Darth Andrew Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Lately, my family's one and only computer has been bombarded with pop-ups and spyware attempting to install everytime we turn the computer on. Ad-Aware SE Personal, Microsoft AntiSpyware, Norton Antivirus 2005, and Spybot-Search and Destroy have been our main forms of protection, and I usually check for updates and perform system scans with them daily. My questions are: Are there any other (preferably free) programs out there that would help against pop-ups, spyware, and viruses? Are some of the programs that I have currently installed ineffective? It would be greatly appreciated if anyone here who knows anything contributed, as the last time I didn't scan my computer for a prolonged period ended in it being debugged by a computer tech store.
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 What web browser do you use? Also, McAfee has a suite of software, that, when working in tandem, works very well against spyware and viruses. You can even completely lock down your computer from the internet when you don't need a connection to it. Plus, if you have Comcast, it's free, no strings attached.
Darth Andrew Posted February 18, 2006 Author Posted February 18, 2006 What web browser do you use?Stupid me. I use SBC Yahoo DSL, and I think it has a bit of protection, but I'm not really sure.
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 You should try FireFox then, http://mozilla.org
TiE23 Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Firefox, yes. Ever since I switched to it, not a single spyware or virus. Ever! I used to get 50 a week when I used IE primarily.
BongoBob Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 AVG Free ftw
TiE23 Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Firefox FTW http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v123/Tie23/Special/firefoxFTW.jpg
Nalukai Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Spybot Adaware SE Swat it: trojan/bot remover Firefox if you have all these installed then you should never have a problem with spyware again.
Katarn07 Posted February 19, 2006 Posted February 19, 2006 Firefox, yes. Ever since I switched to it, not a single spyware or virus. Ever! I used to get 50 a week when I used IE primarily. What he said. Norton is all I need, though I still have Adaware and Spybot on my PC but haven't used them in ages.
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