This set me thinking ! I have been unable to install NAV for the last week, it keeps failing and asks me to start again, and keeps failing to install.
I notice now that Windows Firewall is " ON ", thats got me thinking -- thats good !! I will now have to learn how to uninstall Windows Firewall, etc. Thanks for the education.
Posted by: Vincent Mc Kenna at November 13, 2006 3:42 PM
you have new messages
Posted by: omar at December 6, 2007 12:59 PM
I agree on the Firewall you can only run one firewall at at time. I use ZoneAlarm and it automatically turns off the XP firewall. As for AntiSpyware I have Windows Defender and SpywareDoctor running, and the PC does run a little slower, but the protection works. And for AntiVirus, on my new dual-core pc I have both AVG & Avast running with no problems. I chose AVG for the scheduler, and Avast for the boot-scan.
Posted by: dana Jones at February 14, 2008 3:59 PM
Well, I use F-Secure Internet Security full time now (anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall) all in one package, but when I installed it, I forgot to uninstall Avast A/V and ran into all kinds of problems, (freezes, crashes), but that all stopped when I got rid of (uninstalled) the Avast. F-Secure disabled my Windows Defender & Windows Firewall by default upon installation and so far, so good.
Posted by: zzuebe2 at June 16, 2008 12:12 PM
i have both windows defender on, and symantic anti virus both running, does this conflict with each other
Posted by: bill g mosley at August 8, 2008 1:33 PM
I have an avast anti-virus (Avast) and windows defender/firewall in my laptop. I was planning to add either Symantec's Conficker (aka Downadup) tool, Trend Micro's Cleanup Engine, or Malwarebytes due to this conficker virus. should i go for it or would any of these conflict with my current protection or are my current system enough?
Posted by: Leo at March 31, 2009 1:03 PM
It just means better protection
Posted by: Ahmed at June 28, 2009 4:41 PM
Hi Leo,
When choosing a firewall what are main criteria it should match ??
How about NODE 32 SMART security, what's your opinion about it ??
Thank you.
Posted by: Raam at July 11, 2009 5:21 AM
If this author thinks that "as a general rule, you only need one of each", then he obviously doesn't have any experience with cleaning malware off of computers.
Armchair technicians for the lose.
Realtime protection is one thing -- obviously you only want one RT AV running at a time. But no single AV, AS, AA, or other AM program is 'all you need'. Any tech who has any amount of experience cleaning malware can tell you that no single program will get everything.
Posted by: John Doe at August 28, 2009 1:58 PM
Remember the key is you should not install nore than one real-time background scanning security program. Most people will do fine with just a simple hardware firewall (router), Windows Firewall, Windows Defender (Vista/7, Keeping Windows updated,having a real time basic virus scanner like Norton or McAfee and then using an on demand product like Malwarebytes for when you think there may be a problem.
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This set me thinking ! I have been unable to install NAV for the last week, it keeps failing and asks me to start again, and keeps failing to install.
Posted by: Vincent Mc Kenna at November 13, 2006 3:42 PMI notice now that Windows Firewall is " ON ", thats got me thinking -- thats good !! I will now have to learn how to uninstall Windows Firewall, etc. Thanks for the education.
you have new messages
Posted by: omar at December 6, 2007 12:59 PMI agree on the Firewall you can only run one firewall at at time. I use ZoneAlarm and it automatically turns off the XP firewall. As for AntiSpyware I have Windows Defender and SpywareDoctor running, and the PC does run a little slower, but the protection works. And for AntiVirus, on my new dual-core pc I have both AVG & Avast running with no problems. I chose AVG for the scheduler, and Avast for the boot-scan.
Posted by: dana Jones at February 14, 2008 3:59 PMWell, I use F-Secure Internet Security full time now (anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall) all in one package, but when I installed it, I forgot to uninstall Avast A/V and ran into all kinds of problems, (freezes, crashes), but that all stopped when I got rid of (uninstalled) the Avast. F-Secure disabled my Windows Defender & Windows Firewall by default upon installation and so far, so good.
Posted by: zzuebe2 at June 16, 2008 12:12 PMi have both windows defender on, and symantic anti virus both running, does this conflict with each other
Posted by: bill g mosley at August 8, 2008 1:33 PMI have an avast anti-virus (Avast) and windows defender/firewall in my laptop. I was planning to add either Symantec's Conficker (aka Downadup) tool, Trend Micro's Cleanup Engine, or Malwarebytes due to this conficker virus. should i go for it or would any of these conflict with my current protection or are my current system enough?
Posted by: Leo at March 31, 2009 1:03 PMIt just means better protection
Posted by: Ahmed at June 28, 2009 4:41 PMHi Leo,
When choosing a firewall what are main criteria it should match ??
How about NODE 32 SMART security, what's your opinion about it ??
Thank you.
Posted by: Raam at July 11, 2009 5:21 AMIf this author thinks that "as a general rule, you only need one of each", then he obviously doesn't have any experience with cleaning malware off of computers.
Armchair technicians for the lose.
Realtime protection is one thing -- obviously you only want one RT AV running at a time. But no single AV, AS, AA, or other AM program is 'all you need'. Any tech who has any amount of experience cleaning malware can tell you that no single program will get everything.
Posted by: John Doe at August 28, 2009 1:58 PMRemember the key is you should not install nore than one real-time background scanning security program. Most people will do fine with just a simple hardware firewall (router), Windows Firewall, Windows Defender (Vista/7, Keeping Windows updated,having a real time basic virus scanner like Norton or McAfee and then using an on demand product like Malwarebytes for when you think there may be a problem.
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