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Angel453455

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thanks bold for suggesting to make one!
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the thing is i got my pc reformatted... again...
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and i think the applications i'm using are not that effective... <_<so does anyone have a suggestion? also for me i need an anti spyware and an anti-virus software... it must not hog too much memory cause my pc is already slow... also it must be free and complete ( i mean no trial period or limited usage) (unless you guys know cracks and stuff!
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hope we could help each other here!
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Here is what I said previously

For anti spyware, see this post http://boards.fansub.tv/index.php?showtopi...indpost&p=32925

It won't slow your computer because it is on demand, not memory resident scanning. In other word, you scan when you want, otherwise, the program is not started. Its better this way for spyware, because you can simply start a scan every few weeks.

For anti virus, there is clam http://www.clamwin.com/. But the problem is that it does not have an real time scanner. That is bad for an anti-virus.

But 40$ for an antivirus is not really expensive considering all that you can loose of you get infected. There are many good commercial ones out there. I would highly recommend F-Secure (the largest one in use outside the US) There is also McAfee, Norton and a few others.
 
Some good advice, dont use norton, its a resource hog and not the best detections. 2 good ones that have a free edition are AVG and bitdefender. But still the best is not to go places where you can get virusses. Use firefox/opera as browser, Thunderbird as email program, dont open unknown email attachments, stay away from porn sites and cracks. Live by that rules and you will be pretty safe. Personly I rarely use an AV program.

A firewall is also a good idea. Sygate is free and its easy to set advanced rules with. Sadly its not developed anymore.

Or use linux
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No virus or spyware probs
 
if you use windows xp it has a built in firewall, so you won't need a specific app for that! as for spyware, i have to recommend spybot search & destroy -- it's amazing and free. another free anti virus i heard of is called antivir, or something like that.. maybe it's worth a try. and avoid norton at all costs: it's a resource hor alright, and sometimes it gets crazy and makes your computer unusable. it happened to more than one friend of mine.. having to format a computer because of a paid anti virus is something i'd never accept..

/jp
 
I wont trust the windows firewall on the long term. I also use it atm but thats because Im to lazy too load Sygate again and because Im already behind a M$ ISA.

I cant understand why people still use norton. One woman said she wanted a firewall and anti virus. I told het that she can dl sygate and avg for free, but nooooooo she goes to the shop and buy the norton crap(she paid bout $50 for it). later she called me again because she has problems to install it. I almost told het that that was her own problem.
 
I use my Ad-Aware more than my AVG anti-virus check, mainly because I get crap over viruses. Hm, I didn't have issues with Norton when it was on my comp (free trial with new computer) but I wouldn't pay for it. I really disliked the McAffee one that also came with my computer though
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I must yet find an av prog Im happy with. Atm Im using Mcafee on one of my pcs but as a on-access scanner. Thus each time something is written to the hdd, it scans that file for a virus. It uses far less resources than running the full program 24/7.

M$ anti-spyware is also really good. Adaware is good, but using spybot too is far better, Ive seen some things slip past them if you use them on their own.

Try to scan with something like Stinger (http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger) weekly. Remember to rename 'stinger' to something like 'fdgfhgfgre' while scanning, some viruses interferes with a process with the name 'stinger'
 
QUOTE thanks bold for suggesting to make one! the thing is i got my pc reformatted... again... and i think the applications i'm using are not that effective... <_<so does anyone have a suggestion? also for me i need an anti spyware and an anti-virus software... it must not hog too much memory cause my pc is already slow... also it must be free and complete ( i mean no trial period or limited usage) (unless you guys know cracks and stuff! )

hope we could help each other here!
maybe u should try defraging your drive it will help in speeding up your pc and make more space.
 
You are all forgetting on very important class of virus. Trojan.
Of course running a firewall will help, but it won't protect you against 100% of them.

I would still say an anti-virus is a must if you want to use Windows. Because when you suddenly loose everythig when you need your computer most, you will really want to hit yourself for not running one.

@PsiPyro
The on-access scanner is the ONLY memory resident of an AV.

QUOTE (wwwww)speeding up your pc and make more space. Speed up, yes. Make more space, no.

But regular defrags are a very good practice
 
it actually does make a bit more space i read about it in a pc magazine. i defraged once and made around 50mb more space
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because defraging is the ridding of old deleted fragments of data.
 
The safest will be to set you firewall to only let trough following ports. (there will be other is you use torrents or msn, etc)
21 (ftp)
25 (smtp, thus outgoing mail)
80 (http)
110 (incoming mail)
443 (ssl, thus https)

QUOTE The on-access scanner is the ONLY memory resident of an AV.
Its the main part but no, the program itself is also running(when you can see it in the startbar)

@wwwwww
congrats you have space for one more LQ RM episode
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QUOTE (PsiPyro @ Feb 20 2006, 05:57 AM)The safest will be to set you firewall to only let trough following ports. (there will be other is you use torrents or msn, etc)
You realize that this is a firewall config for a server not a client right?

Local ports 80 and 21 should definatly not be available unless you are running a web or ftp server on your machine, which most people don't . You want dynamic ports to be open FROM port 80 and 21 (if your firewall support rules based on remote ports as local ports)

Anyway, this is getting a bit too technical for most people. I mean regular users don't care about firewalls and ports. They want a straigth forward, user friendly interface with a simple configuration in a few steps. It won't be optimal, but it will work and that is all most people care about.
 
Yup youre right. Its the remote ports you want opened. Thats one reason why I like Sygate. Oh boy I sounds like a sygate salesman
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Ya guess so. Not everyone needs a pc that is as safe as a CIA server. But isnt it fun to talk about security.?
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One of my friends is so scared of being hacked, he is doing anyting in his power to make his pc safe. He is going to get an old pc to act as a firewall, and is going to load mikrotik or IPcop on it to make sure his pc is well hidden from preying eyes. Not that I know why he is so scared of being hacked
 
QUOTE (davidw89 @ Feb 21 2006, 04:32 AM) Norton Anti Virus > all
what is supposed to be the meaning of this comment??
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If you mean Norton is better than anything else, I would be curious to know on what you base that affirmation? Norton does the job, but so does many other product. So why give such support to a single product that, in my view, varies in quality depending on the version?
 
I have to agree there Norton Anti Virus > all in the amount of resources used
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Think Norton is easy to install and configure(and ofcause marketing), thats why its so popular. I dont about the new versions for the firewall but the one I tested I couldnt set up good advanced rules.
 
QUOTE (Angel453455 @ Feb 19 2006, 08:22 AM) thanks bold for suggesting to make one!
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the thing is i got my pc reformatted... again...
dry.gif
and i think the applications i'm using are not that effective... <_<so does anyone have a suggestion? also for me i need an anti spyware and an anti-virus software... it must not hog too much memory cause my pc is already slow... also it must be free and complete ( i mean no trial period or limited usage) (unless you guys know cracks and stuff!
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hope we could help each other here!
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I doubt there are many free/complete anti-virus and anti-spyware. with that said don't be cheap and go buy norton antivirus for viruses.

what I reccomend for anti-spyware is spy sweeper, it is a good and simple program. I really enjoy it, having this and norton for nearly a year I haven't had any problems with my CPU in this field - I get errors from other stuff which is non related to this.

again don't be cheap and go buy them so your CPU is safe.
 
Some free AV, all of the pretty good. I mentioned some of them before.
Antivir (http://www.free-av.com)
AVG(http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1)
Bitdefender(http://www.bitdefender.com)

You are also making the fault many other people make. With pc software more expensive is not always better. Take Apache web server for example, it free and open source. It runs most websites on the internet(I have a figure of 80% in my head, but Im not sure) Apache is usally running on a redhat/fedora linux platform(also free for the older versions, you only need to pay for the redhat enterprise edition).

Never used spy-sweeper before.

So your CPU is safe
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rather say your data is safe.
 
I used to use AVG-free, adaware and winxp firewall.
But i got a new ISP who have there own brand of spyware, antivirus and firewall program and wasnt happy until i deleted the others of my system, apart from xp firewall. It seems to do a pretty good job and i use it with microsoft antispyware, which in my opinion does and awesome job.
I brought a new router with NAT and other firewall settings, and my computer has pretty much been bug free for about a year.

I also use firefox and a few of its better security plugins.
 
QUOTE (PsiPyro @ Feb 21 2006, 03:49 PM)So your CPU is safe
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rather say your data is safe.
He meant computer. Some people use CPU as if it was an acronim of computer instead of Central Processing Unit.
For those of you who don't know, the CPU is a chip on th mother board. Its that chip that is called Pentium4 and so on.

And I agree, more expensive is not necessarily better. At least for a general consumer. If we talk about a business, the requirement change (for example, business like to have some one to sue if things go wrong
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But be carefull with free AVG. They can sometimes be oaxs invested with virus themselfs. It happend before. Just be carefull and read some independant reviews before choosing one.
 
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