What Security Software do you Recommend?

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Has anyoneever heard of the Free Advanced System Care and Sytem Care 360? I think these are anti-spyware type products, but not sure. Can anyone shed some light?

iam using advanced system care 360 free version and it seems to work quite well for me lot of tools on this one as for supraantispyware it used to be a good one as well but something happened and cant seem to get the updates sometype of problem there !

For years I used the free version of Spybot Search and Destroy, but I've read that it is no longer the good program it used to be. Yet I see that you recommend it. Could you comment on this?

My take is that Spybot is still a solid tool in the anti-spyware arsenal. No tool is perfect, but Spybot's still a good program.

10-Oct-2009

I would like to say that I have been using BitDefender Internet Security from the 2008 version to the 2010 version. It seems there are always issues after installing the new version, but eventually they get worked out. This program has done a good job for me and runs very well on my Vista Home Premium machine. It doesn't seem to take up a lot of system resources at all. The only thing I would warn about is their tech support leaves something to be desired. Other than that, I would have to recommend this program from my experience. I also use Malwarebytes and SUPERAntispyware as on demand scanners.

Leo, to the best of my knowledge and belief, "disrecommend" is not a word, and even if it was is clunky and unworthy of you. Would any of the following synonyms better serve your intention:

Discourage, disapprove, disincline, dissuade, oppose, disparage, reject, condemn, discount, discredit, disdain, disfavor, repudiate, rule out, be skeptical of, call into question?

And yet it's working its way into common usage. "Not recommend" is technically the absence of a recommendation, which isn't enough. "Disrecommend" - call it my word if you like - without even having been seen before clearly implies an actual negative recommendation. I don't want to get into get into an English fight, but in this case since it gets the point across the way I want it too, I'll probably stick with it.

11-Oct-2009

After looking through all the comments, I was surprised that Sandboxie was only mentioned once. This program should be a must have for 1) protecting the operating system from web threats 2) testing new programs, which, if they do not work well, confines the problems to the sandbox, which can easily be deleted. 3) Especially good for online banking, since a separate sandbox can be set up for each bank. Conduct your transactions (don't visit other web sites in the same sandbox, log out, close the browser and delete the contents of the sandbox after each banking session.

I do plan to review Sandboxie in the future. I've heard good things.

12-Oct-2009

What do you say about Sophos? been using for a year and did not get into major trouble with the kind of protection it uses. .

Leo, I think the comments on grammar are a waste of time.
You have numerous mistakes in the little I have seen so far, but who cares. If I can understand what you are saying, that to me is what matters.
None of the words that are listed get the message
across better than "disrecommend", period. This is the first time I've been to your site and I get the feeling you are probably a one man operation and don't have someone on staff to just proof read and check your grammar. The only thing that concerns me is how good are your answers to our problems, not how they are written. If I can understand the answers, that's enough for me.
Keep them coming, Ed Lada, PA

I've just purchased an Iomega 500GB External HD and am using the McAfee 'Total Protection' Backup/Restore feature to Archive my data (Full Backup Daily and Change Backup every 2 Hours). I'm told that the'Backup/Restore' feature in McAfee can NOT be configured to do a Total Image Archive. If so, can I partition the External Drive to allow continued use of McAfee 'Backup/Restore' and use another S/W product to allow me to do a Total Image Archive? If so, what S/W do you recommend and HOW do I partition the External HD? I see that you are recommending Acronis for OnLine Backup, but I'm not sure how to accomplish Local Total Image Backup.

i dl pctools spyware dr. and my pc is dragging. i get alot of probs just trying to get online. i wanted you to know.

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