Re: How much protection?

To PA Bear: What would you recommend to replace AVG? (something free).

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

(Please don't use/add carats [ > ] for punctuation.)

Currently on my system I have Windows Firewall, AVG (free edition 7.5),
S*perAntiSpyware (free version 3.9), Spybot S&D (free version 1.5),
Ad-Aware 2007 (free edition), Spyware Blaster (free edition 4.0), Windows
Defender and Windows Malicious Software Tool.

Of all those applications, only AVG is an anti-virus application, and the
Malicious Software *Removal* Tool is not an installed application nor does
it provide any real-time protection.

Some would consider the real-time protections afforded by SAS, Ad-Aware
2007, Spybot, and Defender to be overkill. I'm one of them, but YMMV. If
it were my machine (and your browsing habits were as safe as mine), I'd
uninstall SAS, Ad-Aware, and Spybot...and replace AVG with something more
reliable and robust. Again, YMMV. One size does not necessarily fit all
here.

This is what's really important:

Before You Connect a New Computer to the Internet
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/before_you_plug_in.html

Also see:

Security FAQ & Checklist
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/8463
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


slick1 wrote:
After reading many and various posts in this and other Newsgroups, I am a
little curious and confused by what I read on the topic of how much
protection one needs on their system.
All MVP's seem to agree that only one Firewall is needed; good! But many
MVP's seem to disagree on how much anti-virus protection one needs. Some
say only one is needed, while others say two, three or even more are
needed.
Currently on my system I have Windows Firewall, AVG (free edition 7.5),
S*perAntiSpyware (free version 3.9), Spybot S&D (free version 1.5),
Ad-Aware 2007 (free edition), Spyware Blaster (free edition 4.0), Windows
Defender and Windows Malicious Software Tool.
Now my question is : Do I need all this anti-virus protection or just
one
or two? I get a little ticked having to update definitions all the time
and having my system slowed down while I'm trying to work because an
anti-virus program is running at the same time. I could also use the
disk
space and possibly, (hopefully), speed-up the boot time. My System: Acer
2450 laptop
Windows XP , Home Edition
SP2
Explorer 7
I would really appreciate any info or comments on this topic so I can
finally make a decision to remove or not to remove some of my anti-virus
programs. THANK-YOU !


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