what are some softwares that are a must have for security and performance on my computer.
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what are some softwares that are a must have for security and performance on my computer.
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what are some softwares that are a must have for security and performance on my computer.
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Well, some spyware protection, AV software, Firewall's, maybe a proxy.. Just to name a few? Check out downloads.com for some good PC protection and maintenence tool's.
Well, some spyware protection, AV software, Firewall's, maybe a proxy.. Just to name a few? Check out downloads.com for some good PC protection and maintenence tool's.
Check out the tutorials. Personally, this is my basic defense, which has served me well:
ZoneAlarm Firewall
Avast! Antivirus
Spybot S&D
Adaware
Spyware Blaster
Spyware Guard
AntiOnline :)
All FREE I might add.
There's more hardcore stuff out there though. First thing's first: make sure you have all the latest Windows updates and that unnecessary services (namely WINDOWS MESSENGER!) are shutdown.
Check out the tutorials. Personally, this is my basic defense, which has served me well:
ZoneAlarm Firewall
Avast! Antivirus
Spybot S&D
Adaware
Spyware Blaster
Spyware Guard
AntiOnline :)
All FREE I might add.
There's more hardcore stuff out there though. First thing's first: make sure you have all the latest Windows updates and that unnecessary services (namely WINDOWS MESSENGER!) are shutdown.
Hrmm.. I think this has been answered a few times and it is a bit broad and subjective. Depending on what you define as "security" I'd narrow some of it (IMHO) to the following (generic and specific):
- Windows
- some kind of Anti-Virus
- adware/spyware detection tool
- trojan detection tool
- firewall (may be on another machine/hardware based)
- intrusion detection (may be on another machine)
- auditing tools (retina, nmap, other scanners)
- backup software/plan
- Unix/Linux
- host-based IDS
- trojan detection
- firewall (may be on another machine)
- auditing tools (nmap, nessus, ettercap, netstat, etc.)
- backup software/plan
That all said, the best security tools is the human brain. :D
Edit: added backups to both lists
Hrmm.. I think this has been answered a few times and it is a bit broad and subjective. Depending on what you define as "security" I'd narrow some of it (IMHO) to the following (generic and specific):
- Windows
- some kind of Anti-Virus
- adware/spyware detection tool
- trojan detection tool
- firewall (may be on another machine/hardware based)
- intrusion detection (may be on another machine)
- auditing tools (retina, nmap, other scanners)
- backup software/plan
- Unix/Linux
- host-based IDS
- trojan detection
- firewall (may be on another machine)
- auditing tools (nmap, nessus, ettercap, netstat, etc.)
- backup software/plan
That all said, the best security tools is the human brain. :D
Edit: added backups to both lists
Actually, the best defense is to kidnap MsMittens and make her guard your computer for you.
Actually, the best defense is to kidnap MsMittens and make her guard your computer for you.
This has to be the most intelligent and truthful statement I've heard all year. :)Quote:
That all said, the best security tools is the human brain.
Yeah, you'd think that right? :D Shiiit I would :)Quote:
Actually, the best defense is to kidnap MsMittens and make her guard your computer for you.
This has to be the most intelligent and truthful statement I've heard all year. :)Quote:
That all said, the best security tools is the human brain.
Yeah, you'd think that right? :D Shiiit I would :)Quote:
Actually, the best defense is to kidnap MsMittens and make her guard your computer for you.
Ms. M. IS BACK...... :D
You're absence was noticable ma'am..... where have you been.... You can plead the fifth... ;)
Ms. M. IS BACK...... :D
You're absence was noticable ma'am..... where have you been.... You can plead the fifth... ;)
Orale! 111posts and you pick now to ask that kind of question? Whew!!!
P.S. And why recommend ZA? We've been over that a thousand times. sheesh!
Orale! 111posts and you pick now to ask that kind of question? Whew!!!
P.S. And why recommend ZA? We've been over that a thousand times. sheesh!
I didn't recommend it, I just said it's what I use. Thin line it is, but it's there nonetheless! :) I've had no problems with it anyway.
I didn't recommend it, I just said it's what I use. Thin line it is, but it's there nonetheless! :) I've had no problems with it anyway.
I was visiting family for about a week. Unfortunately, the use of internet at a 44,000 baud is annoying so I limited my visits to check to see what disasters were ongoing and ensure that nothing was going too far out of hand. I needed the break to re-focus on my studying for my CISSP (which I will be writing -- and hopefully passing -- in a couple of weeks). Needless to say, that has my primary focus right now. :DQuote:
You're absence was noticable ma'am..... where have you been....
If I was to choose a free user-friendly firewall, I'd pick Sygate. I've actually found it to be far more friendlier than ZA and has better control. But that is subjective. As I said, the definition of what one requires to secure a system is a subjective view, whether it is for a company or individual. Possibly the first thing to consider is "what value does this have to me"? While many users view their home machines as having no value, their time is valuable. So when we consider what has value we don't just leave it at the data itself but all things related to it (creation, maintenance, destruction). If it takes me 2 days to rebuild my home box then I want to be sure that the likelihood of that happening -- the machine going down to the point that it requires a rebuild -- never happens. I'd look into full backups (dammit I forgot those for the list above) and/or ghost-images.
I was visiting family for about a week. Unfortunately, the use of internet at a 44,000 baud is annoying so I limited my visits to check to see what disasters were ongoing and ensure that nothing was going too far out of hand. I needed the break to re-focus on my studying for my CISSP (which I will be writing -- and hopefully passing -- in a couple of weeks). Needless to say, that has my primary focus right now. :DQuote:
You're absence was noticable ma'am..... where have you been....
If I was to choose a free user-friendly firewall, I'd pick Sygate. I've actually found it to be far more friendlier than ZA and has better control. But that is subjective. As I said, the definition of what one requires to secure a system is a subjective view, whether it is for a company or individual. Possibly the first thing to consider is "what value does this have to me"? While many users view their home machines as having no value, their time is valuable. So when we consider what has value we don't just leave it at the data itself but all things related to it (creation, maintenance, destruction). If it takes me 2 days to rebuild my home box then I want to be sure that the likelihood of that happening -- the machine going down to the point that it requires a rebuild -- never happens. I'd look into full backups (dammit I forgot those for the list above) and/or ghost-images.
check it out for following website for "Top 75 Security Tools" (included *nix & Windows)
http://www.insecure.org/tools.html
Basically for me, i will select 1 or 2 powerful toos for that particular usage, then stick to it till i know how to function In and Out~!
Enjoy ^_^