Too many spyware programes

kizzylips · Trooper Joined: May 10, 2004 Posts: 22 Location: Uk

Hi
A friend of mine was using my computer earlier and he said that he thinks i had too much spyware protection on my computer
ive got
AVG antivirus
Zone Alarm
IM Secure
Visual Zone ( hacker I.D programe)
I.E Spyad( sp?)
WinPatrol
BHODemon
Spyware Guard, Spyware Blaster
Spybot S&D
Ad-aware
Bazooka spyware scanner
CWShredder
Hijack- this

im i being over the top on security , should i get rid of some of them , do most of them work well together ( i havent experianced any problems yet!)

thanks .

LD8242 · Trooper Joined: Jun 01, 2004 Posts: 10 Location: Uk

Get rid of zonealarm i hate it it used to intefere with me updating stuff even if i allowed it.

Rolling Eyes

oh well it depends on what you do online i suppose.

i have loads of protection aswell Laughing

theres nothing wrong with that

helpless · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 5:25 am Post subject:

Keep Zone-Alarm Exclamation

granting the apps to update is all what needs to be done so...

your friend was probably frustrated not having acces to particular websites
or some activeX not working or whatever.

over the top on security is not possible, if you ask me, but u have to know the programs and what they do, and if they dont stop you from doing what you want to do on your PC, they are good for you

my coment not go for the below as I'm not familiar with them
IM Secure
I.E Spyad( sp?)

kizzylips · Trooper Joined: May 10, 2004 Posts: 22 Location: Uk

hi again
yeah , im keeping ZoneAlarm , i dont have any problems using it Smile

The IE-SPYAD is a programe that adds a list of sites and domains associated with porn and other bad sites to the restricted zone of IE, i have read about it on computercops so i think its safe

IMSecure is part of Zone Alarm it helps prevent attacks through instant messaging .

Thanks for clearing up about the security , i was given this computer , which the user wasnt very security minded , it was full of trojans , spyware , adware and malware and its taken me a while to sort it all out , im hardly getting any spyware , adware into it now . Very Happy

helpless · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:57 am Post subject:

lol , thx for explaining them , but i know them, just i dont use them , so thats why i'm not familair with them on what their impact is.

LD8242 · Trooper Joined: Jun 01, 2004 Posts: 10 Location: Uk

for some reason on all firewalls when i grant access it seems to deny it anyway... thats why i hate zonalarm and firewalls... Razz

oh and WHY does CWS.Searchx seem to keep coming back after i use coolweb shredder it comes back only minutes after i remove it...
any help would be nice Wink


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