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Hey guys.
Based on suggestions from the fourm, I changed my programs last year to the following:

MSE
Malwarebytes
CCleaer

I have not had any problems since with speed or viruses, but wanted to see if there was anything better being used now.
 
That's about all you really need.....I always keep Spybot S&D on-hand though....as well.....though, it is kind of "archaic" - like so totally, Windows 98-ish
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But they are still alive and actively developing the suite.....
 
IMO some of the best ways to protect your PC are just practices.

Use a different browser with fewer exploits, Firefox or Chrome, and use a "user" account to surf the web, as opposed to a full admin account. Also make sure your admin account has a decent password.

In the end though, all I use is MSE, and I'll occasionally get a second opinion and use Trendmicro Housecall (Web based) just to see.

I don't even have virus/spyware protection on my laptop... It runs great.

(All my machines are Win7 X64)
 
Malwarebytes, FOR THE WIN!

Software is simply -awesome.-

I have not had much luck with AVG, though it is good in its free version. And Antivir is a good one, though slightly strange.

AVG Free and Malwarebytes is totally all you need.

OH.. I also run CCleaner absolutely every single time I turn off the computer.

I also avoid known sites for viruses, most of the time they ARE porn sites, and tend to be obvious.
 
Originally Posted By: GGorman04
Hey guys.
Based on suggestions from the fourm, I changed my programs last year to the following:

MSE
Malwarebytes
CCleaer


MSE and Malwarebytes should be sufficient. I used to run CCleaner in the past, but I've stayed away from it ever since its registry cleaner messed up one of my machines. Maybe just use it occasionally to remove the temporary files.
 
Combofix is a great way to save the computer after it's been infected. Used to use that at my old job all the time - it did a great job of cleaning up.
 
The best protection available is still a sandbox/virtualization program that can isolate running programs. Most anti-malware programs are utilizing sandboxing now.
 
Originally Posted By: GGorman04
Hey guys.
Based on suggestions from the fourm, I changed my programs last year to the following:

MSE
Malwarebytes
CCleaner

I have not had any problems since with speed or viruses, but wanted to see if there was anything better being used now.


As noted in a reply earlier, you are missing Spybot S&D.
I just ran Spybot and it caught 72 cookies files that was missed by deleting all my cookies thru the Tools option in Firefox 17.
 
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Originally Posted By: GGorman04
Hey guys.
Based on suggestions from the fourm, I changed my programs last year to the following:

MSE
Malwarebytes
CCleaner

I have not had any problems since with speed or viruses, but wanted to see if there was anything better being used now.


As noted in a reply earlier, you are missing Spybot S&D.
I just ran Spybot and it caught 72 cookies files that was missed by deleting all my cookies thru the Tools option in Firefox 17.


Those cookies could have been from a different browser... and cookies are rarely evil
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Originally Posted By: GGorman04
Hey guys.
Based on suggestions from the fourm, I changed my programs last year to the following:

MSE
Malwarebytes
CCleaer

I have not had any problems since with speed or viruses, but wanted to see if there was anything better being used now.

Good choices. What I use. MSE has come a long way. I would add a custom winapp.ini for ccleaner. WAY more in depth cleaning than regular ccleaner defaults. Use the Trim.bat from the site provided below to increase performance once you install the new rules. BE CAREFUL checking them off. Ad Block Plus extension for your Firefox browser. Use the easy list.

http://www.winapp2.com/downloads.html
 
I'm a little disappointed with MSE right now,twice i picked up a dialer,fake something or another and it blew right by MSE without even lifting an eye brow!,thought about deleting it and tying something else,this last infection i need all 4 to clean it,ESET,Maywarebyets,SAS and SypBot finally got out. not happy.
 
what browser are you using? are you using torrents/fileshare apps? Have you installed any freeware recently?
 
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No anti-virus is 100%. Infections through browsers with weak security are common. Suggest you abandon IE7, install Firefox. Then install the Ad Block Plus extension (for starters). That should tighten things up quite a bit and make your web surfing a whole lot faster.
 
Depends on what infection you got, and how it installed itself. Each of the tools you used function differently, scan for different things. Not defending MSE at all. But no antivirus can stop everything. One reason is it can't scan everything you do on your system. Browsers and point to point connections are a couple of examples. A clever hacker can exploit them. Another reason - until a new infection is reported to the anti-virus developer, everyone's vulnerable to a new attack. Once there is reporting on the new attack, anti-virus definitions are pushed globally to prevent further attacks. You get the virus before that, no anti-virus can stop it.

The short answer is you can't rely on anti-virus protection alone. Its one tool in the tool box if that makes sense. Dump IE7 asap! May be wrong, but pretty sure its not supported anymore leaving it vulnerable to new hacks.
 
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I know no program can do it all thats why we use layered protection but you would have thought it should have caught one at least. Anyway yea may be doing different things here soon.

Oh and by the way i apologize this machine uses IE9.
 
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