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Answer» Hello. I've been dealing with viruses on my PC for the last few months. I recently purchased an HP dv7t laptop. I want to give it the best protection against what is out there. Right now, I've got Zone Alarm on it (we already had ZA on the PC). Is there something I can add (like SASW, MBAM, SpyWare Blaster) to make it more secure? Does anyone know a little about Security Task Manager ?You want a GOOD anti virus utility. I use Kaspersky, but there a bunch of good ones (Avira, Avast, Nod, NORTON, etc). Pick one, install it, keep it updated, and make sure it is resident AT ALL TIMES. Don't let anyone tell you the one he or she uses is "best" (we always want to think what we do is right). Just go with a name brand. You do understand that ZoneAlarm is not an anti-virus? Depends on what version. ZoneAlarm Internet Security is a full security suite. Antivirus, firewall, antispyware plus all of the extras. http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/zonealarm-computer-security-suite.htm Quote from: evilfantasy on December 23, 2009, 05:11:28 PM Depends on what version. ZoneAlarm Internet Security is a full security suite. Antivirus, firewall, antispyware plus all of the extras. http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/zonealarm-computer-security-suite.htmIf that's what the OP had, they wouldn't be asking for an anti-virus, would they?Also, many old AV programs ... will work on new laptops! http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage Quote from: SuperDave on December 23, 2009, 05:07:39 PM Also MicroSoft Security Essentials. Free to registered users. I agree with SuperDave. Quote from: Computer_Commando on December 23, 2009, 05:35:12 PM If that's what the OP had, they wouldn't be asking for an anti-virus, would they? Just keeping things factual. They seem confused because they are asking about AV's but mentioning antimalware software. Quote from: TriciaM on December 23, 2009, 04:14:18 PM Is there something I can add (like SASW, MBAM, SpyWare Blaster) to make it more secure? Also Security Task Manager is a good program. Though I prefer Autoruns and Process Explorer.Sorry for the confusion. I have ZA Extreme right now on my laptop. I'll try to be clear........The reason I'm concerned about JUST having Zone Alarm Extreme is that I had Zone Alarm (the regular version) on my desktop, and it didn't seem to STOP much from coming in. Had a lot of virus problems. Now that I have a new laptop I wanted to make sure that it is properly protected. I do realize now that the previous Zone Alarm that we had was probably not the true antivirus program (I may be using the wrong terms here.) that we have now. I wanted to also ask about using malware/spyware detecting programs in addition to the Zone Alarm Extreme. i would sugges microsoft security essentials. it is free, small file and very effective. the best part of it is it will never slow down ur systemZone Alarm Extreme has everything plus some extra protection not offered by most paid security software. ZA has been around for a long time now and has passed the TEST of time. Nothing is bulletproof. In addition to that. Sensible surfing and downloading is all that's required. I run very little as far as antivirus/antimalware is concerned and I visit a bunch of websites looking for information on malware. Haven't gotten infected, accidentally ANYWAY, in years.Thanks for the info. My children will not have access to my laptop, so I have the feeling that most of those problems will stop. avira premium suite(paid one) take less resourses,never slow down pc,detection rate number one in this whole world,firewall,webguard,mail guard are awesome, or u can go with eset nod32 |
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