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razor_303
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whats a good anti-spyware program to go with avast, and a good firewall?
thanks
thanks
P
peter
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Re: good combo to go with avast home edition
everybody will have their favorites
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Home-Home-Office/CounterSpy/
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Home-Home-Office/Sunbelt-Personal-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" <razor_303@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> whats a good anti-spyware program to go with avast, and a good firewall?
>
> thanks
everybody will have their favorites
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Home-Home-Office/CounterSpy/
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Home-Home-Office/Sunbelt-Personal-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" <razor_303@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> whats a good anti-spyware program to go with avast, and a good firewall?
>
> thanks
K
Ken Blake, MVP
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Re: good combo to go with avast home edition
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:51:28 -0500, "razor_303"
<razor_303@earthlink.net> 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
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:51:28 -0500, "razor_303"
<razor_303@earthlink.net> 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
K
Kayman
Guest
Re: 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/community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/WFP.mspx
Jesper's Blog
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/19/at-least-this-snake-oil-is-free.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/05/01/426921.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/VistaFirewall/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/superantispywarefreevspro.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/security/spyware/software/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
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/community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/WFP.mspx
Jesper's Blog
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/19/at-least-this-snake-oil-is-free.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/05/01/426921.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/VistaFirewall/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/superantispywarefreevspro.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/security/spyware/software/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
R
razor_303
Guest
Re: good combo to go with avast home edition
great thanks
"Kayman" <kayman~nospam~@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:15tchrr79bmqh.1ufd3lrq1qeju$.dlg@40tude.net...
> 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/community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/WFP.mspx
>
> Jesper's Blog
> http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/19/at-least-this-snake-oil-is-free.aspx
> http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/05/01/426921.aspx
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/VistaFirewall/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/superantispywarefreevspro.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/security/spyware/software/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
great thanks
"Kayman" <kayman~nospam~@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:15tchrr79bmqh.1ufd3lrq1qeju$.dlg@40tude.net...
> 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/community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/WFP.mspx
>
> Jesper's Blog
> http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/19/at-least-this-snake-oil-is-free.aspx
> http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/05/01/426921.aspx
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/VistaFirewall/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/superantispywarefreevspro.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/security/spyware/software/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