I'm Confused

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With all these terms such as adware, spyware, phishing and viruses
do I need to get software protection for each individual type or are a
couple
of these terms one in the same? And can I get software protection that
covers all these?

Thanks,
James
 
There isn't anything that covers it all. Get 1 good anti-virus, 1 good
firewall and use Google to find Vista compatible anti-spyware.
 
Thanks much

Peter said:
There isn't anything that covers it all. Get 1 good anti-virus, 1 good
firewall and use Google to find Vista compatible anti-spyware.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
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I I prefer AVAST and they have a free
version or Vista
I use 3 different anti spy/ad ware programs.
spybot search and destroy
spywareblaster
Adaware from Lavasoft.
all of these are available for free............do a google.
 
JamesJ said:
With all these terms such as adware, spyware, phishing and viruses
do I need to get software protection for each individual type or are a
couple
of these terms one in the same? And can I get software protection that
covers all these?
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Run one AV program. There are several good ones for Vista, including Avast
(free), AVG (free), NOD32 (paid). Then use a variety of programs that
target non viral malware. Only one should run with active scanning, but you
can use the others to do a scan of the system from time to time. Vista
comes with Defender. In addition I recommend (and they are all free):

Ad-Aware SE Personal (they are working on a new version soon to be released)
SpyBot S&D
Spyware Blaster (not a scanner; it prevents malware from getting installed).
 
JamesJ said:
With all these terms such as adware, spyware, phishing and viruses
do I need to get software protection for each individual type or are a
couple
of these terms one in the same? And can I get software protection that
covers all these?
Click to expand...

Run one AV program. There are several good ones for Vista, including Avast
(free), AVG (free), NOD32 (paid). Then use a variety of programs that
target non viral malware. Only one should run with active scanning, but you
can use the others to do a scan of the system from time to time. Vista
comes with Defender. In addition I recommend (and they are all free):

Ad-Aware SE Personal (they are working on a new version soon to be released)
SpyBot S&D
Spyware Blaster (not a scanner; it prevents malware from getting installed).
 
Anthony said:
i thing security is pretty good with vista, better than xp
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Being more secure than XP is like being more alive than Elvis Pressley. It
isn't very hard to do.
 
However Windows Vista needs anti virus and ant spyware protection.
Nothing in Vista removes those needs.
 
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