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I believe they left-out a very good one...MalwareBytes!

Alan

estraya_01 wrote:

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Of the items on the list, how many actually do the folks here really have on their machines?

I have Avast, and that is the only thing from their list of 10. I do have Spybot S&D and the malwarebytes that Alan mentioned above, but not Hijack This or SpywareBlaster.

Imho McAfee has nothing that someone else hasn't done better.

I would really like to know what our members think of the list. I know that there is a thread where members put their favorite free stuff, and I learned a lot from those lists.

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To be honest, it really depends on the operating system that you use and the skills that you have to secure your system. Linux needs none of it. Vista already has a pretty good firewall and a user control system that requires permission to install programs (thereby not allowing rogue programs to install for the most part).

Any Microsoft OS's before Vista are at greater risk, if you use a default account that has administrative privileges on by default. I totally detest McAfee. I use Avast also and like that much better. I also only use Firefox and use their add-on "No-Script" (there are rogue scripts on websites that can overwrite or create havoc with any Windows system)..

-- Edited by barney on Wednesday 15th of July 2009 02:57:11 PM

Getting by fine here with Windows Firewall, Norton System Works w/Antivirus, WinPatrol Plus, SpywareBlaster, and HiJackThis & Everest when working on an infected computer. 

Also with Windows, an anti-rootkit has become almost standard equipment.
Blacklight, RootkitRevealer, and Sophos are what I use regularly.

Alan

Thanks for the list Beetle...I also have IceSword (which I did not mention).
It gives a huge amount of information on what is going on inside your PC.

Alan

Moh, to use a word I hate...you need to be Proactive (being ahead of the badguys).

Alan