Anti Virus

NOD32 is a good antivirus program! Did it occur to you that maybe there is nothing to find? Are you having malware problems? Are other scanners finding problems?

You just need a good antispyware blocking tool and also a firewall. Are you planning on buying these or are you looking for free tools?

 

That is not the current version! Download the correct version from us ( AntiVir Personal Edition 7 ) if you plan on using this. But do not install this if you still have NOD32 installed.

Yes but you have to eventually pay for it for continued support. You probably only had a trial version. Some files are supposed to be locked, but not ALL files. Did you really mean ALL files (not folders) are locked? Or did you just really mean some?

While A-squared is a somewhat exceptable tool, I find that it has too many false positives. What did you fix with it? Do you have a log?

 

All those free antivirus programs are good. If I had to pick one, right now I would choose AVG.

As far as antispyware tools, again it depends on whether you want to purchase one or use a free one. Spy Sweeper is probably one of the best tools but some people find it to be too resource intensive on their PCs. This can be dependent on your PC's system specs and how much RAM you have. If you are a reasonably responsible person and are careful about where your surf, what you download, how you download (like P2P or torrents), what you click on.....etc. You can easily just use a few free tools for a layered protection. An example would be:

• AVG Free Edition
• SpyBot-Search & Destroy - with SDhelper, use the Immunize feature, DO NOT use Teatimer
• SpyWare Blaster with all protection enabled
• Spyware Terminator or Comodo BOClean Anti-Malware
• and then a software firewall like one of the below should be used:
  • Comodo Personal Firewall
  • ZoneAlarmFree
  • PC Tools Firewall Plus

 

You need to install SpywareBlaster, Spybot & Spy Sweeper. SpywareBlaster is not a realtime blocking tool nor is it a scanner. Spybot when installed without Teatimer as we stated is also not a realtime blocker but it is a scanner. SpySweeper is a full realtime blocking, scanning and removal tool. Installing all three is what I referred to as layered protection. If you install SpySweeper, do not install Spyware Terminator or Comodo BOClean

If you like Comode Firewall, keep it.

 

I think you are missing the point of layered protection for antispyware. You need all three of the below:

- SpywareBlaster
- Spybot - with SDHelper and Immunize features enabled
- Spy Sweeper (or some other realtime antispyware blocking tool)

SpywareBlaster and Spbot setup as above will not use any system resources. Spy Sweeper will!

In addition to the above, you still need an antivirus and a software firewall.

 

No it is not as good as Spy Sweeper.

All firewall's do that the first time you run applications that it does not recognize. You have to tell it to allow or not allow and to always do the same thing. You are basically setting up the rules for what applications are allowed to be trusted.

 

No antispyware program is absolutely perfect! The layered approach of using tools like SpywareBlaster and Spybot along with a program like Spy Sweeper is the best approach. In addition Spybot also gives you a secondary scanner to run as a backup to what Spy Sweeper gives you. Before buying Spy Sweeper, I suggest you download it, install it, and check it out to make sure you do not have any problems with it. You can download it and read a little more about it here: Spy Sweeper This is a trial and will scan and does have some active shields but it will not fix/remove anything unless you buy it. At least this way you get to see what it is all about first.