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TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:45 pm

OK I am paranoid!

I use AVG for antivirus and it works fine and I agree with previous comments about Norton.

However I get fed up with spyware, and have been running AVG antispyware (because I am pleased with AVG antivirus), but haven't found it to be that good. I used to use Adaware and was going to go back to that, when I read about spy sweeper from Reils, so I did a test

did a scan with all 3.

AVG found 7 tracking cookies
adaware 18
spy sweeper 22

There were only a few duplicates and I counted 31 different ones altogether! Spy sweeper looks to be the best, but they want real money and between home and business I have 5 PC's

So what should I do?

And what about Rootkits, apparently they don't get picked up by normal antivirus software and supposedly are potentially very dangerous. Should I get specialist software to deal with them?

If only there was a "security for dummies" book!

I won't provide card details online now because of rootkits, so do I need men in white coats to comw and take me away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cmdr. Maegil · Post by **Cmdr. Maegil** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:44 am

TGHC wrote:
If only there was a "security for dummies" book!

It'd be outdated in less than six months.

reills · Post by **reills** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:32 pm

Outdated before it got to the bookstores more likely.

Cmdr. Maegil · Post by **Cmdr. Maegil** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:03 pm

Yup, that's less than six months.