With understanding my fears have subsided and I am much more comfortable with less being better than more. Tucows shareware site bombarded us with multitudes of all sorts of programs that broadened my computer literacy. I believe, in my case anyways, that back in the mid 90's fear of all the unknown critters out there prompted me to try out many of the available security software critiqued on CNet and on the Kim Komando show. I was a firm believer in SS&D, AVG anti spyware, AVG anti rootkit and on and on. He does in fact though run several extra security programs on several of his 8 PCs in order to render assistance to those who use them. I dumped the Windows XP firewall in favour of ZA free but have found that another of my guru friends also sides with MSE and Win 7 firewall as his only essential security program. I used to use 6 anti-spyware along with Avast anti-virus only. I tend to agree with Hans and Joe in that over protection is overkill. I still run a MalwareBytes scan from time to time, and it doesn't find anything. The only ongoing protection I use is the Windows firewall and Microsoft Security Essentials. Now, on my new Windows 7 PC, I don't use SpywareBlaster either. I ran extra scans with MalwareBytes AntiMalware, but it always reported my PC was clean. When my subscription ran out in September 2009, I uninstalled it from the Windows XP PC I had then, and - apart from Internet Explorer starting up considerably faster - I didn't notice any difference. I've come to doubt the need for programs such as SpywareBlaster. Because none of them caught everything, using several of them was considered the wise thing to do.Īll good AntiVirus programs nowadays offer a broad range of protection, not just against viruses, but also against spyware, rootkits, etc. In earlier years, when AntiVirus programs were just that, without AntiSpyware built in, programs such as Spybot Search & Destroy and SpywareBlaster offered much-needed additional protection. I'm sure that some (or many) Loungers will disagree with me, but here's my I use ZA free firewall and Avast anti-virus. Is it still a good choice? I run Malwarebytes and occasionally run Glary Utilities used to use Spybot S&D but dumped that when MWB came out. Hey Jude wrote:I use this on my XP desktop, but never installed it on 7.
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