What do you recommend i should have on my laptop as virus and other cleaners?
I now have Avast,Advanced Care,Glary Utilities and USB disc security….I just want the free stuff. Thank you in advance.
CCleaner is still a must-have because you should always use it right after surfing the Internet. It’s registry cleaner is also good, but not as powerful as Glary and Advanced (System?) Care. Also, be careful using two powerful cleaners like Glary and Advanced System Care. Both have strong tools to keep your system optimized, but they can also remove important files. Keep those backups until you know for sure if cleaning has done any harm. I would use one or the other, not both. Advanced System Care is more powerful.
Some other important freeware to have which you can find at Filehippo.com:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
SpywareBlaster (Immunize against Active-X malware)
Spybot Search and Destroy (Also immunize)
If those previous two slow your browsing, you can un-immunize.
Recuva (For file or data recovery and secure deletion/overwriting)
I also have Smart Defrag 2 Beta 3 which is from IObit (Advanced System Care)
http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html
What Firewall are you using?
Firewall Tests –
http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php
The same folks who make CCleaner also make a free program called Speccy you might want to check out. The link for Filehippo has some good screenshots to give you an idea of it’s functionality. It gives you a great snapshot of your system.
http://www.piriform.com/speccy
http://filehippo.com/download_speccy/
Here’s a review from CNET –
http://download.cnet.com/Speccy/3000-209
Norton antivirus
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CCleaner is still a must-have because you should always use it right after surfing the Internet. It’s registry cleaner is also good, but not as powerful as Glary and Advanced (System?) Care. Also, be careful using two powerful cleaners like Glary and Advanced System Care. Both have strong tools to keep your system optimized, but they can also remove important files. Keep those backups until you know for sure if cleaning has done any harm. I would use one or the other, not both. Advanced System Care is more powerful.
Some other important freeware to have which you can find at Filehippo.com:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
SpywareBlaster (Immunize against Active-X malware)
Spybot Search and Destroy (Also immunize)
If those previous two slow your browsing, you can un-immunize.
Recuva (For file or data recovery and secure deletion/overwriting)
I also have Smart Defrag 2 Beta 3 which is from IObit (Advanced System Care)
http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html
What Firewall are you using?
Firewall Tests –
http://www.matousec.com/projects/proactive-security-challenge/results.php
The same folks who make CCleaner also make a free program called Speccy you might want to check out. The link for Filehippo has some good screenshots to give you an idea of it’s functionality. It gives you a great snapshot of your system.
http://www.piriform.com/speccy
http://filehippo.com/download_speccy/
Here’s a review from CNET –
http://download.cnet.com/Speccy/3000-209
References :
Filehippo.com, Matousec.com
Dump glary, I have seen many machines trashed by it. And Advanced Care. USB disc security I don’t know, but one good anti-spyware/virus is all you need. I am not keen on Avast,but it does work better than Norton or McAfee. Keep it fully updated. Only ever run one active security program or more conflict and reduce security. Download the free scanner from http://malwarebytes.org. Update it at intervals. It can remove the deepest rooted infections to remove the download site infections that invariably will get past any active program due to the nature of downloads. to secure any external drive always right click it after connecting, and select scan with/ and then select Malwarebytes if it is fully updated, otherwise Avast. This will ensure no infections get in that way.
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Microsoft security essentials, ccleaner both are safe programs and free, ccleaner registry option don’t dig deep in your program registry files like regure cure and easy cleaner causing errors in the program when cleaning of the old registry files
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avg is free
norton is free for 30 days
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I recommend getting a Kaspersky Internet Security license. Well worth it. I have payed for Norton , PC cillin and other AVP and internet security but they have all failed me.
Kaspersky has worked very well. Unlike others mention that I bought , it notifies you and even blocks dangerous web pages. I did accidentally let a virus through the other day which it removed from my system.
Again when I got a virus with the other mentioned AVP it did not disinfect the system so total format and reinstall of OS.
To have proper protection you must have real time scanning.
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