I just use Zone Alarm. Good firewall and decent AV and SW protection.

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Originally posted by _Nut_ I just use Zone Alarm. Good firewall and decent AV and SW protection.

ugh.
I hate that program.

Get a decent firewall/router

Use Windows Defender for antispyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/sec...re/default.mspx

or Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/

AVG has a decent free Antivirus program (certainly better than nothing)
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/download...g/us/tpl/tpl01,

Keep up with your Microsoft updates
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/sec...ins/200610.mspx

Check with your local ISP provider.
Most ISPs provide free anti-virus on their websites; it's in their best interest to do so...
For instance, I'm with Rogers high-speed here in Toronto and I'm using their Norton AV which normally would cost about...$30?

Hope that helps...

oh yea....use Firefox and you won't have to worry about spyware too much ever again...
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

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ewido > spybot

i am using firefox but you still get the odd tracking cookies ...

i used to use spyware doctor but it uses up so much memory and ewido is just as good ...

bitdefender > norton

anyone else ???

I'm looking more for an AV but all info is welcome

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Originally posted by RoOmIE ewido > spybot i am using firefox but you still get the odd tracking cookies ...

Delete your cookies on a regular basis... problem solved.

cookies aren't necessarily bad either...

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i use avg, windows firewall (i'm behind NAT + router firewall anyway so its no biggie), adaware and spybot. cbf installing ms defender, because i have all the dependent services disabled :P

avg is probably the best anti-virus i've ever used, even though its free. i work as a computer tech and its what we use to get viruses off peoples computers. better than mcaffe + norton (prob cause theyre both shit products), nod32, panda and all the other big names. only thing which condends with avg is that new computer associates one which replaced VET, i forget what it's called.

Windows defender still has a long way to go before it matches ewido or spybot standards. Just a heads up though about spybot, if your computer is seriously rooted and has spyware attaching itself to critical windows startup files spybot will just find it all and delete it and you might find yourself without a machine capable of starting up correctly. If you let your computer get that infected though you don't deserve one.

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Originally posted by Timski If you let your computer get that infected though you don't deserve one.

LOL!
Spoken like a true nerd

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Originally posted by RoOmIE i am using firefox but you still get the odd tracking cookies ...

In Firefox go to your Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies
Set the exceptions too whatever sites you want too allow.
Avast isnt a bad little anti-virus program, free too. Anything by Norton lately seems too be horrible.