i have uninstalled norton at last but now have avg free
plus microsoft firewall,the thing is, is this enough to
cover my computer against everything,i'm only a moderate user help!

Arthur

You need more..

Adaware SE - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/



SpyBot S&D - http://www.safer-networking.org/



SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html



Ewido - http://www.ewido.net/en/



http://www.superadblocker.com/




--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User



"arthur bagley" <arthur.bagley@tesco.net> wrote in message
news:uVNNqjgEGHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>i have uninstalled norton at last but now have avg free
> plus microsoft firewall,the thing is, is this enough to
> cover my computer against everything,i'm only a moderate user help!
>

You can download a whole slew of antispyware stuff like Arthur
suggested, or you can get Microsoft AntiSpyware...it does a very nice
job. Just Google for it.

Plus consider switching from Internet Explorer to Mozilla Firefox.
www.getfirefox.com

arthur bagley wrote:

> i have uninstalled norton at last but now have avg free
> plus microsoft firewall,the thing is, is this enough to
> cover my computer against everything,i'm only a moderate user help!


No. You need three kinds of protection:

1. A firewall. You're running the WIndows firewall, which is OK, but since
it monitors incoming traffic only, it's not as good as almost any
third-party firewall which monitoirs traffic in both directions. I use and
like the free version of ZoneAlarm

2. An anti-virus program. AVG is a decent choice.

3, Anti-spyware software. Because no single product catches everything, you
need several to protect you. I recommend the following, all free:

Spyware Blaster
Adaware
Spybot Search and Destroy
Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

Did you forget The other component?
Windows Updates.
Of course a healthy dose of common since as the fifth goes a long way as
well, but it is harder to measure.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:e$WUNBhEGHA.2856@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> No. You need three kinds of protection:
>
> 1. A firewall. You're running the WIndows firewall, which is OK, but since
> it monitors incoming traffic only, it's not as good as almost any
> third-party firewall which monitoirs traffic in both directions. I use and
> like the free version of ZoneAlarm
>
> 2. An anti-virus program. AVG is a decent choice.
>
> 3, Anti-spyware software. Because no single product catches everything,
> you need several to protect you. I recommend the following, all free:
>
> Spyware Blaster
> Adaware
> Spybot Search and Destroy
> Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup

You also need spyware protection as well as keeping the operating system
current with the Windows Updates:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/security.htm
Having is not enough, be sure to routinely update all the tools.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"arthur bagley" <arthur.bagley@tesco.net> wrote in message
news:uVNNqjgEGHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>i have uninstalled norton at last but now have avg free
> plus microsoft firewall,the thing is, is this enough to
> cover my computer against everything,i'm only a moderate user help!

"arthur bagley" <arthur.bagley@tesco.net> wrote:

>i have uninstalled norton at last but now have avg free
>plus microsoft firewall,the thing is, is this enough to
>cover my computer against everything,i'm only a moderate user help!
>

And in addition to the items mentioned by Mike Hall, Ken Blake, and
Jupiter Jones you need to get the occasional "second opinion" because
no antivirus or antispyware product is perfect and things occasionally
get past even the best of them.

So about once a month, and more often if you think your computer is
not performing quite as it should you need to do a free online scan
from one of the following sites:
Trend Micro http://housecall.trendmicro.com
Kaspersky Online Scanner http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
Panda ActiveScan http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan
WindowSecurity.com TrojanScan http://windowssecurity.com/trojanscan
Webroot http://www.webroot.com/

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:

> Did you forget The other component?
> Windows Updates.


The three components I mentioned were software protection you install and
run. Windows updates are really another kind of thing entirely, but I
certainly agree on its importance. So thanks for adding it.


> Of course a healthy dose of common since as the fifth goes a long way
> as well, but it is harder to measure.


Same there.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:e$WUNBhEGHA.2856@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> No. You need three kinds of protection:
>>
>> 1. A firewall. You're running the WIndows firewall, which is OK, but
>> since it monitors incoming traffic only, it's not as good as almost
>> any third-party firewall which monitoirs traffic in both directions.
>> I use and like the free version of ZoneAlarm
>>
>> 2. An anti-virus program. AVG is a decent choice.
>>
>> 3, Anti-spyware software. Because no single product catches
>> everything, you need several to protect you. I recommend the
>> following, all free: Spyware Blaster
>> Adaware
>> Spybot Search and Destroy
>> Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup

And then when I thought it was all covered, Ron comes in and adds something
else important.
Sometime it seems it will never end...

The best of the newsgroups in action.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:eViqYtiEGHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
>
>> Did you forget The other component?
>> Windows Updates.
>
>
> The three components I mentioned were software protection you install and
> run. Windows updates are really another kind of thing entirely, but I
> certainly agree on its importance. So thanks for adding it.
>
>
>> Of course a healthy dose of common since as the fifth goes a long way
>> as well, but it is harder to measure.
>
>
> Same there.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup

It's also almost impossible to find as freeware.

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
news:uyzoAphEGHA.1676@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| Did you forget The other component?
| Windows Updates.
| Of course a healthy dose of common since as the fifth goes a long
way as
| well, but it is harder to measure.
|
| --
| Jupiter Jones [MVP]
| http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
| http://www.dts-l.org
|
|
| "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
| news:e$WUNBhEGHA.2856@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| > No. You need three kinds of protection:
| >
| > 1. A firewall. You're running the WIndows firewall, which is OK,
but since
| > it monitors incoming traffic only, it's not as good as almost any
| > third-party firewall which monitoirs traffic in both directions. I
use and
| > like the free version of ZoneAlarm
| >
| > 2. An anti-virus program. AVG is a decent choice.
| >
| > 3, Anti-spyware software. Because no single product catches
everything,
| > you need several to protect you. I recommend the following, all
free:
| >
| > Spyware Blaster
| > Adaware
| > Spybot Search and Destroy
| > Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta.
| >
| > --
| > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| > Please reply to the newsgroup
|
|