Is my security combonation good?

Question

Antivirus: Avast Home edition

spyware: Ad-aware free edtion

firewall: Commodo firewall

Browser Firefox with all necessary security add-ons ( WoT , adblock ...)

Do i need a second anti spyware?

What should i change to this combination.

(I already got rid of Spybot S&D. please don't recommend it)

Answer 1

I say all you are missing is a registry fixer. I recommend RegCure

Answer 2

"Antivirus: Avast Home edition

spyware: Ad-aware free edtion"

this is the pair of software i have been running for about 2-3 years now this no problems so i would say your good to go!

Answer 3

Two anti-spywares are usually a good idea, and odd that you mention, but my two of choice are Ad-Aware and Spybot. Though with spybot I don't use the Immunize facility - that is incredibly irritating.

The reason for two is simply that the update definitions are typically different in most cases. However slightly different they may be, it would allow one to pick up what the other might have missed.

The rest looks fine.

Answer 4

I use and recommend the same firewall and antivirus as you, however, I don't have any respect for Ad-Aware. I personally have Superantispyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware as my on-demand antispyware, and Comodo BOClean as my real-time antimalware.

> Superantispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/

> Malwarebytes Anti-Malware: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

> Comodo BOClean: http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.ht...

And since you are familiar with WOT,  it wouldn't hurt to use McAfee's Site Advisor for the same purpose.  (Site Advisor has to be installed separately for IE and Firefox.)

> http://www.siteadvisor.com/

Edit/Note: Stay away from RegCure as suggested above!

It is made by Paretologic, the company that makes Xoftspy.  It will find a bazillion registry errors on a straight-from-the-box virgin machine... and then you have to buy it to fix what it claimed to find.

Answer 5

Adaware free is worse than spybot.  Current avast has antispyware.

You're pretty good for blocking. May have trouble removing some of the really bad infections, but the hope is that you won't get them.  If you do, you'll need something better than free.