Do I need any spyware software when I have the latest version of Avast antivirus?
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yes – although spyware does resemble a virus in many ways better to be safe than sorry, try spybot search and destroy or spyware doctor which is part of the google pack
You don’t need it, and you don’t really need Avast, either.
What you need is a limited user account instead of an administrator account.
You should also set Windows updates to install automatically, and do regular backups of your important personal files.
Not necessarily.You could get spybot if you constantly enter dangerous sites, but anyway I have had only avast for a long time and my computer is clean.Avast has spyware protection built-in.
Spybot address: http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
Securing Windows operating systems from Internet threats is not a single application, or even a suite.
It’s layers of protection, user habits, threat landscape awareness, system configuration, real time protection, and more.
Although ‘all-in-one’ suites may be OK, (CareOne, McAfee, or Norton) plenty of freeware is available that will do the same job (maybe better???) & don’t deplete your system resources (and therefore speed).
Generally speaking: as a system’s convenience, interactiveness & flexibility increase: security decreases.
Look through some of the suggested freeware here, study up, and pick some of the frontline, real-time defenses. Create a restore point after each install, then run the system to verify that application’s ‘friendliness’ with your system before adding other applications.
Sorry, but using Windows requires you to become a security expert, it’s that simple. Something they don’t tell you when you buy this system…
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/security/fwsecuritytools.html
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Whatever ‘layers’ you decide on, add this to your counter-measure arsenal:
Sandboxie (http://www.sandboxie.com/)
runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer.
Use it for:
Secure Web Browsing: Running your Web browser under the protection of Sandboxie means that all malicious software downloaded by the browser is trapped in the sandbox and can be discarded trivially.
Enhanced Privacy: Browsing history, cookies, and cached temporary files collected while Web browsing stay in the sandbox and don’t leak into Windows.
Secure E-mail: Viruses and other malicious software that might be hiding in your email can’t break out of the sandbox and can’t infect your real system.
Freeware.
Not overly difficult to use. Don’t presume you can do just anything as it does have limits; listen to ‘Security Now’ #174 for more details (http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm)
Freeware.
Not for 64 bit Vista platform.
Recommended by Steve Gibson (Security Now & GRC)
Clamwin
Avast 4.8
avira
AVG8. but use only one anti virus
comodo firewall pro
malwarebytes anti-malware
SUPERAntispyware
ccleaner and mvregclean to clean your computer.
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