[SOLVED] Lots of questions

**Rockafeller** · 10-09-2007, 11:22 AM

Do I need more than one security program to protect me?

Say I have kapersky, would I need extra tools for adware/spyware protection?

Can I have spyware/adware/virus without knowing it?

How can I know it?

ricer333 · 10-09-2007, 11:34 AM

You should probably check out one of the pinned forums at the TOP of the General Security forum.

Put just for your ease, here is the link: Pinned Topic of Gen. Security

**Wox** · 10-09-2007, 07:22 PM

Yeah that post covers it best.
You need-
AV (only one)
AS (more than one if possible)
Third party FW (only one) (Both XP and Vista's built-in fw's stink)
Prevention programs (IE-Spyad, SpywareBlaster)

**Go The Power** · 10-09-2007, 07:23 PM

Hello tmsop

,

My answers in in teal in the quote below

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmsop

Do I need more than one security program to protect me?

When it come's down to Firewall and Antivirus you should only have One of each. If you have more than one firewall or antivirus, they will conflict with each other and may cause system instability

Say I have kapersky, would I need extra tools for adware/spyware protection?

In my sig, look at the programs next to "Spyware Protection"

Can I have spyware/adware/virus without knowing it?

You sure can, but usually you will get some symptoms

How can I know it?

If you get strange symptoms happening on your computer

An important thing is to update you AV at least once a day, scan at least once a week. Be careful what sites you visit, avoid P2P programs.

You should also read the link that ricer333 provided. It is full of very useful info.

10-09-2007, 11:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rockafeller TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 578 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit My System	[SOLVED] Lots of questions Do I need more than one security program to protect me? Say I have kapersky, would I need extra tools for adware/spyware protection? Can I have spyware/adware/virus without knowing it? How can I know it?

10-09-2007, 11:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
ricer333 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 302 OS: Vista (on Laptop) WinXP Pro SP3 (on Desktop)	Re: Lots of questions You should probably check out one of the pinned forums at the TOP of the General Security forum. Put just for your ease, here is the link: Pinned Topic of Gen. Security __________________ AMD X2 5000+ Black w/ XFX GeForce 8200 MoBo 4GB OCZ DDR2 RAM 3/4 of a TB of data storage between 2 HDD's (no RAID)

10-09-2007, 07:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
Wox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 638 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: Lots of questions Yeah that post covers it best. You need- AV (only one) AS (more than one if possible) Third party FW (only one) (Both XP and Vista's built-in fw's stink) Prevention programs (IE-Spyad, SpywareBlaster)