Re: How much protection?

"slick1" <slick1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:2D997DB7-F22F-4C72-83C7-4DAFCFC19401@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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), SuperAntiSpyware (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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I agree with most of what Robear said.
To add, though:
The most important safety program is the user. No matter what you install, if you browse dangerous sites and download dangerous programs you will get infected. Those who know what they're doing can run for years with nothing but a firewall and never get infected. Others can install everything you have listed and get infected in a week.

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
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