windows 7

i recently purchased a computer with windows 7. i want to know if comodo anti-virus and firewall is better than windows defender and windows firewall. also is ok to use selective startup in system configuration utility as a application startup manager, or is that only for troubleshooting purposes? any info you can give me would be helpful.

 

I use Free Comodo Firewall + Defense+Sandboxie. My AV is Microsoft Security Essential. IMO I like what I am using so far.

Just remember there is NO perfect AV and No perfect Firewall and NO perfect answer to your question. YOU are the one sitting at the computer so enjoy it and be careful.:major

 

On my Win 7, I use windows firewall (but I also have a router & modem hardware firewall as well) and I prefer a different antivirus than windows defender. I use Avira Anti-vir. I've used Anti-Vir on every computer I've had and on 3 different OS's and I've always been satisfied. Here are a few tips from our very own chaslang on how to keep your pc safe.

No, it is not a good idea to use MSConfig to control start-ups. It is usually only for troubleshooting purposes. If interested, look through the programs here that can manage your start-ups for you . Here is another good thread by chaslang on why not to use MSConfig for startups. I hope this information helps you.

 

thank you for your help. i removed comodo and installed avira anti-vir and enabled windows firewall. i also set system configuration utility to normal startup. however i downloaded Start Right, but when i try to install it it says i don't have administrative permissions. but i am logged on as administrator. so i downloaded Startup List which appeared to be majorgeeks pick, but i can't figure out how to use it. could you recommend an easy to use startup manager.

 

i didn't know you could use windows defender with a real time anti-virus as well. thought it would slow down my computer. so i will enable windows defender and use avira anti-virus as well. but when you say, delete those startup programs that i don't want running all the time, I think i wiil use the startup manager in ccleaner since i may not want the program to run every time i start my computer but may want to run them sometime.

 

It seems windows 7 wants me to use selective startup as a startup manager all the time, not just for troubleshooting.

 

when i started up my computer, i got a message stating that too many programs that load at startup can slow down startup. it gave me an option to use selective startup to disable some of these programs on startup. I also removed avira anti-virus and downloaded AVG. so i'm using avg now, but in action center under security, it says that having windows defender and AVG both set to on slows down my computer. so i had to turn off windows defender.