What is really needed to complement nod32

[tcollogne]

Hello,

I had a windows XP sp2 system running nod32 v3, avg anti spyware free and the windows firewall.

But, yesterday my world of warcraft account got hacked and now I am questioning my setup. Because if that could be hacked, lots of other things are at risk.

After browsing the forums here, I came up with the following setup for realtime protection :

nod32
SuperAntiSpyware pro
Online armor free.

What I am especially concerned with are keyloggers, because they seem to cause a lot of the account hacks.

Will the above setup provide my with enough protection or do you suggest using more/other alternatives.

BTW, I am using firefox as a web browser.

Thank in advance for any advice.

[Woody777]

Under normal circumstances this combination would provide more than adequate protection. I am not sure that any of them will give you ironclad assurance that you will be protected against keyloggers.

[Dieselman]

Online Armor at this point is causing Explorer.exe errors. I use NOD32 3.0 along with Comodo 3.0. I always scan once a week with SuperAntiSpyware and Spybot only on demand. You should contact Blizzard about your account. Your account isn't stored in your pc but in Blizzards site from what I always knew.

[tcollogne]

The account problem is being taken care of by blizzard, but I just don't want to ever experience this again.

[Dieselman]

Yes, but I don't think your account was hacked through your pc. I think it was hacked on Blizzards end. Do you have a hardware firewall? Modem or router. Remember that a software firewall mainly stops out bounds and a hardware firewall stops in bounds.

[LoneWolf]

-{ Quote: " Remember that a software firewall mainly stops out bounds and a hardware firewall stops in bounds." }-

I beg to differ.
A software firewall's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_(networking)) main job is inbound protection.
Outbound is an added feature.

[FadeAway]

-{ Quote: "I beg to differ.
A software firewall's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_(networking)) main job is inbound protection.
Outbound is an added feature." }-

Absolutely correct.

Try the free version of WinPatrol for added keylogger detection:

http://www.winpatrol.com/

[tcollogne]

I just visited the winpatrol site. I have a question about this. Can this be used as a replacement for SAS, or is it an addition.

I also read here on the forums that a lot of people use the free version of these tools, so that doesn't offer any realtime protection.

Is realtime protection not really necessary?

Dieselman, I am behind a router with build-in firewall.

[Xenophobe]

-{ Quote: "Yes, but I don't think your account was hacked through your pc. I think it was hacked on Blizzards end. Do you have a hardware firewall? Modem or router. Remember that a software firewall mainly stops out bounds and a hardware firewall stops in bounds." }-
I'm guessing Matousec has brought you to believe this. :-\

[LoneWolf]

-{ Quote: " Can this be used as a replacement for SAS, or is it an addition.

" }-

Not a replacement as WinPatrol is not a scanner but a system monitor.
It is a nice addition.

[tcollogne]

I noticed that online armor paid has a feature to prevent keylogger. Does comodo also offer this?

[Dieselman]

-{ Quote: "I noticed that online armor paid has a feature to prevent keylogger. Does comodo also offer this?" }-

Of course it does.

http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/benefits.html

[tcollogne]

Ok. I will go for nod32 + superantispyware pro + comodo combination and see how that works out.

Thanks for the advice.

[Dieselman]

-{ Quote: "Ok. I will go for nod32 + superantispyware pro + comodo combination and see how that works out.

Thanks for the advice." }-
You dont need SAS in real time. Free edition used on demand is ok.

[disinter1]

-{ Quote: "You dont need SAS in real time. Free edition used on demand is ok." }-

True, but having it realtime wouldn't hurt either.;D