Re: How much "protection" needs to be running all the time?

rjtrembgeologist@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
You absoluely have to run a virus program and have spyware or adaware
protection at all times.

I disagree. I think at this stage anti-virus programs should be renamed antimalware program and include detection for non viral threats including but not limited to - Spyware & Adware. Kaspersky do it, Symantec do it, ESET do it, Bitdefender etc. do it. Anti-Spyware standalone programs have no future I think. I know this ideology might strike a few nerves... but I think this is the way it should be.

This program is really a
firewall that keeps things from intruding onto your computer in the
first place.

Yikes :-/ MS Antispyware is a standalone program for detecting malicious software such as spyware. This is not a firewall!! Examples of a firewall are: The one included with Windows XP SP2, Zonealarm, Sygate (RIP), Sunbelt Kerio etc.

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