Am i secure?

Hey guys great site i just got a new computer and red up and installed these security application's, i'm open to suggestion to help make my security better


AV: Antivir PE Classic
Monitoring: Winpatrol
Firewall: Comodo
Default browser: Firefox (opera as backup)
Spyware Removers and blockers: Windows Defender, Ad-Aware, Spybot, SuperAntispyware, Spywareblaster and Spyware guard
Rootkits: Icesword, Blacklight and Windows malicious software remover
Trojans: AVG Anti-Spyware

and for emergency: hijack this

 

I ask myself that same question every day, different answer every day. You have a decent setup. Good stuff. Goes without saying that much depends on your particular surfing habits. You are behind a hardware router/firewall, right?

 

ive heard about a hardware firewall but never looked into it, can you please explain because im little confused

 

many dsl/cable routers will have a builtin firewall that block inbound attacks.

 

According my readings : router + firewall is better, than router alone or firewall alone.
I've seen it often recommended in security forums, security websites and even by security experts at Wilders. So it must be true.

Smiley has a much better security setup, than my first computer, which was only protected by Norton Internet Security and yes my computer was heavily infected, but I didn't know it.

 

I think (and hope) your computer is well protected.

My personal compueter is only protected by avast! Home Edition (sometimes by AVG Free or none), Windows Firewall, and full updated Windows XP with limited user account and NTFS file system. I think this solutions are great for me.

I haven't been infected by malware for a very long time, the last infection is a Diehard virus back to the DOS world when Microsoft Antivirus (MSAV) failed to detect it.

 

i have a toshiba pcx2500 cable modem, i don't know if that makes any difference

 

Looks like a very secure setup to me.

 

i agree, looks secure... but it looks too much to me, surely some of those are not needed to be 'secure' from nasties on the net.

i would suggest a router with firewall to ANYONE who wants some top-notch security, you'd be surprised just how much it keeps out.

 

You might even kill a few of the on demand spyware scanners...

 

With the price of decent routers being seriously cheap, every broadband user should be behind one. Layers, layers, layers! If someone wants a crack at me box, they're going to have to work for it.

 

Yep! I agree.

 

yep i great way to put it, im a broadband user and you notice a big difference to your firewall after going through the router firewall.

safe safe safe

 

Too much protections, kill security

Sincerly
Cadoul

 

Icesword? it comes form China!

 

Yes it does.
Probably the only Chinese program that I have tried.It's a good one too.

 

OK,the lastest version is 1.18
Have you got it?

 

Yes.
1.18 is the latest english version.I have that.
I do believe that a version 1.20 is available,but not in english yet.

 

Yes,contrast to "public" version,a "private" version exists.

But,as far as i know,it is provided with only some superiors