You've got a point, Clint, but I live in a world where people don't have
the time or the savvy to use all these programs.
The problems I see most often are caused by kids indiscriminately
downloading, and adults visiting porn or gaming sites. In these cases I
have found Spybot's immunization feature to be a big help, along with a
little education about the danger of these habits.
In most cases, Windows Defender is all that's necessary. The big
advantage is that it runs and updates automatically, and it's free.
I should add that my experiment with Windows One Care is over. I
initially favored this suite for its all-in-one features (Firewall,
Spyware, AV, Backup and Tune-up) at a fair price ($50.00/yr) but there
have been too many problems, and I'm dumping it and recommending the
same to all my friends. The biggest problems are failure of the
auto-backup program, and updates that break the whole suite.
Clint - OrpheusComputing.com & ComputersCustomBuilt.com wrote:
Not visiting "as many murky places" helps. However, yes, you
do need more than one anti-malware program....as many as
possible. I've been saying this a long time. Not a single one
of them will catch everything. I see it all the time. What
SpyBot will miss, AdAware may find, and vice-versa, and the
same with all the rest of them; SpySweeper, SpywareTerminator,
etc., etc. Just one of them will catch something all the
others will miss.
-Clint
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