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Old 04-23-2010, 06:00 PM
 
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I was just wondering if ya'll had made any changes to what you use for antimalware and antivirus programs.

My wife pointed me to PC Magazine's opinions, today, but I really don't trust them.

I'm still happy with SuperAntiSpyware. Also I see there is a free version of MalwareBytes, now. I was happy with Avast on my old computer. So far I haven't gotten anything for my new puter, but I haven't been doing anything risky...
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Old 04-24-2010, 04:12 PM
 
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I used the WOT extension for Firefox along with Keyscrambler to encrypt my keystrokes. I also use Adblock Plus and NoScript. If you use this combination, you will be very safe. Even if malware or a keylogger is installed, you'll be pretty secure in knowing no logins or passwords will be stolen.
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Old 04-24-2010, 08:36 PM
 
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As a bit of insurance, I use KeyScrambler (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3383 - broken link). Do you use Avast or something similar?
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Old 04-24-2010, 10:10 PM
 
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I use kaspersky, but you can get M$ Security Essentials for free if you need an av prog.
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Old 04-26-2010, 09:59 PM
 
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A few good tips, here.
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Old 04-29-2010, 12:55 PM
 
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Microsoft security essentials is so much better than anything out there right now
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Old 04-29-2010, 10:33 PM
 
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Here is a good reference from one of the Cnet geeks re MSE. I'll try it.
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Old 04-30-2010, 07:10 AM
 
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I did a test before I formatted my HD because I was curious. I use to use spybot search and destroy, adware SE and malwarebytes. These were good programs at removing trojans AFTER they infected your system. I downloaded MSE and then downloaded as much porn on emule as i could in 24 hours as well as hit as many porn sights as i could. MSE stopped 90% of everything before it was even done downloading. Afterwards I did a scan with the other programs and all together they only found 1 infection which is pretty darn good considering i would normally find maybe 5 or 6 a week.
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Old 04-30-2010, 08:58 AM
 
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I have Avast, so I wonder if it can be run concurrently with MSE or do I need to get rid of Avast. An alternative would be to run Avast but run MSE when I want to with Avast suspended. Thoughts?
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Old 05-02-2010, 04:53 PM
 
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I downloaded MSE and then downloaded as much porn on emule as i could in 24 hours as well as hit as many porn sights as i could.

Any excuse is a good excuse to download porn, right?
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