Some Vista questions:

I finally have a new computer, and I have Vista as the OS. It's been about 18 months since I last had a PC of my own, so I was wondering if:

Vista firewall is good enough, or should I disable it and use Zone alarm?

Is AVG antivirus still a viable option for me? I was fine with it under XP on my old PC.

Is Adaware still a good program with Vista?

Any other security/annoyance suggestions?

The PC I bought came with Yahoo toolbar in IE. Can I get rid of it?

Where is the Uninstall Programs feature in Vista? My PC came with 3 months free Norton, that I don't want, and I haven't activated, but I can't find the uninstall feature in Control Panel.

Thanks for any answers, folks. I appreciate them.

 

I am using AVG with Vista. No probs so far. (3 whole days)LOL

I uninstalled through CCleaner but it still showed up in IE so I deleted all Yahoo folders and then ran a reg cleaner looking for all mention of yahoo and deleted them. That's probably not a recommended way but worked for me.

In Control panel home listed under programs. Didn't know that when I got rid of yahoo.

Norton can be uninstalled through CCLeaner and then cleaned up with the Norton removal tool. http://www.majorgeeks.com/Norton_Removal_Tool_SymNRT_d4749.html

 

PS I am using the Win Firewall as I am using a router which also has it's own firewall. Not sure if there are probs with it though

 

Thanks musksnipe. I installed AVG and Adaware. Everything seems to be okay, touch wood.

 

Just an FYI,

I run Avast with Vista Ultimate with no problems.

For spyware, I have tested Adaware, Spybot S&D, AVG Spyware, A-squared, EMCO, HJT, Spyblaster and SpywareGuard with no issues. Also run Combofix ok, but it does kick up some error messages, but runs anyway.

 

No prob......I'm sure we both still have unanswered questions and maybe you will be helping me next time.