virus, trojan, spyware, adware, whatelseware....

Post Reply New Topic

Do i need a specific removal tool for each kind of threath ? Is there someone who could list ALL species of badware ? How can i be (reasonably) protected against all those ?

You see, for now i have an anti-virus, an anti-spy, an anti-AD, i have the pop-up blocker activated, the firewall too, and still, when i run spybot for instance, it constantly finds tens of bad things....

..... and my machine is soooooooo slow ! !! !

First off, if you are willing try something new, I highly recommend switching to Linux. No viruses, adware, spyware, or trojans (you can get one of these, but you have to be an idiot). The only types of commonly seen malware for linux are the worms and rootkits, but if your system is kept up to date, even these are rarely an issue. If Linux isn't an option, then check out the free VMWare Player. It will protect you from adware/spyware/trojans/viruses if the browser app is the only way you ever access the internet. If you get VMware Player or Linux, all the security programs (except the firewall and antivirus just in case) will be unnecessary. I recommend using ZoneAlarm Free Firewall and AVG 8 Free Anti-Virus. They seem to slow my system very little, and mostly result in a slightly slower boot-up.

EDIT: Before uninstalling tools, run them one last time to make sure your system is clean.

You may also find the info in this thread to be of help in getting your computer to run like it should.

Don't worry too much about the number of things spybot finds. It's more a case of WHAT it finds. Usually when it finds loads of things it's just cookies to decide what banner ads etc. you see.

Zonealarm slowed my internet way down, so does Avasts internet providers/scanner(I only have two providers turned on now, the Standard Shield and the Instant Messaging one). AVG won't run on my computer for some reason so I use Avast.