Have I Got Enough ?

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Robbie, Jan 14, 2005.

  1. Robbie

    Robbie Private E-2

    Hello Geeks,

    Seeking your personal opinions....

    As a believer in 'if it aint broke dont fix it' I am reluctant to down load
    too many anti-virus/firewall/cleaner/spyware etc etc progs - incase they
    interfere with other progs.

    I have Norton antivirus/firewall, updated MS criticals & spybot. These
    are checked for updates and sweeps every day. I don't dowload games or anything that I am not confident of.

    Question: Am I, in your opinions, protected sufficiently ?

    (XP Home, SP2, Broadband)
     
    Robbie, Jan 14, 2005
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  2. needasmoke

    needasmoke Private E-2

    firefox browser would add another layer of protection
     
    needasmoke, Jan 14, 2005
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  3. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    If using Norton's firewall, did you disable the one in Windows XP SP2. You should not have both enabled.

    Did you use Spybot's Immunize feature? You need an application like SpySweeper or SpywareBlaster that blocks spyware. See this link: How to Protect yourself from malware!
     
    chaslang, Jan 14, 2005
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  4. Robbie

    Robbie Private E-2

    Hi Chaslang, thanks for your reply.

    Forgive me for being i.t. ignorant, but it's like driving a car - I know what pedals to push, but couldn't adjust the timing belt !

    I have a thirst for knowledge, so can you explain why I shouldn't have the sp2 firewall running at the same time as the Norton firewall? and, what does the immunize feature do in 'Spybot' ? AND will 'spysweeper' etc run along side Norton &/or the SP2 firewall ?

    Thanks for your patience (perhaps one day I will be able to offer assistance to someone with even less i.t. savvy than me ! (Maybe not)

    Thanks again
     
    Robbie, Jan 14, 2005
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  5. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Having multiple firewalls can cause conflicts between the two and can cause you more grief in getting things to work since you need to allow/disallow items on both. It also causes additional waste of system resources (cpu cycles & memory) having two processes running and trying to do similar functions simultaneously.

    The Immunize feature in Spybot will enter a whole bunch of bad website addresses into your restricted zones of Internet Explorer making it block the ability to go there by mistake (or even on purpose). This protects you from all these baddies.

    Yes SpySweeper will run along side the others. Don't forget that SpySweeper is subscription based. You will only get one free update. You can continue to use it and it will work and will block but you will not get updates. If you want to go the all free route, look into SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard (they work together and are free). (and yes still keep Spybot).
     
    chaslang, Jan 14, 2005
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  6. Robbie

    Robbie Private E-2

    Chaslang - many thanks for your info and for giving it in layman's terms.
    We plebs (perhaps i'm the only one ?) owe you and the other guys/gals
    our gratitude.
     
    Robbie, Jan 14, 2005
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  7. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome Robbie!
     
    chaslang, Jan 14, 2005
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  8. ANHEDONIC

    ANHEDONIC Will Title For Food

    hey Robbie... i would highly recommend downloading Spyware Blaster offered here at majorgeeks... it's an EXTREMELY simple program to use and you don't have to leave it running in the background or anything in order for it to protect you... all ya do is open it up, update it, and voila... it blocks known spyware active X scripts and cookies and also blocks known spyware websites... i would definetely recommend using this program if you use Internet Explorer as your browser... right now i think it blocks 3300+ known spyware, and many MANY of the coolwebsearch variants....
     
    ANHEDONIC, Jan 14, 2005
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  9. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Hi MiDGeT, haven't seen you in here in awhile!

    An even better idea would be to read and follow this: How to Protect yourself from malware!
     
    chaslang, Jan 15, 2005
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  10. ANHEDONIC

    ANHEDONIC Will Title For Food

    hello Chaslang!

    I moved out of my apartment at school in mid August and back to Maryland, haven't had my pc connected to the internet for almost 4 months now. No modem in my PC and I haven't ordered broadband yet where i'm currently living (since it's only temporary)...


    Can't believe you're still here providing your invaluable help to the spyware infected internet community. Don't know how you do it! :) Glad to see there seem to be a few other Majorgeekers on the forum with a handle on the spyware problem (Philliephan).
     
    ANHEDONIC, Jan 15, 2005
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  11. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Yes! It's great to have help here! We are busier than ever.
     
    chaslang, Jan 15, 2005
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  12. Robbie

    Robbie Private E-2

    MiDGeT

    Thanks for your help and (like Chaslang) for putting it in simple terms

    Robbie
     
    Robbie, Jan 17, 2005
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