Hi NoNoBadDog,
Please be more specific. What protection software (all of them please) would
you have on your computer?
Thanks.
I'm not NoNoBadDog, but my current setup is SP2 (fully up to date and with
default settings), EZ Antivirus, Microsoft Antispyware, and the Windows
firewall. That's it. I agree with the posters who advise you to stay away
from Symantec or Norton, although not because these products are insecure.
If you don't like CA (maker of EZ Antivirus), I would rank Trend Micro a very
close second.
I totally agree with the posters who say that security is a process, and by
far the most important part of that process is a strategy of avoidance rather
than after-the-fact detection and repair after some POS has already
compromised your machine. Your best protection is education -- know what
security threats are and what you the user can do to prevent them from
compromising your machine. Virtually all crudware lands on a machine because
the user deliberately puts it there, almost always without understanding how
or why. There is simply no better protection for your machine than the gray
matter between your ears.
Ken