Wat tools do u use to secure ur PC?

[drgrudge]

Hohahahahahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I started laughing as soon i read the link but after it loaded welllllll
IT REALLY ROCKS MAN !!!!!

Thnx for an eye catching link title and a useful post at oobertech.

Thanks man. I posted at Neowin also.. it got 800+ views in 6 mins flat 8)
What do you think of it? Do you agree with me? PPl are too paranoid abt securing their PC.

 

[sba]

A few people are definitely crazy in here. Whats the use of so many AVs, Spyware hunters...?
Anyways, I use iptables and privoxy. Thats it...

 

[drgrudge]

One question:
For all the ppl who use AV, Firewalls , anti-sypware and other "Security" features. Don't you get affected? I had AV's and firewalls installed long ago and I had my windows corrupted and all .dll files were deleted. So I have learnt my leason the hard way


@sba,
I have replied to your post at my thread {Are "Condoms" required?}.

 

[alib_i]

I'm not a member of Oobertech .. so I'll reply here !

I completely agree with drgrudge...
3 points..
1. P2P is unnecessarily labelled as dangerous. I've been using P2Ps (Kazaa, Bittorrent, DC++, eDonkey, Shareaza everything) since last 4-5 years .. I've never seen my computer infect with any virus/worm etc. People have quite uselessly created this *air* or suspicion behind P2Ps.
2. Heating Probems .. baah .. too overrated again. My comp is ON for 24hrs .. never had any problem ( but well then my system is quite humble )
3. AntiVirus/Firewall/Spyware Protection:: yaar tell me one thing .. spywares slow your computer down .. so what's the point in keeping heavy AV+Firewalls which also do the same job .. slow it down .. eat resources just like a spyware.

achhaa .. anyways
whether windows requires protection or not ...
Condoms are required ! LOL

-----
alibi

 

[drgrudge]

@alib_i and others,
Lets not hijack this thread


If you want to reply to my "erotic article", plz join oobertech or plz start a new thread where we can discuss whether to discuss to use condoms or not

 

[cooltarun]

Firewall: OutPost
AntiVirus: Avast
Anti-Spyware: Spybot S&D

 

[siriusb]

I agree with those points for not using prophylactic devices in a network too.
But then again, there's always the chance for a networked computer to catch a virus when dealing with strangers
Ok, enough double talk. I just wanted to know if my nvidia hardware firewall in the nf4 ultra chipset competent enough.
Right now, I don't have an antivirus. I do monthly online scan at trnedmicro.

 

[Sreekanth V]

How many bandwidth, online scanners need?

 

[siriusb]

Well, online scanners are not thorough but they can detect popular virii. When u first visit the housecall website, u will be downloading the engine, This will be about 10 or so MB. Then every time come again only the latest virus definitions gets loaded. This is about 2 or 3MB i guess. Then u can scan offline from the browser.

 

[Keith Sebastian]

<Wat tools do u use to secure ur PC?>

4 inch steel bolts and a couple of metal strips to secure my PC to the desk. Also, lock and key for all doors.

Symantec AV Corporate Edition v10 (Light and effective)
Default WinXP SP2 Firewall

-Keith

 

[kalpik]

Symantec Corporate 10 is light on your system? It takes around 60-100 MB RAM on my pc! How much does it take on yours?

 

[Generic Superhero]

I use the following to fortify my system:
Avast Antivirus Professional
Zone Alarm Professional
Spybot Search & Destroy

 

[vij26]

Microsoft Anti-Spyware
Avast Anti-Virus
Windows XP Firewall
I have also got an edited HOSTS file and i also use spyware blaster

 

[srijan007]

Somebody Help
Whent I ran PC security test 20005 it said 75%(good protection)
But my sys can't detect an unknown virus.
Which AV should I use

 

[kalpik]

PC security test 20005

MAN got to have that software! (Kidding!)
Actually there is no need to get soooo paranoid about computer security! I've seen ppl never get a virus even with AVG installed and i've seen ppl get viruses with kaspersky! There is NO such antivirus which will catch ALL the viruses. So u cannot be 100% secure. A lot depends on your surfing habbits. So i'd say safe hex is the way to be protected!

 

[fact_speaks]

See dude this depends if u use a lot of internet surfing U should defenetly consider Norton + Adware se + Antivirus guard+ Windowsxp firewall this combination does the trick & ur system will not get slow man try & let me know how the combination work if u want additional security through in Spybot this is good but this is not a user friendly software u have to be real good at computers.

 

[tarey_g]

just the windows firewall in sp2

Nothing else . No antivir too , just chk my comp for vir in 2 months. I never keep any antivir installed.

 

[QwertyManiac]

After Iloveu struct my win98 in 2000 there has been no more infections as i shifted to xp and used zone...

But i loved the virus a lot, good brains...

 

[Ashis]

Norton Internet Security 2005 + Microsoft Antispyware

Registry First Aid & Advanced System Optimizer !!!

Thats is.......They Do There Job !!!