viruses, spyware, crap, etc.. My line of protection never fails me. Fort knox my computer is..


Linksys Router
Zone Alarm
Norton AntiVirus
SpywareBlaster
Windows Defender

And scans every so often of Spybot, AdAware and A2 Free.

All programs updated of course.

What do all of you do?


Test your security here:

http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=ssr&langid=ie&venid=sym

Yeah sounds about right.:clap:

D-link router
AntiVir PE
Spybot Search and Destroy
Spyware Blaster
Adaware SE

I never catch anything.

I don't know how anyone run's that Norton...I've been on many customers 3.2/3.4 GHZ Pentium's with 1GB Ram and machine is sloooooooow...I remove Norton and put on anything else...Fast again. I use Kaspersky but I'd use a free one(AntiVir PE) before I'd touch Norton again. And I called them #1 years ago.







Dell Dimension 4550,Win XP Home SP2, 2.4 GHZ P4, 512MB DDR PC2700 Ram, ATI Rage 128(32MB),Cable
Dell Inspiron 5160,XP Home SP2,2.8 GHZ,512MB Ram,32MB Video

I have 2 fast computers like that and never have a problem. They are super fast with or without it.

NAT Router

NOD32 Antivirus

SpywareBlaster

Spybot

AdAware

Hardware Security: Linksys router.
Software Security: OS X. :evilgrin:

Me gots:

Satellite {Xplornet Ka Band which has its own NAT}
Linksys router
Kaspersky AV Personal (6.0 service release)
Spybot Search & Destroy
Outpost Firewall Pro {Beta ver. 3.5.746.6412 (462)] w/antispyware full-time protection running}
SpywareBlaster

Jeff
simul iustus et peccator

Quote:

I don't know how anyone run's that Norton...I've been on many customers 3.2/3.4 GHZ Pentium's with 1GB Ram and machine is sloooooooow...I remove Norton and put on anything else...Fast again. I use Kaspersky but I'd use a free one(AntiVir PE) before I'd touch Norton again.

Ditto Ditto Ditto...;-)

My security.....
1 12 gauge single shot 32" full choke
1 12 gauge single shot 28" mod choke
1 12 gauge pump
1 16 gauge pump
1 20 gauge semi auto
1 high powered rifle with scope
classified backups



:evilgrin:

Ed W.

* Zone Alarm Pro
* Kaspersky AV Personal Pro
* ProcessGuard

NOD32
Zone Alarm
Spybot S & D
Spyware Blaster
Microsoft Windows Defender Beta2

Occasional scans with Ewido, ASquared and AdAware and
I get a huge shock if anything ever shows up!

Elcee

Why these checks did not complete for you:
You are not using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or newer.

Nope ... Linux wins again. :P

Looks pretty good, however in my opinion, the most important "security" program is the one least talked about and not even considered a security program by many: a good BACKUP or RECOVERY program. I use Raxco's FirstDefense-Immediate System Recovery for that purpose.

Acadia

The blazing evidence of immortality is our dissatisfaction with any other solution. -- Emerson

D-Link Router
NAV
SpyBot S&D
Ad_Aware SE
SpywareBlaster
Spy Sweeper
Norton Firewall

Zoom modem/router
2005 NAV
Windows Defender
SpywareBlaster
Ad-Aware
Spybot
Free ZA firewall

Windows Defender now uninstalled, see separate thread.

At present, & for some time now, solely a Linksys router.

(Oh, & I do use the alternatives - SeaMonkey rather then IE, Eudora rather the OE).

I've been trying out some stuff with one Win XP Pro box that I have. It's set up with:

* Windows Firewall
* Windows Defender
* The free eTrust EZ Antivirus linked to from Microsoft's website

That's it for active security! I do back it up with scans from AdAware, Spybot, and once in while, a2. I have not had any security related problems with it so far.

Router NAT
Norton System Works Premier, with NAV Pro
Windows Defender
Zone Alarm Pro

Free versions of:

A squared
Ad Aware
Spybot S&D
SpywareBlaster

Trend Internet Security 2005

Zone Alarm Free 6.1.744.001

Ad-Aware Free

SpyWare Blaster Free

Windows Defender

Linksys router
ZoneAlarm firewall
Avast Anti-virus

Every couple of months I may run the spyware apps: Spybot and Adaware, but mostly don't mess with them. Nothing ever comes up except for a few cookies which I don't worry about.

2 NAT routers(hard wired and wireless off)
NOD32
Spybot S&D w/updated Immunizations
Sygate Personal Firewall
Windows Defender

I passed all the threats ,but my final report showed i needed an anti virus program

i have A.V.G. why wasn't it recognized??? :(

Do you have the real time protection active?

>Do you have the real time protection active?


Hi, thanks shelly, i think so, when i go to the control center it says everything is active i also have it scheduled to scan every morning......

how can i check if i have real time protection active???
i have the free version of A.V.G.

THANKS :)

If everthing in the control center is functional then you have real time protection enabled.That would be the "resident shield".

>If everthing in the control center is functional then you
>have real time protection enabled.That would be the "resident
>shield".


Thanks.....then i wonder why the scan doesn't recognize my A.V.G.?

Scan doesn't recognize my AntiVir Free.

I'm not sure but I use it as well and XP's security center and zone alarm don't recognize it either but I don't use Security Center and shut off ZA's antvirus monitoring.Maybe they don't like free software.:+

2Wire router with built-in firewall
NOD32 antivirus
TrojanHunter
Spywareblaster
Ewido

Never have any problems. I quit using any Norton products a long time ago except for Ghost. I upgraded Ghost a few months ago and it was installed on one of my other desktops. I had nothing but trouble with it so uninstalled it and went with Acronis True Image. No more problems.

JG

AntiVir Free
Zone Alarm Free
Spywareblaster
Spybot S&D
Adaware

NOD32
ZAPro
FDISR
Ad-Aware
Spybot S&D
Spyware Blaster
MS Anti-Spyware

D-Link Router with firewall
Sygate soft firewall
Kaspersky AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot
Adaware.

Acronis True image...

Run Firefox most of the time
update OS

try not to download junk
delete emails that are questionable

I also do not let many people use my PC much.

Keep safe

AVG
Zone Alarm
Adware
Spybot
Spyware

Plus a Pit Bull that has been well trained by my cat in the combat use of a M16.

Linksys Router
Windows OneCare

Wow, you're living more dangerously than I am. }( Using a bleeding edge Microsoft security product.

I was gonna say. A Microsoft product as your main line of defense. ewwww

>I was gonna say. A Microsoft product as your main line of
>defense. ewwww


I agree that is a a bit risky to say the least.

Allowing MS to be your main line of PC security is like:
- hiring a crack head to be your home security guard.
- Hiring a guy who is always drunk to be your chauffeur
- hiring the town thief to watch your valuables while you go use the rest room.

- Hiring OJ Simpson to teach your children honesty

just well... good luck with everything.

What is a "bleeding edge Microsoft security product". Sounds messy.

Windows One Care. Bleeding Edge technology here folks.

http://www.windowsonecare.com/

Windows XP SP-2
ICS/IF
AVG
AdAware,SpyBot,SpyCatcher,Windows Defender....

That's it!!

Most Important !!!

1)OPERA Browser

2)KAV personal pro
(no real time protection-only on demand)



Then


Kerio 2.1.5
SpywareBlaster
Adaware

Never caught a virus,trojan...;-)

Without running real time protection, any virus program is virtually worthless, and exposes everyone in your address book to threats.

>Without running real time protection, any virus program is
>virtually worthless, and exposes everyone in your address book
>to threats.

Hi, please explain what real time means, how can we check that we have it, and why you think some uses are not being recognized.....and as said before, maybe that Z.A. may have an issue with the free anti virus users like A.V.G.?

thanks
:)

Real-time means your antivirus software is running in the background and is scanning your files, usually when they are created or accessed. If you have AVG running in your system tray, and the icon isn't gray, you have real-time protection enabled.

Quote:

please explain what real time means, how can we check that we have it

YES!! thanks i am running real time, but the symantic test doesn't recognize my A.V.G. :-(

>Without running real time protection, any virus program is
>virtually worthless, and exposes everyone in your address book
>to threats.

I live this way 2 years now and never-never had a problem.
I scan what I download and Opera never lets you get infected
when online.
I turn KAV's Monitor ON only when I use IE.

I don't advice people to do that...
Just what I do:-)

Now that's the dumbest thing I've heard in awhile. In today's Internet environment, that would be like having a one night stand without a condom. Jeez, no wonder all that crap keeps spreading.

Quote:

I live this way 2 years now and never-never had a problem.
I scan what I download and Opera never lets you get infected
when online.

It's just your opinion friend...
I don't know where you go and what you 're searching
when online.

I guarantee you...it's not just my opinion, friend. And I go anywhere on the Internet I want without any worry, because my security isn't compromised by my own stupidity.

Quote:

It's just your opinion friend...
I don't know where you go and what you 're searching
when online.

Interesting.
I'm surfing the net 2-3 hours per day for more than
five years and never had been infected by a virus,trojan
or the likes.

KAV finds sometimes a Trojan-downloader at browser's cache
but it can't do anything from there...

If I remember well I had some spyware from Audiogalaxy
when I baught my first PC.

The you must be running the real-time scanner.

Quote:

KAV finds sometimes a Trojan-downloader at browser's cache
but it can't do anything from there...

No,I mean after a manual scan.

Anyway as I said I don't recommend this to anyone.

To be more clear I find rarely malware when I scan what i have
downloaded and delete it.

I don't want to show myself as clever or stupid :-)
I just don't like real time scanners.

(I do clean many infected PCs every month using KAV,Ewido
Spybot,Adaware,CWShredder,Hijackthis and common sense...)

How would you know if you have ever been infected? newer worms detect antivirus programs on a computer and once on the system can make themselves invisible to that program.

You could simply be a "Typhoid Mary" infecting others without even knowing it, orshowing symptoms yourself.

Sadly, computer users, in the tens of millions, are clueless about security, like yourself, and are the reason viruses, worms, and trojans even exist today. If everyone was properly protected creating theses things would be a waste of time, and the scum that get their jollies by screwing up peoples computers would just crawl back under their rocks.

I said that I do scan my PC.
Right click "My computer" and scan with Kaspersky antivirus.
So simple...


END :-)

Edit: Deleted by moi. Waste of time.

You are missing Shelleys point, that if you dont have realtime switched on, the nasties make themselves invisible on your pc, so that when you do eventually, do a scan, they are then invisible to the AV program and you then think that you have a lovely clean pc.




Ant

come on people. Your'e wasting your typing. I deal with these kinds everyday. Every day I repair peoples computer problems. People that say "I have antivirus installed", but it hasn't been updated in years. Or "I don't need antivirus" then why did I just delete 5708 detections on your computer? Or what do you think is the reason you called me? Or "I have antivirus, but I don't need real time prevention" then why am I reformatting because your boot sector is gone?

You are right Im afraid :(







Ant

You can lead a horse to water but..............

I have Symantec AV 10 with active scanning on. Other active security programs: ZA Pro and ProcessGuard. I also have AdAware, SpyBot, and SpywareBlaster and keep the definitions updated, but rarely run any scans (never find anything except for cookies). I use Firefox so the Immunization features of Spybot and SpywareBlaster aren't really useful.

With all my hours and hours surfing on-line, the only nasties I've come across are some minor trojans and such, usually placed in the cache directories and cookies. I might have gotten one virus once in the past few years - can't remember (but it never infected my system - was caught and deleted). I run CrapCleaner regularly. And these things would not slip by any manual scans since they wouldn't become activated.

So I can see how someone without active scanning, and with very safe surfing habits (scans anything they download before they run it) can get away with it safely - as long as they keep their definitions updated and scan regularly.

Though I agree, in theory, someone could become infected without having "run" the infected file, and before they get a chance to run a manual antivirus scan - jpeg files, movie files, etc. But I have yet to run across any such infected files myself.

I don't have broadband, don't use Outlook.

Quote:

>2)KAV personal pro
> (no real time protection-only on demand)
>
>Never caught a virus,trojan...;-)

Now that's one of the most idiotic statements I've heard.
I have your same setup except Zone Alarm Pro and KAV Personal Pro WITH real-time.
Even with Opera I've come across "innocent looking" sites that had nasties as soon as I clicked the link....and no, that's not surfing for porn.
You may have been lucky so far, but you never know what you have until you do a manual scan, and then may be too late for you or others in contact with your computer through email.

2 - Linksys Router's (1 wired, 1 not)
SAV Corp 10x
Outpost Pro 2.1
ProcessGuard 3x
TrojanHunter 4.5x
SpywareBlaster
ScriptSentry (yea!!!! Jason)

For on-demand...

F-Prot Corp 3.16x
A2 Free
Ewido Free
RootkitRevealer
Spybot
Ad-Aware Pro
IPFilter via BlocklistManager (app specific).

I must admit, since switching to Firefox in Nov of '04, I find myself scanning less and less.
I just never find anything! :D

The above may be a little excessive (other than my laptop, my other rigs are not as rich in security apps).

Sorry, but in reference to the "edsod" thread, & contrary to what others have posted against it, in general, I agree with edsod.

Now everyone has made valid points, & while his surfing habits & the way he uses his computer may not make it a valid method for all (or maybe even very many), there is no reason that not having an AV (at all) will necessarily make him more susceptible.

This goes a long way also, "common sense...".


Some here espose the use of ERUNT over XP's System Restore.
The only falicy that I see is that SR is automated - it does not (in general) need user intervention. The same as a realtime scanner does.
ERUNT requires the dumy behind the wheel to know in advance that he wants to backup his registry, & then he must physically do it - the "on demand" scanner.

(I'll hear the flack now).

Why bother installing antivirus software if you ain't gonna run the realtime protection? There's online virus scanners, so why install any locally?

ERUNT can be automated. Read up on the command line switches and make yourself a .bat file. Use Task Scheduler to run it.
System restore is an absolute joke.

>Why bother installing antivirus software if you ain't gonna
>run the realtime protection? There's online virus scanners, so
>why install any locally?

Because it's easy and more convenient when you download a file to right click it and scan it with KAV (as it's integrated in the shell).

Refer back to Shellys comment

Ant

MY security:

NAT router

NOD32

Spyware blaster

Spyware Doctor with real time protection turned on

Sygate PF

I run scans with free versions of A Squared, Spybot S&D, Rootkit Revealer and Hijack this on a monthly basis and best of all I use Firefox as my browser.

Why these checks did not complete for you:
You are not using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or newer.

Thank God for that.

PCLinuxOS <===> Linksys Router <===> Internet, that's all.

Before the Router in 2005, PCLinuxOS <===> Internet.

I have Linksys Router Zone Alarm Norton AntiVirus SpywareBlaster Windows Defender and Trojan Hunter I used to have the paid version of A2 Squared but discontinued this program. I am thinking of purchasing Spy Sweeper.