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Can Cyberdefender prevent viruses from stealing ID info?
by pusz4frog - 9/25/08 6:22 PMIs anyone familiar with Cyberdefender anti-virus? I put this on about a year ago, and it has worked well in the sense that it seems to have prevented 2 virus infections and seems to clean out a trojan or malware once a week from my system. I got tired of the pop-ups telling me the features I would have if I got the paid version so I did and have been happy.
Now, I read that some viruses and trojans that you get, can accually find confidential personal ID information on you computer like SSN or credit card info, and send it to scammer who then can rip you off?
Is this true?
Switch Antivirus?
by Someones - 9/27/08 2:10 AM In reply to: Can Cyberdefender prevent viruses from stealing ID info? by pusz4frogPersonally I would use a popular and well respected antivirus, if you want a free one you could choose between Avast, AVG and AntiVir.
Anti-virus
by pusz4frog - 9/27/08 2:19 PM In reply to: Switch Antivirus? by SomeonesDo you have pop-ups ads from these because they are free?
AntiVir
by Someones - 9/28/08 5:33 AM In reply to: Anti-virus by pusz4frogWell AntiVir has an advertisement when you update it, AVG has a small section of the screen when you open the interface that says you can buy their Pro version for better protection and Avast (as far as I know) has no obvious advertisements (unless you try to configure certain options).
AV
by pusz4frog - 9/27/08 2:23 PM In reply to: Switch Antivirus? by SomeonesAlso, will they completely protect you and guarantee your personal stuff won't be sent to scammers? I just want to make sure I"m fully covered.
Thanks for the help.
Nothing can
by Someones - 9/28/08 5:35 AM In reply to: AV by pusz4frogNo security setup can guaruntee 100% security, but AntiVir, AVG and Avast have a much better chance of protecting you than CyberDefender.
I would suggest you choose one of the 3 antivirus I mentioned, and also use Sunbelt Firewall, ThreatFire, Sandboxie, and scan on-demand with Superantispyware free and Malwarebytes Antimalware free. This layered approach should (not 100% of course) keep your computer clean from malware.
I recommend you also use Firefox and Opera for browsing, instead of Internet Explorer. They are much more secure browsers.
Anti-virus
by pusz4frog - 9/29/08 11:31 AM In reply to: Nothing can by SomeonesYeah, I had heard about using FireFox before. Thank you for your help!
Fire Fox W.O.T.
by hogndog - 9/29/08 2:35 PM In reply to: Anti-virus by pusz4frogIf you use Fire Fox add this extension it will save you from clicking on the wrong site. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=wot&cat=all
Along with Avira free SAS free A-Squared free and a Comodo firewall with the Comodo memory firewall all free.
Comodo Firewall is very intrusive
by Someones - 9/29/08 7:54 PM In reply to: Fire Fox W.O.T. by hogndogComodo Firewall provides great security, but it has a lot of pop ups. ThreatFire provides a similar level of protection at the cost of much less pop ups.
I agree with using WOT, it's a great addon. Adblock Plus is another indispensable Firefox addon.
About comodo intrusiveness and how to be safer
by Galdhrim - 9/29/08 10:08 PM In reply to: Comodo Firewall is very intrusive by SomeonesComodo Firewall is not so intrusive... it is Defense+, included in the firewall package, the intrusive one... you can disable Defense+ and keep the firewall (but I would rather have the warning messages than a trojan installed in my computer). If you configure Defense+ properly, you almost won't get any message. I have a cousin that can't tell the difference between a megabyte and a gigabyte, and he managed to use defense+ without too much problems.
Anyway, that is not what I wanted to say... it is good if an AV can detect the trojan before it gets installed, but if that fails, you will be very happy if your firewall denies it access to internet... the trojan can steal your info, but if it can't send it to his creator, your info would still be safe (even if you have to format and reinstall everything).
So, my advice is, take all the preventive measures you want to avoid infections, but also, take measures to do "damage control". Use a firewall that ask you before granting access to internet to any unknown program.
Comodo intrusiveness, etc.
by willy362 - 9/30/08 12:15 AM In reply to: About comodo intrusiveness and how to be safer by GaldhrimI also run Avast Home edition and the only popups I receive are those informing me that the virus database has been updated - up to 3 or 4 times per day. I can't help but notice that nobody has mentioned installing a Key Scrambler. I suspected that I had a keylogger acting like a perverse guardian angel but as soon as I installed a scrambler program my pc increased in speed because of course no more keylogging. The one I'm using is available free from www.qfxsoftware.com/Download.htm
and has proved to be invaluable. Worth investigating!
Prevention
by Someones - 9/30/08 4:11 AM In reply to: Comodo intrusiveness, etc. by willy362That doesn't make sense to me. Even if there really was a keylogger on your computer, it'll still be keylogging, just the stuff it gets will be encrypted data so it's useless. That has no relevance to your computer speed at all.
Personally, I follow the motto of "Prevention is better than cure", so I like to use programs which block malware, not try to stop it after it's on my real computer. I use Sandboxie, which is a great security application. In around one year's usage of Sandboxie, I believe I've never gotten a single infection - well I've scanned with a dozen different scanners, but one can never be sure 
Other Choices besides Comodo
by Someones - 9/30/08 4:05 AM In reply to: About comodo intrusiveness and how to be safer by GaldhrimLowering the security level of Defense+ reduces pop ups, but also reduces security.
I'm not saying you shouldn't get a firewall. I'm just saying there are good choices other than Comodo which has less pop ups. For example Sunbelt Firewall free with ThreatFire free.
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