Need an overview

system · 2006-09-08T09:31:32.000Z

since the norton internet security is expiring in 12 days ( came with the lapop ) I have a checklist of the firewall and virus protection so far:

Avast or AVG
Comodo free firewall
Jetico
I also have spyware terminator, adware se, spyware blaster, spybot.

Since I have been hearing comodo is so good I was wondering if anyone has opinions before I download it. Thanks.

system · 2006-09-08T10:55:45.000Z

firewall issues have been discussed numerous…try doing a search…in addition…i reckon you should remove any traces from symantec thoroughly using…

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039?Open&docid=2005092709200113&nsf=sharedtech.nsf&view=docid

Lisandro · 2006-09-08T11:51:54.000Z

I Mazza I post:1:

Avast or AVG

avast for sure 8)

I Mazza I post:1:

Comodo free firewall or Jetico

Comodo in my opinion. More flexible. Updates frequently. Forum support.

I Mazza I post:1:

I also have [b]spyware terminator, adware se, spyware blaster, spybot.

Keep all of them 8)

DavidR · 2006-09-08T13:38:15.000Z

Tech post:3:

I Mazza I post:1:

I also have [b]spyware terminator, adware se, spyware blaster, spybot.

Keep all of them 8)

I would support that but add the proviso not to have the ClamAV integration with spyware terminator (as Tech reminded me earlier ;D) as that effectively would be two resident AV installed on the same system which can cause conflicts.

[i]# Antivirus Integration[/i] - Spyware Terminator allows users to integrate an open-source antivirus program, ClamAV, in order to extend the ability to detect malicious programs both during the scan and within the Real-time Shield. Updates of the antivirus database are downloaded automatically with Spyware Terminator updates.

Lisandro · 2006-09-08T13:43:38.000Z

DavidR post:4:

I would support that but add the proviso not to have the ClamAV integration with spyware terminator (as Tech reminded me earlier ;D) as that effectively would be two resident AV installed on the same system which can cause conflicts.

They won’t conflict, avast and ClamWin, and you won’t have troubles as the way ClamWin signatures are used to scan.
Of course, you’ll have resources being used, but this is another history

DavidR · 2006-09-08T14:16:18.000Z

Because ClamWin is an on-demand scanner, however they are trying to do something different with this integration, read the quote again, “allows users to integrate an open-source antivirus program, ClamAV, in order to extend the ability to detect malicious programs both during the scan and within the Real-time Shield.”

system · 2006-09-08T22:50:16.000Z

thanks for all the comments.

system · 2006-09-09T00:59:25.000Z

Hi Mazza :

  Since you have SpywareBlaster, it would be best to
  uninstall Spybot because : 1) Its Updates MAY "reverse"
  some of SpywareBlaster's "protection" ; 2 ) Its quality
  has fallen off recently . Better to have the good & FREE
 "Ewido" from www.ewido.net/en .
   AND better to replace "Spyware terminator", with its
  Developers "checkered past" with SUPERantispyware
  ( FREE ver ) from www.superantispyware.com, who's
   Developer does NOT have a "checkered past"; there
   is a thread in our "General" forum on the "Terminator".

system · 2006-09-09T04:34:07.000Z

thanks, but I have had no conflicts with spybot and spywareblaster.

system · 2006-09-09T06:17:24.000Z

Spiritsongs,
You made this comment:

“Since you have SpywareBlaster, it would be best to
uninstall Spybot because : 1) Its Updates MAY “reverse”
some of SpywareBlaster’s “protection” ; 2 ) Its quality
has fallen off recently .”

I have had both applications for quite a while. How would I know if Spybot was reversing Spywareblaster’s protection? Usually Spybot doesn’t find anything anyway, but many seem to say it is a good app to have. ??? ???

I also use Ewido to scan once a week.

Ro Ro 8)

system · 2006-09-09T09:20:15.000Z

I used to use Spybot, it is still installed but mot updated and used.
I got tired of having problems with the update.
Also it uses a lots of CPU when scanning, freezes my over heating CPU.

So I use lavasofts one and sometimes scan with a2 online scanner too. and kaspersky online scan etc.

I never liked teatimer taking so much resources and bad popups.

Bluesman · 2006-09-09T11:17:04.000Z

I Mazza I post:1:

Since I have been hearing comodo is so good I was wondering if anyone has opinions before I download it. Thanks.

Comodo Firewall is a GREAT firewall, and it works very well with Avast! No problems here at all.

system · 2006-09-09T21:34:14.000Z

Hi Ro Ro :

  The best way to know IF Spybot's Updates are 
 "disabling" some of SpywareBlaster's "Items" is
  to go to SpywareBlaster's GUI AFTER a Spybot
  Update and see if it says something more than
 "0 items have protection disabled" in either of the
   top 2 lines !?

Lisandro · 2006-09-09T22:52:43.000Z

Spiritsongs post:13:

The best way to know IF Spybot’s Updates are “disabling” some of SpywareBlaster’s “Items”

Is there any way to prevent this to occur? :-\

system · 2006-09-10T03:38:49.000Z

it doesn’t do that on mine.

system · 2006-09-10T05:12:21.000Z

Hi Tech :

  The answer to your question may be on the Spybot
   Support Forums at : http://forums.spybot.info .
  I vaguely remember the topic being discussed, but do
  NOt remember if it was on Spybot's forum and/or the
  SpywareBlaster forum at Wilders or both !?

TedNelly · 2006-09-10T07:37:07.000Z

I to have noticed some small glitches between Spybot and Spywareblaster
no biggie really. If on the very odd occasion S&D causes a problem, I just re-enable the total protection in SpywareBlaster and re-immunize in S&D works ok for me.
I usually check for updates for them both at the same time.

DavidR · 2006-09-10T11:54:31.000Z

I have never seen it do that on my system either and I have used both for over three years.

system · 2006-09-10T13:41:44.000Z

I have neither noticed anything. Sure I have seen sometimes that there are unprotected items, but not sure what caused them.
Only, SpyBot’s update system, sometimes it hangs and I need to stop the program from Task Manager is really annoying. Plus it takes too much CPU when scanning and that teatimer that is not even running now, was also a resource hog.

Has been at least a month since I used SpyBot last time, might take a look to see if it is behaving. It used to save me by letting stupid Kazaa from startup in something like 3 years ago. Then it was usefull.

And then MS antispyware deleted all my songs I had downloaded, hehe. I had Kazaa uninstalled, but the songs were in that directory, so it quaranteened it or something, but I could not get them back. What can one say of usefullness of that MS antispyware beta, if it quaranteened a folder with no programs there left. Might have gotten better, but not running it either.

Lisandro · 2006-09-10T13:51:21.000Z

Spiritsongs post:16:

I vaguely remember the topic being discussed, but do NOt remember if it was on Spybot’s forum and/or the SpywareBlaster forum at Wilders or both !?

I couldn’t find anything…

Jarmo P post:19:

I have neither noticed anything. Sure I have seen sometimes that there are unprotected items, but not sure what caused them.

Look the screenshot.

Jarmo P post:19:

Only, SpyBot’s update system, sometimes it hangs and I need to stop the program from Task Manager is really annoying. Plus it takes too much CPU when scanning and that teatimer that is not even running now, was also a resource hog.

There is a setting to use low CPU, as you may know…

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