A lot of malware uses IP addresses for command/control so a solution that relies on DNS will not protect you.
Could you please recommend a few "clean/safe" online scanner sites [other than the AV companies "Kaspersky, Norton, Etc..."]. I have always been apprehensive that a malicious website could be set up to mimic a "Safe" Virus Scanner. Thank you in advance https://www.google.com/search?q=onl...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
There's a reason free Avast has 200,000,000 downloads on cnet... It's the #1 anti-virus in Europe... I've used it on countless PCs over 6-7 years. Just get the free version... Paying $500/year for commodity anti-virus software... Is the biggest scam in the world.
Years ago I was downloading an antivirus program and it blanked my computer right before my eyes, it was scary. This was my business computer with bookkeeping, taxes and customer files on it. I'd done tape backups, BUT the program I used to back up the tape backups failed I had to pay a local guy several hundred dollars to retrieve some of my info from the harddrive. Doing the cloud backup thing now, hope it's better.
I wonder if exploitshield is that much better than the existing stuff? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57...o-live-up-to-its-name/?tag=nl.e757&s_cid=e757
Have not read the thread, so this could have been mentioned before. Microsoft Security Essentials is a really good one, and it is free.
Kaspersky is awesome. I use it on all my machines. No bloat and system runs fast. Plus they are constantly updating. Second choice would be ESET Nod32. Don't bother with the rest.
I actually don't remember the last time I had a virus... And this is on dozens of PCs over 6-7 years. Anti-virus is no longer high-tech rocket science... It's purely a simple commodity product. That's why it can be given away FREE FOR PERSONAL USE by Avast... While they charge corporations $500/year/PC for the same product.
I use Microsoft security essentials, it is free, and i have never had an issue. i also run the following. Threatfire Spyware terminator.