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- Internet Virus
- Spyware/Walware
- Key Scrambler/Encrypter

Every PC magazine has different top tens products, but where can i find the most accurate information so i choose the best product for me?

2. Products says: $165 (1 year = 2 PC)

I will format my PC every 2 or 3 months, would formating your PC count as installing the program to a PC?

3. How much (%) will the best Secruity Programs stop against the standard hackers?

4. Theirs alot of programs:

- Anti-virus

- Anti-Spyware/Malware

- Internet Secruity Suites

Is there a single package that has eevrything?

If you know what you're doing and install Firefox with NoScript, Flashblock and Adblock as well as constantly update your system, you don't need to waste money on these products. I've had Windows computers for three years without any kind of anti-something software and never got a malware infection.

Save yourself some money and don't buy them.

1. If you do want one, get a free one like AVG. Pay-for ones aren't any more effective.
2. Depends on license terms. Look at their EULA.
3. 50% of real threats if you keep it updated? Really, installing Firefox and those add-ons will protect against 90%. No real studies have been done in either case, but beyond searching your system for known threats an AV program can't do much.
4. There are several, but again try to get free ones.

I would rather you used Mac OS X, BSD or Linux to be nearly 100% safe from threats, but no one ever bothers to try these things because Windows is all they know.

I agree with Game boy, but since both him and i know hardly anyone installs Linux and 95% of people still think that IE is the safest browser I am going to give you 3 free trials for anti virus software you can use for 30 days. All can be used to the full extent and don't take away features, so you get the real deal. Updates and all.

http://www.eset.com/download/free_trial_download_int.php Get the smart security one. I personally use that one and highly recommend it.

http://www.kaspersky.com/internet_security_trial Kaspersky is the though guy. Extremely good, but a bit hard on system resources (still way lighter then Mcaffee or norton). Highly recommended by several well rated websites though.

http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloads/ Bitdefender, a well known and trusted solution. Get the total protection.

This will keep you busy for the next few months. Then decide afterwards instead of blindly following some internet article. I do suggest getting Firefox and ad block. I also use no script myself, but it can be a bit tough to love. First get used to FF and ad block.

http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/ That's Firefox.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 That's ad block, you'll love that one.

AntiVirus: AVG free. Its just as good as a paid for system

Spyware: Common sense. If you didn't try to download/run it, then don't click it. You know deep down that hot women are NOT going to sleep with you if you click the ad . Or AVG anti-spyware is fairly good. Also use spyware blaster to stop common sources of crap.

Format: If you reload your PC every 30 days, you could run permanently on demo software, including Windows Vista.

My default setup these days (including all PCs at my dev office):

 - Firefox, running Adware blocker + script blocker

 - Thunderbird (+ Sunbird) for email client, including PGP encryption on all internal machines. Does an *awesome* job handling SPAM. 

 - Full firewall, provided by DSL modem directly (ports opened as required)

 - Spybot S&D, installed/run on all systems (weekly full scans, regular updates)

 - WinPatrol, installed on all systems. Awesome for monitoring what is running - and identifying dodgy software (and removing it). Saved my butt a few times.

 - AVG (or other solution) - now free for "home" use. Free daily upgrades. Always running in background, daily scans during lunch (or overnight).

 - Subversion (data repository system) running on all critical/important data. Allows for reverting/updating of files, logging, etc.

 - Daily backup of subversion repository (just to a zip/rar), then copied across network to another PC - and burnt to CD/DVD once per week (or more often). 

...

Total cost of software: $0

Make sure you turn Windows Firewall OFF, and disable the other useless features. 

And just don't install/run dodgy software. If you do - nothing will ever save your system. Its good to have a non-networked machine just for this "dodgy" stuff if you need to run it (i.e. keygens). Run from USB, burnt CD (R/O media). Be prepared to reformat machine regularly.

Also useful to have some backup/restore tool for the Windows registry. That is where a lot of the mess happens these days.