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zapjb
03-09-2004, 07:26 PM
This is what I do. I use a layered protection scheme. I use little programs that do specific things. Not bulky programs that try to do everything.

Avast!4 home AV, Sygate personal firewall, SpywareBlaster, RegistryProt 2.0 & ScripTrap. These little free programs stop virtually everything.

And xp-AntiSpy, SpyBot S&D and Adaware6, (also all freeware) to 1st get rid of that M$ crap & the last two to check I'm free of spy/adware.

Those are my basics. What are yours. B)

Izagaia
03-09-2004, 07:36 PM
Norton Internet Security and SystemWorks 2004 Professional suites. Combined with Spywareblaster and SpybotS&D for added comfort and ease of mind. For the layperson-average joe-PC user, this should be adequate, IMO. ;)

Chewie
03-09-2004, 08:03 PM
I'm behind a router that rejects unsolicited packets, and use NIS 2003.
I use theBat! for e-mail, Gravity & NewsBinPro for newsgroups, IE6 for web and common sense (almost) all the time.
I had a virus once, and I've had a malware toolbar once, due to my kids running an attachment & activex.
Now we have XP and I'm the only one with permissions to make changes to system files or install software.
I use Adaware and SpyBot S&D occaisionally, but they only ever clean out cookies.

LSA
03-09-2004, 10:46 PM
iptables (http://www.netfilter.org/)

No defrager, spyware scanner, virus scanner... :P

supersonic
03-10-2004, 04:15 AM
H+BEDV Antii-Virus workstation ver (I'm satisfied with it).
Sygate Personal Firewall Pro.
Sbot S&D/Adware.
Regseeker
Safe XP.
proxies :01:

peat moss
03-10-2004, 04:33 AM
Norton system works 2003 pro
spybot/sd
zonealarm pro 4
Regleaner
system mechanic 4

h121589
03-10-2004, 04:52 AM
NISP 2004 and NSWP 2004

CoolMac
03-10-2004, 07:38 AM
Norton Antivirus 2003
Sygate Personal Firewall
SpyBOT and Ad-aware

fred devliegher
03-10-2004, 10:31 AM
Norton AV 2003 (came preloaded)
Sygate Personal Firewall
Ad-aware
Spybot
Spywareblaster (trying it out)
Firefox for web , Thunderbird for mail.

abu_has_the_power
03-10-2004, 04:00 PM
Router with NAT
Zonealarm armed with the shithead's IPs
sometimes I use peerguardian, not often though