What anti-spyware goes good with nod32? Do you need a firewall to?

Trying to keep some problem machines cleaned.

NOD32 does work great, but what about antispyware and a firewall? Do you need all 3 items?

Adaware seems useless...

 

What system are you running and what are your surfing habits?

 

Yes. Sygate, DCFirewall or Kerio are good

 

Hi

In general it's always better to have more than one scanner.

A sandbox or behavioural blocker can greatly increase protection.

No, outbound firewall is not necessary.

 

My combination:
- OA Firewall/HIPS
- NOD32 AV
- SAS Pro full-time resident AS

Zero conflicts and no perceptible lags, stutters or slowed system performance.

All are set for manual update, since I game a bit. Auto-update is likely to cause some stuttering - perhaps a crash - when auto-updating while playing Crysis, Far Cry, Half-Life, etc.

Hope this helps!

 

Never change a winning team

 

Hello,

I suggest that you use the free Comodo firewall and a paid version of SUPERAntispyware. If you look at my signature, you'll see my security setup.

 

Yes...I would also have to agree! That short list should be a simple but effective combination of security applications.

The only minor difference in my setup is that I use ZAP instead of OA for the FW but if you are using NOD32 v3 then OA (or another firewall such as Comodo) might be a better FW choice for compatibility. I ran into some problems when having ZAP's advanced privacy settings enabled along with NOD32 v3 installed so I use NOD32 v2.7 instead.