Amount of protection on pc

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You know what? The others will try to confuse you by telling you their fanboyish opinions about their favourite antivirus, antispyware, hips, ips, firewall whatever

But the key to being safe, besides be careful with downloads is to ensure as much as possible on your system is fully patched.

And I don’t just mean windows… I mean your browser, Java, realplayer, quicktime, flash, etc etc

But there are so many patches out there and who has time to keep up? Worse yet, many of the autoupdates don’t work well! The solution is either

http://secunia.com/software_inspector/

or

https://psi.secunia.com/

They will tell you what is unpatched. And how to patch them…

This alone will secure your computer more than using any piece of security software…

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You know what? The others will try to confuse you by telling you their fanboyish opinions about their favourite antivirus, antispyware, hips, ips, firewall whatever

The one-and-only Lusher hath spoken!

All kneel! All kneel!

http://donaldbroatch.users.btopenworld.com/kneelsuckerssmiley.gif

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The one-and-only FreewheelinFrank hath posted his reply…
And here we go again with another thread headed for the garbage heap… :cry:

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Now now guys, lets not fight (i love you all ;))

Although lusher does have a point, its not all about on-demand scanners and Resident Protection software, prevention is in the end the best combatant, patching a system is vital, alot of people don’t release how insecure old media players/archive unpackers/java/adobe products/browsers etc really are, keeping them up to date is very important.

The only exception is realplayer, this program is insecure no matter how upto date it is (seriously, block this intrusive media player with your firewall), only good for the realmedia codecs.

Also when it does come to scanners, everyone has their preference, its called human nature (ironically human nature is what gets us into most problems in life ;D)

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Software is good, also keep in mind to set up the OS good. Here is some hints that can be useful :slight_smile:
http://www.markusjansson.net/exp.html

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:smiley: :smiley:
Thanks to everyone for your input.
Its good to see that you all get on so well??!! :wink:
I agree that the biggest problem with the PC IS sat in front of it!!
But I AM trying.
I have taken on board all your comments and will look to all the information that is given. Honest!!
I do feel a little more comfortable now with the systems I have in place, oh and I have run the system check on patches, as suggested by lusher, only showed 2 out of date items which will be easily updated, Ta very much!!
Keep up the good work, maybe catch up with you with another question soon!!
Many thanks again.
JPS

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Just for the sake of curiousity what were the two? You do know that even one is sufficient for you to get nailed?

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:slight_smile: :slight_smile:
Hi lusher.
The 2 programmes were Abode Reader 6x and Quick Time 6x.
Do you think I should use the wizard to patch these 2 items or do a direct download link, there seems to be a lot of data with both, or is that normal??
Thanks again.
JPS.

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If you don’t use them, uninstall them!

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Both are very old so make sure you get the latest versions if they are something you use often.

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Don’t be insulting, a famous malware fighter like Polonus obviously knows this.

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Hi lusher,

Yes, yes, and every anti spyware solution has to come up with a anti rootkit feature now. Spybot S$D launched RootAlyzer beta, and SAS 3.0 also comes with a anti rootkit module to-day. Avast has a stand-alone anti rootkit. Obvious question to you. "Do you think that anti malware vendors are copying each others features?

polonus

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Huh? How the heck is this on topic? Your question is off-topic. Try starting a new thread.