October 18, 2007 at 18:44Useful software to protect your computer
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Here is the list of software that I use on my own and which protects against 99.99% of viruses and trojans:
1. Firewall. For a long time I used ZoneAlarm, but it has several disadvantages: firstly, it is not free, and hacked versions are not updated. Secondly, it uses some kind of buggy database for storing settings, which periodically spoils and all saved settings spoil with it (for this I nailed it). Thirdly, I recently came across a report on performance comparison, and so a computer with ZoneAlarm installed slows down most of all. Therefore, a free analogue, Comodo, was found and delivered. So far, first impressions are good.
2. Antivirus - I use Avira AntiVir. Advantages - free of charge and does not load the computer at work. Of the shortcomings, it is worth noting a slightly buggy update - sometimes the program can not connect to its own server.
3. Windows Defender. This is a program to clean up Trojans from Uncle Billy. I use it sooner to confirm that other programs clean as expected.
4. Spybot - the main program for cleaning and protecting your computer from trojans. Free, it works fine, you must use the “immunization” function.
5. SpywareBlaster is also a free program that basically “immunizes” a computer by adding pre-prepared site lists to the restricted category. It's funny that some sponsors who previously dabbled in spyvara, for example CoolWebSearch, are added there.
6. CCleaner - a program for cleaning from “garbage”, forgotten logs, lost temporary files, etc.
7. AutoRuns - a program for manually viewing and editing everything that automatically starts when the computer starts. If some unknown trojan skips through the protection, then it will probably be detected by this program, it needs to be launched somehow.
In order for all this to work, naturally you need to download all available updates for all programs.
Here is the list of software that I use on my own and which protects against 99.99% of viruses and trojans:
1. Firewall. For a long time I used ZoneAlarm, but it has several disadvantages: firstly, it is not free, and hacked versions are not updated. Secondly, it uses some kind of buggy database for storing settings, which periodically spoils and all saved settings spoil with it (for this I nailed it). Thirdly, I recently came across a report on performance comparison, and so a computer with ZoneAlarm installed slows down most of all. Therefore, a free analogue, Comodo, was found and delivered. So far, first impressions are good.
2. Antivirus - I use Avira AntiVir. Advantages - free of charge and does not load the computer at work. Of the shortcomings, it is worth noting a slightly buggy update - sometimes the program can not connect to its own server.
3. Windows Defender. This is a program to clean up Trojans from Uncle Billy. I use it sooner to confirm that other programs clean as expected.
4. Spybot - the main program for cleaning and protecting your computer from trojans. Free, it works fine, you must use the “immunization” function.
5. SpywareBlaster is also a free program that basically “immunizes” a computer by adding pre-prepared site lists to the restricted category. It's funny that some sponsors who previously dabbled in spyvara, for example CoolWebSearch, are added there.
6. CCleaner - a program for cleaning from “garbage”, forgotten logs, lost temporary files, etc.
7. AutoRuns - a program for manually viewing and editing everything that automatically starts when the computer starts. If some unknown trojan skips through the protection, then it will probably be detected by this program, it needs to be launched somehow.
In order for all this to work, naturally you need to download all available updates for all programs.