Re: Virus/adware/spyware -- is there all-in-one protection in one prog

From: madmax (maxpro4u_at_nomail.afraid.org)
Date: 08/26/04

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    george wrote:
    > "John Blaustein" wrote:
    >
    >> Having had to deal with a virus that my AV program didn't find, I am
    >> curious if anyone has found an "all-in-one" program to prevent
    >> viruses, adware, spyware, etc.?
    >>
    >> I have been using AVG Free Edition and today discovered a virus on
    >> one of my computers. The first symptoms were that my AV program
    >> didn't load at startup (and I couldn't run it at all), and I was not
    >> able to access some sites on the Internet. I discovered that my
    >> hosts file had been overwritten. In addition, AdAware discovered
    >> two registry entries that were causing the AV program not to load.
    >>
    >> I used System Restore to roll back to a restore point a few days
    >> ago, and that seems to have worked. I deleted the bogus hosts file.
    >>
    >> At the suggestion of Bruce Chambers -- see my thread "Task Mgr &
    >> Registry locked! AV won't load!: -- I ran several online scanners
    >> and the McAfee scanner found "New Malware.b" in a "bogus" file
    >> called iexlore.exe. It's now deleted and my system seems to be OK
    >> again.
    >>
    >> So, here's my question: Is there one security program out there
    >> that will do the equivalent of scanning (and real-time protection)
    >> for viruses AND also protect from the things that AdAware looks for?
    >> It seems that AVG, NAV, etc. look for viruses, and AdAware looks for
    >> other items. Is there a program to do it all?
    >>
    >> Thank you.
    >>
    >> John
    A multi-layered defence is best.What is missed by one is caught by
    another.Programs such as Spybot Search+Destroy and SpywareGuard have a
    "resident" that scans for any changes that are made and will ask if they
    should be allowed or blocked.
    I have links and info for these and more on my site.
    -max 

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