Guest Trish Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Hi, there is so much information out there and different reviewers offer different suggestions. So what does Microsoft suggest? When I was using XP I had Lavasoft Adaware Personal 2007 and it worked fine. I have heard that Spybot is also good. I understand my system comes with Windows Defender (is that correct) but perhaps I need something else ??? Many thanks. -- Trish Quote
Guest Brink Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 Trish;736137 Wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Hi, there is so much information out there and different reviewers offer > different suggestions. So what does Microsoft suggest? When I was using > XP I had Lavasoft Adaware Personal 2007 and it worked fine. I have > heard > that Spybot is also good. I understand my system comes with Windows > Defender (is that correct) but perhaps I need something else ??? Many > thanks. > -- > Trish</span> Hi Trish, Defender is ok, but not enough on it's on. Spybot and Ad-Aware 2008 are some good free choices to have with it. You can find these and more in this list of free programs that I have tested in Vista without any problems. http://www.vistax64.com/software/115872-fr...list-vista.html Hope this helps, Shawn -- Brink There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them. ' VISTA FORUMS ' (http://www.vistax64.com) Please post feedback to help others. Quote
Guest Mick Murphy Posted June 4, 2008 Posted June 4, 2008 My Security Programs, and how to use them to remove problems. Vista’s Firewall works very well. http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html Avast Anti-Virus is Vista compatible (32bit and 64bit Versions), FREE, auto-updating, and a low resources user of your computer. And, only have 1(one) Anti-Virus installed / running on your computer at any one time.. Conflicts may occur if you have more than 1(one). http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html Spybot Search & Destroy 1.5.2 is a very good, FREE Anti-Spyware Program. Download, install, update, and immunize your System with it. Then SCAN with it. Update it, and scan your System once a fortnight. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html SpywareBlaster 4.0 is a non-intrusive, FREE Anti-Spyware Program that runs in the background (no scanning by you!). Update it once a fortnight, and let it do its work in the background! Important re: Safe Mode If you happen to find a problem that you can’t uninstall / delete, reboot the computer, and go into Safe Mode. To get into Safe mode, tap F8 right at Power On / Startup, and use UP arrow key to get to Safe Mode, then hit ENTER. RESCAN your computer with Avast and Spybot S & D while in Safe Mode. -- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "Trish" wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Hi, there is so much information out there and different reviewers offer > different suggestions. So what does Microsoft suggest? When I was using > XP I had Lavasoft Adaware Personal 2007 and it worked fine. I have heard > that Spybot is also good. I understand my system comes with Windows > Defender (is that correct) but perhaps I need something else ??? Many > thanks. > -- > Trish</span> Quote
Guest farbuncle Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 With spyware, its a case of the more the merrier. I use all three, Defender, Spybot and Adaware. So Far so good. "Trish" wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Hi, there is so much information out there and different reviewers offer > different suggestions. So what does Microsoft suggest? When I was using > XP I had Lavasoft Adaware Personal 2007 and it worked fine. I have heard > that Spybot is also good. I understand my system comes with Windows > Defender (is that correct) but perhaps I need something else ??? Many > thanks. > -- > Trish</span> Quote
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