Re: Safe AntiSpyware Products

slick1 wrote:
From slick1: Although I do practice "Safe Hex", (as best as I know
know how to, my being a newuser and all), I was just
wondering why I always hear that there is no one software
that cleans and immunizes you against everything.
I did get one Trojan, "AntiVirGear", on my system that
AVG did pick-up on, but the rest didn't. Who knows what
else may have slipped by AVG & the rest?
Your reply does answer that I do have a safe system,
but am I going to far to ask if it is ok to add more security
to my system to run in the background?

I'm sorry, I thought I was clear. Personally, I don't think that you need to have more stuff running in the background nor do I think it will keep you safer. If you got AntiVir, you (or someone using your computer), clicked on something they shouldn't have.

On my Windows machines - used to the fullest by two teenage boys - I have an antivirus (F-Prot), the Windows Firewall, and nothing else running resident. Machines are behind a consumer-level router. Once a week or so they do spyware-related maintenance by running Ad-aware (free) and Spybot Search & Destroy (free). They do not get viruses or malware because they know what not to do.


Malke
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