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Old 10-22-2005, 03:28 PM
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I mostly use Panda, Spysweeper, and NoAdware.
You?
Firefox\IE
Firewall: Zone Alarm Pro (Computer Associates anti-virus)
Trend Micro: (when doing a all-in-one Fix-it utilities)
Avast: On standby (ran bi-weekly for 3rd opinion)

Paid for Anti-Spyware:
Aluria
Spy Sweeper
EPest patrol
Spy Catcher

Free:
Spybot
Ad-AwareSE
CW Shredder
SpywareBlaster
ZA spyware scanner
Fix-it utilities spyware scanner
Hijack this
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Old 10-23-2005, 02:51 PM
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You people should really try Panda Platinum Internet Security 2006.
You can download the evaluation version here: http://www.pandasoftware.com/downloa...ry=US&sec=down
Try it and tell me what you think.
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Old 10-25-2005, 08:19 PM
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I use Lavasoft Ad-Aware and Spybot, that's it. I am thinking about not using spybot anymore cuz it is not as useful as it used to be.
Running Windows XP SP2 with the built-in firewall, I never get any virus except sometimes worms that Ad-Aware detects and destroy.
Anti-Virus don't do **** nowadays. For gamers like me, all the anti-virus do is make you lose 1 or 2 fps and a few MBs on your hard drive. I also p2p a lot using Shareaza and Limewire, and the worst I ever got was a puny little worm.

#1 security rule: surf the web wisely. (-90% of potential threats)
#2 : keep ur OS updated (-9%)
#3 : use a good anti-spyware, namely Ad-Aware (-1%)

And that's it IMO.
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Old 10-25-2005, 09:13 PM
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AVG Free

Spybot S&D

Adaware SE

ADSL modem hardware firewall

XP firewall

Never had a virus or hack yet
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Old 10-25-2005, 10:29 PM
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Anti-Virus - AVG
Spyware - S+D, SpywareBlaster, MS AntiSpyware
Firewall - Sygate
Privacy - Peer Guardian

And the best piece of security around....Firefox
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Old 10-25-2005, 10:44 PM
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Running Windows XP SP2 with the built-in firewall....
Which is well known to be rubbish.
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I also p2p a lot using Shareaza and Limewire, and the worst I ever got was a puny little worm.
haha
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...surf the web wisely...
Most people would say surfing the web with no AV running is NOT doing anything "wisely".
Hope you stay lucky.
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