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PBratton wrote:The very BEST and Bulletproof virus protection out there is to disconnect all the external ports and drives and disconnect the network cable.

thats my favorite response to the "manager" " director" or " president" that will only spend $$ on solutions that block "everything"

Ive stayed away from Norton 360 and Mcafee full product for many years due to the resources they take, the fact that they have the disturbing likely hood of blocking access to local resources with no alerts. And finally Norton for years has released a stand alone Uninstaller for their products to be used when the standard uninstaller fails. ANY product that takes a series of manual separate uninstallers to remove is a problem. That just proves the initial software wasnt written well.

Pyrat wrote:
Another suggestion. Your home router is also vulnerable so I'd suggest you read up on it and implement it's security functions. A good site for verifying the security of a home network is Steve Gibson's Gibson Research Corporation (GRC) site. The product called Shield's Up is free to use and will check for vulnerabilities and provide you a report which can be used to secure the network.

Do you have an example of a citation that shows any recent home router is vulnerable ?
Outside of turning off Web management ? And PnP ?
Or are you simply saying that some routers by default let in some traffic on some ports ?

lrb111 wrote:

92f-fan wrote:

lrb111 wrote: My go to anti-virus now for Windows is Malwarebytes, and accepting the fact that they will always be infected with something.

I was under the impression that Malwarebytes was a malware program but NOT an antivirus

here from the horses mouth
http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=8068" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You are correct, I misspoke. Your link to the actions of Malwarebytes is why I use it. We also pay for F-Prot. One of the most basic scanners I will run on a customer's machine is CWShredder. It's pretty amazing how much of the really old trojans continue to resurface.

I like the product and I encourage my less technical customers ( more susceptible ) to buy the full version and get the real time scanning
Ive honestly thought that the lines between viruses and malware have blurred for years - Its all stuff that I dont want on my pc - cant we get one product that does all of it REALLY well ?

lrb111 wrote: My go to anti-virus now for Windows is Malwarebytes, and accepting the fact that they will always be infected with something.

I was under the impression that Malwarebytes was a malware program but NOT an antivirus

here from the horses mouth
http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=8068" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;