system security

[varunprabhakar]

i want security for my system. i was using mcafee antivirus till now but i think we need internet security these days rather than simple plain antivirus.
then i installed avast + comodo firewall. but it gr8ly reduced my dwnl speeds. so i want my system to b secure but not affecting my dwnld speeds as well.
so wot shud i use?? microsoft defender or some antispyware or somethng else???? pls help.

[spironox]

dear varun its not easy to make ur system a fort so what u need to do is act sensible i think u understand...put up a simple download manager like ..Free Download Manager. Put up a anti-virus.. update it always, install an anti-spyware assign its run at a fixed time. power up windows firewall (if u got xp)

last but not least do take regularly backups.. install some good tweakers for the system go for free one do a trial and run basis of the software.

u will see there is no reason to be soo much paranoid once u are regular with the steps and create a daily approach for the same ..

warm regards
Nixon

[varunprabhakar]

i want help regarding firewall so tht my dwnload speeds donot suffer

[abhijangda]

I think you should use Quick Heal Antivirus and Comodo Persnol Firewall. I am using it for more than 1yr but dowloading speed doesn't suffer. They both are light on system. They doesnot decrease your boot time. Cat Computer Services in India, which made this Antivirus software also has a good response time in time of outbreak alert. It has many features you can dowload its trial version from www.quickheal.com. It also has a unique feature which others didn't have i.e. it can store update files and if you reinstall Quick Heal then you can update it from the stored file. It also supprots weekly update. I have not been infected by any virus since I installed it. So I recommend u to use Quick Heal Antivirus + Comodo Firewall Pro. or Quick Heal + Zone Alarm Pro.

[s18000rpm]

muhawhawha

my PC is a Fort

nothing(virus sh1t) can come in

what i use- Kaspersky Internet Security 6 & ZoneAlarm Pro (Firewall + AntiSpyware) & for browsing Opera (the safest browser)

KIS can detect allmost all trojans/virus on a website(if any) & ZAP blocks sh1t websites. & Opera notifies if some thing(trojan/virus) tries to download itself.

so my PC is pretty safe, with this Trio's i can browse any site no matter what crap(virus) they contain

[thewisecrab]

dear varun
U can experiment
try my combo
NOD32 antivirus
zone alarm personal firewall
and Mozilla Firefox as my browser with addons and other stuff
but my download speeds are GR8............

[anandk]

click Make your WinXP still safer ! Plug these holes !

[varunprabhakar]

i think i wud like to use avast and comodo as both are free and highly recommended by people in think digit forum
again tht question: i dont want to affect my dwnld speeds.

[s18000rpm]

i was talkin of paid ones.

btw no affects on browsing or d/l speed

rit now d/ling cartoons at an avg speed of 30KBps in IDM (min. 28 & max 36)

[varunprabhakar]

my system has a few virus affected files. now i want to cleanup my system of viruses.
i was using mcafee initially. it scanned my system n cleaned up the viruses. now when i m using avast home edition it is giving more viruses but is unable to clean up. which antivirus is best for repairing virus affecting files??
pls help!!

[Lucky_star]

^^Kaspersky cleans all the viruses from files. Try their internet Security suite for 30 dayz.

[s18000rpm]

yeah, d/l the Trial version of Kaspersky Antivirus.

that'll solve all the virus problem,
then maybe you'll like it & you'll keep using KAV

[varunprabhakar]

i dwnlded kaspersky but it is also unable to clean the virus. the virus name is P2P-Worm.Win32.polyp.a

[Lucky_star]

Originally Posted by varunprabhakar

i dwnlded kaspersky but it is also unable to clean the virus. the virus name is P2P-Worm.Win32.polyp.a

Download this Win32.polip.a removal tool from BitDefender Security Solutions.

Install and run it. It will search for that particular virus and remove their traces.

[abhijangda]

Dear varunprabhakar, I have earlier recommended u Quick Heal + Zone Alarm Pro or Quick Heal +Comodo Firewall Pro and now also recommend u these. By mistake don't use Avast or AVG or BitDefender. This is becuase when I install Avast and AVG Antivirus and updated thier definitions then they are unable to clean up and not even detect the small Funlove.Corrupt.p virus (acc. to QuickHeal) which was made in 2003 or 2004. I dwnload thier latest versions and BitDefender because its updates are as long as 7 or 6 Mb downloaded by its update tool which even greater than NAV. So I highly recommend to use Quick Heal 9 becuase this version include AntiVirus, AntiSpyware and Firewall. Download 30 day trial version from www.quickheal.com.