You can only have 4 Anti-Malware apps: What would you run?

Yeah. I would have said "Sneakemail", but that's not an application that I run, either. However, that's certainly one I wouldn't wanna live without. With it, I haven't got one spam message in who knows how long... years.

 

I would go for:

Avast Prof
ProcessGuard Full
Ewido Full
Spybot S&D

 

Here are the updated top ten results (72 different products - 257 votes):

Product - Votes - Percent
1. NOD32 - 26 - 10.1%
2. ProcessGuard - 25 - 9.7%
3. Ewido - 21 - 8.2%
4. KAV - 19 - 7.4%
5. RegDefend - 13 - 5.1%
6. Outpost Pro - 12 - 4.7%
7. Zonealarm - 11 - 4.3%
8. MS AntiSpyware - 9 - 3.5%
9. Online Armor - 8 - 3.1%
10. Ad-Aware - 7 - 2.7%
10. Boclean - 7 - 2.7%
10. SpywareBlaster - 7 - 2.7%

I combined free with paid to determine top ten. The next post will contain all the choices. I'll check every week or so and if there are additional votes, I'll update these the totals.

 

Here are all the choices, arranged in descending order based on number of votes and then alphabetically (72 products - 257 votes):

Product - Votes - Percent
NOD32 - 26 - 10.1%
ProcessGuard - 25 - 9.7%
Ewido - 21 - 8.2%
KAV - 17 - 6.6%
RegDefend - 13 - 5.1%
Outpost Pro - 12 - 4.7%
MS AntiSpyware - 9 - 3.5%
Online Armor - 8 - 3.1%
Boclean - 7 - 2.7%
SpywareBlaster - 7 - 2.7%
Zonealarm (Free) - 7 - 2.7%
Ad-Aware - 6 - 2.3%
Look n Stop - 5 - 1.9%
Spysweeper - 5 - 1.9%
Antihook - 4 - 1.6%
Spybot S&D - 4 - 1.6%
Zonealarm Pro - 4 - 1.6%
Counterspy - 3 - 1.2%
Dr.Web - 3 - 1.2%
NAV - 3 - 1.2%
RegRun - 3 - 1.2%
Spyware Doctor - 3 - 1.2%
AntiMalware Pro - 2 - 0.8%
Avast Pro - 2 - 0.8%
Bitdefender - 2 - 0.8%
Deep Freeze - 2 - 0.8%
Ewido (Free) - 2 - 0.8%
Kerio 2.1.5 - 2 - 0.8%
Kerio Pro - 2 - 0.8%
MS Malicious Software Removal Tool - 2 - 0.8%
Port Explorer - 2 - 0.8%
Prevx (Free) - 2 - 0.8%
ShadowUser - 2 - 0.8%
Sygate Personal Firewall - 2 - 0.8%
Acronis True Image - 1 - 0.4%
Ad-Aware SE - 1 - 0.4%
Admuncher - 1 - 0.4%
Anti-Executable - 1 - 0.4%
a-squared - 1 - 0.4%
AVG - 1 - 0.4%
Bazooka Scanner - 1 - 0.4%
Benign - 1 - 0.4%
Bitdefender (Free) - 1 - 0.4%
Bitguard - 1 - 0.4%
eTrust Enterprise - 1 - 0.4%
G-Data AVK - 1 - 0.4%
HijackThis - 1 - 0.4%
Jetico - 1 - 0.4%
KAV Lite - 1 - 0.4%
KAV Web scanner - 1 - 0.4%
Kerio (Free) - 1 - 0.4%
KIS 2006 - 1 - 0.4%
McAfee Personal Firewall Plus - 1 - 0.4%
Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise - 1 - 0.4%
Netveda (Free) - 1 - 0.4%
Pest Patrol - 1 - 0.4%
Prevx1 - 1 - 0.4%
Proxomitron - 1 - 0.4%
Safe 'n' Sec - 1 - 0.4%
SnoopFree - 1 - 0.4%
Spycop - 1 - 0.4%
Spyware Eliminator - 1 - 0.4%
Sygate Pro - 1 - 0.4%
System Safety Monitor - 1 - 0.4%
Tiny Firewall - 1 - 0.4%
TrojanHunter - 1 - 0.4%
UnHackMe - 1 - 0.4%
VBA32 - 1 - 0.4%
Watcher - 1 - 0.4%
Winpatrol - 1 - 0.4%
Winpatrol Plus - 1 - 0.4%
Zero Spyware - 1 - 0.4%

 

pg, regdefend, ZA, Shadowuser

 

1. Online Armor
2. SpywareBlaster
3. Ad-Aware SE Professional
4. SpySweeper

Additional: Spybot, AntiVir, Look n stop, Arovax Shield, A-squared

World Industries

 

ShadowUser
Online Armor
Kaspersky
Process Guard

<this is assuming one is allowed to have a hardware firewall...otherwise I'd drop one for a software firewall>

 

nod32 paid
spybot s & d
adaware free
webroot spysweeper paid

I also use mwav escan toolkit free (kav with extended bases) I find this is a good back up to the others. and also points out spyware that may be left out by adaware for instance on purpose)
and have a2 installed but find it really doesn't offer anything beyond kav and nod32 combined

 

Online Armor
TrojanHunter
SpySweeper
Port Explorer

 

BOClean
Online Armor
SpywareBlaster
ArovaxShield

 

Too many in my signature but If I've to choose only 4...here
1. KAV 6 Pro (Soon)
2. Regdefend
3. Spybot 1.4+
4. Processguard

sounds good huh

 

Mc Afee Virusscan
Kerio Personal Firewall
Counterspy
Spamfighter

 

KAV
Spy sweeper
Trendmicro antispyware
Ewido(full)

 

KAV PRO
Counterspy
spysweeper
SpywareBlaster

 

Here are the updated top thirteen results (76 applicatons - 296 votes):

Product - Votes - Percent
1. ProcessGuard - 28 - 9.5%
2. NOD32 - 27 - 9.1%
3. Ewido - 24 - 8.1%
4. KAV - 23 - 7.8%
5. RegDefend - 15 - 5.1%
6. Online Armor - 12 - 4.1%
6. Outpost Pro - 12 - 4.1%
6. Zonealarm - 12 - 4.1%
9. Spysweeper - 10 - 3.4%
10. SpywareBlaster - 10 - 3.4%
11. Ad-Aware - 9 - 3.0%
11. MS AntiSpyware - 9 - 3.0%
13. Boclean - 8 - 2.7%

I combined free with paid to determine top thirteen. The next post will contain all the choices. I'll check and update the totals, if necessary.

 

Here are all the choices, arranged alphabetically (76 applicatons - 296 votes):

Product - Votes - Percent
Acronis True Image - 1 - 0.3%
Ad-Aware - 7 - 2.4%
Ad-Aware SE - 2 - 0.7%
Admuncher - 1 - 0.3%
Anti-Executable - 1 - 0.3%
Antihook - 4 - 1.4%
AntiMalware Pro - 2 - 0.7%
Arovax Shield - 1 - 0.3%
a-squared - 1 - 0.3%
Avast Pro - 2 - 0.7%
AVG - 1 - 0.3%
Bazooka Scanner - 1 - 0.3%
Benign - 1 - 0.3%
Bitdefender - 2 - 0.7%
Bitdefender (Free) - 1 - 0.3%
Bitguard - 1 - 0.3%
Boclean - 8 - 2.7%
Counterspy - 4 - 1.4%
Deep Freeze - 2 - 0.7%
Dr.Web - 3 - 1.0%
eTrust Enterprise - 1 - 0.3%
Ewido - 22 - 7.4%
Ewido (Free) - 2 - 0.7%
G-Data AVK - 1 - 0.3%
HijackThis - 1 - 0.3%
Jetico - 1 - 0.3%
KAV - 21 - 7.1%
KAV Lite - 1 - 0.3%
KAV Web scanner - 1 - 0.3%
Kerio 4.x - 1 - 0.3%
Kerio 2.1.5 - 2 - 0.7%
Kerio Pro - 3 - 1.0%
KIS 2006 - 1 - 0.3%
Look 'n' Stop - 5 - 1.7%
McAfee Personal Firewall Plus - 1 - 0.3%
Mcafee Virusscan - 1 - 0.3%
Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise - 1 - 0.3%
MS AntiSpyware - 9 - 3.0%
MS Malicious Software Removal Tool - 2 - 0.7%
NAV - 3 - 1.0%
Netveda (Free) - 1 - 0.3%
NOD32 - 27 - 9.1%
Online Armor - 12 - 4.1%
Outpost Pro - 12 - 4.1%
Pest Patrol - 1 - 0.3%
Port Explorer - 3 - 1.0%
Prevx (Free) - 2 - 0.7%
Prevx1 - 1 - 0.3%
ProcessGuard - 28 - 9.5%
Proxomitron - 1 - 0.3%
RegDefend - 15 - 5.1%
RegRun - 3 - 1.0%
Safe 'n' Sec - 1 - 0.3%
ShadowUser - 4 - 1.4%
SnoopFree - 1 - 0.3%
Spamfighter - 1 - 0.3%
Spybot S&D - 6 - 2.0%
Spycop - 1 - 0.3%
Spysweeper - 10 - 3.4%
Spyware Doctor - 3 - 1.0%
Spyware Eliminator - 1 - 0.3%
SpywareBlaster - 10 - 3.4%
Sygate Personal Firewall - 2 - 0.7%
Sygate Pro - 1 - 0.3%
System Safety Monitor - 1 - 0.3%
Tiny Firewall - 1 - 0.3%
Trendmicro Antispyware - 1 - 0.3%
TrojanHunter - 2 - 0.7%
UnHackMe - 1 - 0.3%
VBA32 - 1 - 0.3%
Watcher - 1 - 0.3%
Winpatrol - 1 - 0.3%
Winpatrol Plus - 1 - 0.3%
Zero Spyware - 1 - 0.3%
Zonealarm (Free) - 7 - 2.4%
Zonealarm Pro - 5 - 1.7%

 

I just stumbled on to this doing a search and thought I'd post mine, and also admit...I don't even know some of these apps. And they are probably quite good!

The following work well for me

1) NAV
2) Trojan Hunter
3) RegDefend

(and I may be stretching the definition of anti-malware apps with number 4, but I don't think so. It does allow you to spot stuff and put an end to it)

4) JV16 (a registry cleaning and editing tool with a few other services)


- HandsOff

 

1. AVG
2. SpyCop
3. SpyBot S&D
4. n/a

 

Kav Security suite
BoClean
Spywareblaster
Spywareguard

Also use Counterspy as on demand only

 

Here's what's been working for me:

1. AVG Antivirus Free version.
2. Sygate personal firewall.
3. PREVX Home.
4. Spyware Blaster.

 

My Votes would be for:

1. Prevx 1
2. Windows XP Firewall
3. Grisoft Free AV

nothing else.

 

NOD32
Opera for my usual browser
Windows Updates keeping my system up to date
My router for NAT protection

So it's really only 2x apps, plus a router, plus using my common sense.

 

1. Spybot sd
2. Outpost pro
3. NOD32
4. Spycop

 

• Ghost Security Suite
• ESET NOD32
• ewido
• Look 'n' Stop

 

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Outpost Firewall Pro 3

Tiny PersonL Firewall (Custom install withought firewall) {this for the windows security}

Process Guard (for driver/service installation prevention + anti terminate)

NOD32 antivirus
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if you have or can get hold of these . . . Try it. Its a winner combonation + extras Those are "The Four" But for extra information here are All the tools i use for everything in my security, Inluding detection and tracking.
WARNING: Some of these programs need to be custom installed/configured to work together, I am only listing the programs i am not going to go and explain all the config.

Outpost Pro 3
Process Guard (paid version)
Tiny Personal Firewall (latest)
NOD32 (latest)
Port Explorer (latest)
ShadowUser (latest)
NeoTrace Pro 3.25
Process Explorer (latest)
WinSpy 2 and orinal version1
UnHackMe
MOZILLA FIREFOX (latest)
PGP (9)
TrueCrypt (4.0)
Privacy Keyboard (6.2) - They are working on this to detect new Hyped up Kernel based keyloggers such as ELITE Keylogger.
Unlocker (for releasing programs control over a file so it can be deleted withought need for reboot)
Advanced Process Terminator
Advanced Process Manipulator
AutoRuns (sysinternals)
NetworkActivSnifferV1.5
AntiSpy
AXE Hex editor
And i was told about Ewido but only tried it once not sure about it.


This is from memory about the best comprehencive list of "sht you will need" i am a CompTIA qualified technician and believe me when i say most qualifications are crap and dont teach you 1/4 of what you need to Survive Cyber Space. all those tools mentioned above are all in use by me and are either EXE ready to run or installed on my system. If you have anything that you think i would like (since you should see the capabilities i like to have from the list) please email me at computech_0 {AT} Yahoo.co.uk