malware?

[Guest]

what all is considered malware? i currently run windows defender,
superspyware and ccleaner. any additional steps? also, ive been getting tons
of junk in my email. any help is great.......

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "may" <[email protected]>

| what all is considered malware? i currently run windows defender,
| superspyware and ccleaner. any additional steps? also, ive been getting tons
| of junk in my email. any help is great.......

Malware is the name given to "bad software".

Malware comes in tow sub-types. Viral and non-viral malware.

Viral malware is best handled by anti vrus software.
Non-viral malware is best handled by anti spyware software.

What is SuperSyware ?
CrapCleaner (CClener is NOT anti malware).
Windows Defender is not the vest anti spyware application.

No where have you mentioned anti virus software.

I suggest you get Kaspersky or NOD32 anti virus software.
for non-viral malware I suggest the following...

Please download, install and update the following software...

* Ad-aware SE v1.06
http://www.lavasoft.de/
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
http://www.lavasoft.de/ms/index.htm

* SpyBot Search and Destroy v1.4
http://security.kolla.de/
http://www.safer-networking.org/microsoft.en.html

* SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

 

[Guest]

i have macafee protection and i was mistaken, i have superantispyware and
ad-aware.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "may" <[email protected]>

| i have macafee protection and i was mistaken, i have superantispyware and
| ad-aware.
|

Excellent !

The most important tool is YOU.

If you practice Safe Hex then there are now worries.

Realize spam is is just junk mail in email form.

If it bothers you institute an anti spam software. In my case I have Verizion as my ISP and
email provider. They provide BrightMail SpamDetector. I have enabled it on the Verizon
email server. To further reduce spam I use Pegasus Mail and its spam filtering capabilities
that use rules and regular expressions. At most I receive 1 or 2 spam messages per day.

 

[Guest]

i ran spybot search; if i have mcafee, is it allright for anti virus? i have
superantispyware and ad-aware.

 

[Richard Urban]

Malware =

1. Anything YOU did not knowingly install on your computer
2. Anything that compromises the operation of your computer's
functionality or safety
3. Basically, anything that YOU do not want on your computer, now or
ever.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

very helpful.. thank you.

Malware =

1. Anything YOU did not knowingly install on your computer
2. Anything that compromises the operation of your computer's
functionality or safety
3. Basically, anything that YOU do not want on your computer, now or
ever.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "may" <[email protected]>

| i ran spybot search; if i have mcafee, is it allright for anti virus? i have
| superantispyware and ad-aware.
|


Use ALL of them !