decipherfreak
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I currently use Sophos for live protection, and run weekly scans on Malwarebytes' and SUPERAntiSpyware. Is this good enough, or are there other software that I should try?
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Good antimalware setup?
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LDTate
That all depends on what you use your computer for.
Your setup should work fine for "normal" computer usage.
If however you use it to download (from P2P sites) videos, songs, visit porn sites, etc. It won't much matter what protection you have. You will get infected sooner or later.
I'd suggest you read the topics here:
Your setup should work fine for "normal" computer usage.
If however you use it to download (from P2P sites) videos, songs, visit porn sites, etc. It won't much matter what protection you have. You will get infected sooner or later.
I'd suggest you read the topics here:
Abydos
If you want some extra real-time protection, ThreatFire or Defensewall are the ones I would suggest. They are easy to use, and offers good protection. Please notice, that altho threatfire states it is a anti-virus, it is more a anti-malware program (Behaviour Blocker) and don't use signature based protection at all, except for scanning which isn't part of the real-time protection. ThreatFire are designed to catch those bad-guys which slips through your Anti-Virus program, and thus doesn't interfere with Anti-virus on-access scans.
shelf life
it is essential to keep your OS, MS products and all browsers updated. Use the auto update feature or visit Windows Update on a regular basis. MS recently (June 09) issued a record 31 updates (18 critical) to patch Windows, IE and Office. The patches will "plug" vulnerabilities that could be exploited to possibly push and install malware to your machine.
Attacks are also increasing via web based applications like Adobe products, Quick Time, Java- any software that might interact with a web site. Take advantage of the auto updates features available in some software. They need to be kept updated as much as possible for the same reason: patching vulnerabilities that could be exploited.
Its also not necessary to actually visit a "bad" website. Legit sites can unknowingly host malicious code (until its realized) that could redirect you, or you could be directed via a link in spam e-mail, social networking sites, ads, pop ups etc to a site that is hosting exploits.
Having the basic core anti this or that software is necessary but so is keeping updated. No vulnerability, no hack.
Windows Updates
Secunia Software Inspector
Attacks are also increasing via web based applications like Adobe products, Quick Time, Java- any software that might interact with a web site. Take advantage of the auto updates features available in some software. They need to be kept updated as much as possible for the same reason: patching vulnerabilities that could be exploited.
Its also not necessary to actually visit a "bad" website. Legit sites can unknowingly host malicious code (until its realized) that could redirect you, or you could be directed via a link in spam e-mail, social networking sites, ads, pop ups etc to a site that is hosting exploits.
Having the basic core anti this or that software is necessary but so is keeping updated. No vulnerability, no hack.
Windows Updates
Secunia Software Inspector
Abydos
Another software update manager I think is good (and use myself) is Sumo (Software update Monitor), if the above doesn't suits you.
Sumo
Sumo
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