How to become SAFE

[gizmo1973]

Hi all,
I have finally got my home PC back on line after losing one of my entire drives to a virus.
I want to make sure this does not happen again (or try) so what is the best solution.
I was running Zone Alarm (free version) and all the spyware/virus ware that is mentioned in the FAQ thread

I am thinking of getting
Norton Antivirus.
Zone Alarm full version.
all the Spyware stoppers again.

Is there anything else I should be doing?
Is there a better product other the ones I have mentioned?
Anything els I should be looking at/for?

Regards, Phil.

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[jrbarnett]

Which operating system are you running on it?
(your answer depends on what needs to be done).

John

 

[gizmo1973]

Sorry, WinXP

Regards, Phil.

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[tchatzi]

did you check the answers to you preview thread?

anyway
[My choises]

http://www.kaspersky.com

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro(higher number of Virus Definitions of all others, and much lighter of others).

http://www.zonelabs.com

ZoneAlarm® Pro 5 (not the one with antivirus)

Nothing else, just learn how to use them right.
'If you dont plug the computer to the power it will never gonna work',

the same story goes with every program you use

'If you dont know how to use it right it will never do the things that was made for'

 

[gizmo1973]

Yes, seen the answers but want to ensure that everything is covered this time not just a firewall

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[MasterRacker]

I'm using AVG free Anti-virus, Ad-Aware SE and a $40.00 router/switch that has limited hardware firewall capability I got at Wal-Mart of all places. I haven't chosen a softwaer firewall yet.

I would recommend agaisnt Norton Anti-virus just from my own experiences in observing that Norton/Symantec products seem to be designed to use ALL system resources. I've heard good things about Nod32 anti-virus, but I haven't seen it.


Jeff
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[aquias]

Well,

My opinions on this. Win XP or Zone Alarm firewall should do, however, if your router has firewall capabilities look into those as well. What is fast becoming a catch phrase for me, pick one firewall, just one, and utilize that.

As for antivirus, I use Norton and love it. It's easy, scaleable, and catches everything that's come at me thus far. Other viable options are AVG, trend micro, or panda.

For spyware, there are several options, my personal preference is to use Spybot with Spyware Blaster.

 

[vop]

Why not put up significant road blocks to surfing to known bad places in the first place. See:


Using IE-Spyad to enhance your privacy and security:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/tutorial53.html

The Hosts File and what it can do for you:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/tutorial51.html

Vince
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[Spirit]

Something non technical to bare in mind is that - my users just don't seem to understand - if you click "Yes" "INstall Now" or on a dodgy file banner you are owned and then removal is the only course of action.

ALT-F4

Just a tip for anyone out there........ and yes i am speaking from experience