Recommendations for Anti malware on Home premium

[Guest Gordon]

I've just ditched OneCare owing to the total inability of MS support to

understand and reply to an infuriating but very straightforward and simple

problem I had with it.

So I need recommendations for a (hopefully) free Malware app that I can set

a schedule up in. (I already have Acronis Home for backup and I'm trying

Antivir for AV)

 

Thanks

[Guest SIW2]

Gordon;860773 Wrote: <span style="color:blue">

> I've just ditched OneCare owing to the total inability of MS support to

> understand and reply to an infuriating but very straightforward and

> simple

> problem I had with it.

> So I need recommendations for a (hopefully) free Malware app that I can

> set

> a schedule up in. (I already have Acronis Home for backup and I'm

> trying

> Antivir for AV)

>

> Thanks</span>

 

Hi Gordon,

 

I have heard Avira is pretty good.

 

However, a lot of members of this forum use the Avast free home edition

- it has a lot of features and is automated. Does a great job, too -

since I have been using it , Windows Defender has never had anything to

do.

 

'FREE avast! antivirus 4.x Home Edition, anti-spyware & anti-rootkit

for Windows' (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html)

 

Secunia psi is another good free app. - checks everything is fully

patched and up to date

 

'Secunia PSI | Security Download | PC World'

(http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,...escription.html)

 

 

Hope that helps

 

SIW2

 

 

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SIW2

[Guest mike-cow]

I've become a huge supporter of Norton Internet Security 2009... It's

the best thing since... forever... Do NOT get the earlier versions, they

are horrible. style_emoticons/

 

 

--

mike-cow

 

- But being as I have no major in rocket science, the most technical

education in the world, and would leave your computer clean as new,

you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya,

punk?

[Guest Jon Wallace]

I've used Kaspersky on Vista since Vista existed without problems... I have

Kaspersky on all of my Vista machines...

 

Thanks,

Jon

 

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"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message

news:O3sUA%23gLJHA.5232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> I've just ditched OneCare owing to the total inability of MS support to

> understand and reply to an infuriating but very straightforward and simple

> problem I had with it.

> So I need recommendations for a (hopefully) free Malware app that I can

> set a schedule up in. (I already have Acronis Home for backup and I'm

> trying Antivir for AV)

>

> Thanks </span>

[Guest MowGreen [MVP]]

Gordon wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> I've just ditched OneCare owing to the total inability of MS support to

> understand and reply to an infuriating but very straightforward and

> simple problem I had with it.

> So I need recommendations for a (hopefully) free Malware app that I can

> set a schedule up in. (I already have Acronis Home for backup and I'm

> trying Antivir for AV)

>

> Thanks</span>

 

AntiVir is good and so is Avast, which appears to be very compatible

with Vista. Some folks don't care for the nag screen that AntiVir uses:

 

Disable the Avira Antivir PE Classic avnotify nag screen

http://www.elitekiller.com/files/disable_antivir_nag.htm

 

Spyware Blaster is good for surfing protection while not passively

monitoring the system. ( It sets killbits in the registry )

a-squared (Free) is good at detecting/removing, but not preventing

malware unless one buys the paid version. It does have FPs that one must

do some research on.

 

 

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2009]

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Never Forgotten

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[Guest Mick Murphy]

A good overall security package:

 

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

 

Avast Anti-Virus is XP and 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 1.6 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 4.1 is a non-intrusive, FREE Anti-Spyware Program (no

scanning by you!).

SpywareBlaster prevents the installation of many so-called spyware, adware

and malware programs by disabling the CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX

controls, and also prevents the installation of any of them via a webpage

Update it once a fortnight.

 

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

 

Malwarebytes is as the name says, a Malware Remover!

For the Free version scroll down their page to either download from

Download.com, or Major Geeks.com

 

Download, install, and update.

 

--

Mad Mike

 

 

"Gordon" wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> I've just ditched OneCare owing to the total inability of MS support to

> understand and reply to an infuriating but very straightforward and simple

> problem I had with it.

> So I need recommendations for a (hopefully) free Malware app that I can set

> a schedule up in. (I already have Acronis Home for backup and I'm trying

> Antivir for AV)

>

> Thanks

>

> </span>

[Guest CTOS]

AVG has been good to me.

 

http://free.avg.com/

 

"Gordon" wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> I've just ditched OneCare owing to the total inability of MS support to

> understand and reply to an infuriating but very straightforward and simple

> problem I had with it.

> So I need recommendations for a (hopefully) free Malware app that I can set

> a schedule up in. (I already have Acronis Home for backup and I'm trying

> Antivir for AV)

>

> Thanks

>

> </span>