PC Security

[El Fangel]

Last night, I was subject to a particularly frustrating bit of Malware/Spyware

In short, it overrode my firewall and wouldn't allow net access (wanted to Google it to find out what it did and how to get rid of it)

Said my system had 29 viruses and was under attack from an IP address. Kinda difficult to do that when the Ethernet cable is not plugged in, but ok.

Anyways, ran Avast! and it came up with no results and then ran spybot and it showed 4 bits of Spyware and I have since deleted and immunized.

Having said that, what do you guys use for your web security? Any suggestions? I had a great setup on my old comp but cant remember what I had.

As of right now

Anit-Virus - Avast!
Anti-Spy/Malware - Spybot SnD

Should I get some new stuff as well?

[VSG]

I would recommend Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebyte's Antimalware. Both are free and work great while not consuming a lot of processing speed.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Just MS Security.

Don't forget to go to Spybot settings occasionally and tell it to do a scan when Windows starts. It will pick up more stuff when it scans before anything else runs.

[RoXer]

Can't believe anyone still gets spyware. I haven't had a spyware problem since 2003

[El Fangel]

Yeah, first I have had in a looooonnnggggg while.

[Downunder]

Just MS Security.

Don't forget to go to Spybot settings occasionally and tell it to do a scan when Windows starts. It will pick up more stuff when it scans before anything else runs.


Hasney is correct.

[Bad Company]

Avira antivirus
Firefox with Adblock Plus
Spybot, with windows immunized
MS anti spyware (built in)

You should never get a virus with that build.

[El Fangel]

Sound stupid,.but want it from a guy who knows. How do you immunize windows?

[The Rogerer]

I would recommend Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebyte's Antimalware. Both are free and work great while not consuming a lot of processing speed.This.

MSE is free and brilliant and doesn't automatically come with Windows (which I find commercially suspicious) so install that, and the free version of antimalware is great as a backup.

Most virus scanners are a joke, crippling performance and interfering with things. When I have to fix friends computers, it's often been that two antivirus' they've installed are having a fight.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

This.

MSE is free and brilliant and doesn't automatically come with Windows (which I find commercially suspicious)

They're not allowed to. They got in loads of trouble for bundling Windows with IE in Europe so they just don't bother bundling now.

[Bad Company]

Sound stupid,.but want it from a guy who knows. How do you immunize windows?

There's an immunize tab in spybot, just run that.

[Londoner]

I use avg free and microsoft security essentials.

[Lara Emily]

BTW a really great tool if your system is severely compromised is ComboFix. ComboFix | freeware (http://www.combofix.org/)

Technically it can brick your system apparently but I've run it like 4 or 5 times on 2 or 3 systems and it has always fixed my worst problems without any issue