security freeware i've been using

amar wrote:
hi gang, here’s a list of the stuff i use to keep my machine clean. i did a lot of reading, tried to find the best freeware to smash spyware, malware, viruses, and the like. Here’s my list, if you’re in the net a lot, i would advise you to get this stuff.

firewall by sygate: http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

virusprotection by grisoft: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

programs agains spyware:
Spybot search and destroy: http://www.spybot.info/en/mirrors/index.html

Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Microsoft’s Antispyware: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

a-squared antispy and trojan: http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

Ewido protection against spyware, trojans: http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

spywareblaster and spyware guard: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/downloads.html

registry cleaner regscrubxp: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2048.html (not for MS ME)


have fun cleaning…

dale, i was just thinking, do you think this thread would qualify as a sticky? Afterall, we all are quite a bit on the net.
Just a thought.
Greets.




well, maybe not, maybe i’m just paranoid…

Amar: Thanks for the list. Good info.

One question, though. Do you have to go into most of these and run them seperately? If so, that would explain why you have not been posting as much lately. :roll:

Tom

that’s the thing about these spyware programs, you need quite a few of them if you wanna get rid of all your spyware…

well, i post more like in waves…guess it’s low-tide at the moment… :slight_smile: