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Thread ID: 70129	2006-06-23 01:16:00	Question about my Security	gradelover924 (10602)	Press F1

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465377	2006-06-23 01:16:00	Hi. I have hated viruses since the day it wrecked my Dell. I got a Sony Vaio last year but sadly, I had to reboot it just yesterday due to it getting slower and adware that can't be detected by Norton (which i didn't care to install again after I rebooted it [the piece of crud lol]). I installed these free AV and anti-spyware programs and I was wondering if someone could help me by telling if it's safe to have all of these work together and if not what I should uninstall. Thanks :) avast! Antivirus Spyware Blaster Spyware Guard Spybot - Search And Destroy AdAware [EDIT] Zone Alarm Firewall Again thank you if you can help me. :)	gradelover924 (10602)
465378	2006-06-23 01:20:00	thats fine, the biggest thing is useing them. there are all tools, tools are no good if don't use them! only problem you can get is when useing muiltable antivirus, so i hope you have uninstalled nortons.	tweak'e (69)
465379	2006-06-23 01:23:00	Thanks for the info, and yes I have. I can't believe Norton can take $60 out of people every year for something that doesn't work as well as a few free programs. The only trace of anything Symantec is their folder that just holds a few KB of useless stuff.	gradelover924 (10602)
465380	2006-06-23 02:07:00	To be fair, Nortons is an anti-VIRUS not anti-spyware. You need all of them. And run them often!! Once a week is no good...	pctek (84)
465381	2006-06-23 02:20:00	actually most AV vendors in the last few years have gotten off thier butts and included antispyware . the catch is "what do you call spyware?", the often only target the really nasty stuff .	tweak'e (69)
465382	2006-06-23 02:39:00	I installed these free AV and anti-spyware programs and I was wondering if someone could help me by telling if it's safe to have all of these work together and if not what I should uninstall. As the others have said, that lot is fine. Just remember to keep it all updated. ;)	FoxyMX (5)
465383	2006-06-23 02:48:00	To be fair, Nortons is an anti-VIRUS not anti-spyware. You need all of them. And run them often!! Once a week is no good... I had the whole Norton suite and it cost me 60 to 80 dollars. Internet Security, System Works, Firewall, the whole thing. And for that not to include Spyware protection is crazy. And it even said that it would defend against adware and spyware. This is why I will no long support Symantec lol.	gradelover924 (10602)
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