And do I need an anti-malware?
I have the following programs on my computer (it is running slow. I may have overdone it.) I don’t even know what they all do.
Norton (came with my computer)
AdAware
Avira AntiVir
AVG
ThreatFire
CCleaner
Glary Utilities
Smart Defrag
KeyScrambler
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6
I only want to use free stuff too. So what do I need and what should I uninstall?
I was thinking about uninstalling Norton (because it’s only free for a couple more months), and using Zone Alarm as my firewall.
Thanks for any help!!!
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3 responses so far ↓
1 ilknur K // Nov 11, 2008
I Recommend Uninstall Norton Go Start >Control PanelNorton Remove it Then Download Avira Anti-Vir Press here http://www.download.com/Avira-AntiVir-Personal-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10322935.html?tag=contentBody;mostPopTwoColWrap&cdlPid=10901492 Another Like
AVG
ThreatFire
CCleaner
Glary Utilities
Smart Defrag
KeyScrambler
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6 Do not put in you Computer and Put this Use Malwarebytes http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=contentBody;mostPopTwoColWrap&cdlPid=10896905 and Download SuperAntispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
2 ╔►BOBTHEQUESTIONANSWERER◄╝ // Nov 11, 2008
Having more than 1 anti-virus 2 aant-spyware and 1 firewall will render all anti-virus, spyware, and firewall programs useless
I recommend
Avira AntiVir
Comodo Firewall Pro
KeyScrambler(cool tool but barely works…)
CCleaner
Defraggler
Now uninstall everything except those=)
3 Willy // Nov 11, 2008
Oh jeez… You should only have one AV, not four. OK, you can probably use one and Threatfire, maybe, but I wouldn’t.
Select your free AV from these (Avast is good):
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-compare-home-professional.html
http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
http://www.free-av.com/en/products/1/avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html
Ad-Aware and Spybot are well past their best, use Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and SuperAntiSpyware (initiate scans manually):
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
http://www.superantispyware.com
OnlineArmor is an excellent free firewall, way ahead of ZoneAlarm free:
http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php
http://www.tallemu.com/easy_to_use_firewall.html
CCleaner is very good. Ditch the rest.
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