I'm not a Zone Alarm fan, especially now that XP has a firewall that's
adequate for most of us. I'd uninstall it, if I were you.
By "Kept open", you mean "Memory Resident".
AVG and Windows Defender are memory resident programs that operate all
the time to keep you safe from virii and malware; that is, if a suspect
file is encountered, the programs go into action to counter it in real
time. I believe that's how teatimer works as well. They also do complete
scans daily, with daily updates.
If you're not into "murkiness", that's pretty much all you need. There's
no protection against the so-called "Zero day" attacks anyway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-Day_Attack
Additional scans with Ad Aware and the like can be run on any schedule
you choose, depending on your surfing habits.
One question was not answered. With all the cleanup programs
available, how does one know which are doing what they should be doing
and which are just going along for the ride (bars moving, files
scrambling by, and nothing being accomplished). In other words, how do
we test which ones are important?
And a second question ... when it comes to the malware cleaners, I keep
both the AVG Control Center and ZoneAlarm open in the System Tray.
Thinking that a computer works best when not overloading the SysTray,
all others I apply only when I think its time for them. Is that the
appropriate way of handling these cleaners? How do we know which
"cleaners" should be kept open all the time? --- Harold
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