What other software do you recommend?

[jnhyep57]

Hello,

I have the following installed:

Windows XP, SP3

McAfee VirusScan 8.7 (not by choice but mandatory by my employer since I use my computer for work-related things)

Malwarebytes Pro

SUPERantiSpyware

CCleaner

Revo Uninstaller

ATF Cleaner

Also, I am using Firefox as my web browser. What other software would you recommend that I need?

Thank you!

[YoKenny1]

I like WinPatrol

WinPatrol takes snapshot of your critical system resources and alerts you to any changes that may occur without your knowledge. WinPatrol was the pioneer in using a heuristic behavioral approach to detecting attacks and violations of your computing environment. It continues to be the most powerful system monitor for its small memory footprint

http://www.winpatrol.com

[666philb]

some recomendations..... all free!

'everything' instantly finds what ever you search for on your computer. (a must have)

http://www.voidtools.com/

'foxit reader' pdf viewer, much quicker than adobe reader ( careful not to install the ask toolbar!)

http://download.cnet.com/Foxit-Reader/3000...4-10313206.html

'winpatrol' control unwanted startups, and warns you when installed programs try to change settings.

http://download.cnet.com/WinPatrol/3000-8022_4-10129149.html

'izarc' zipper & unzipper unzips almost everything

http://www.izarc.org/

'abiword' a free word processer that's about a 100th the size of word

http://download.cnet.com/AbiWord/3000-2079_4-10030042.html

'gimp' an open source image editor, similar to old versions of adobe photoshop

http://download.cnet.com/GIMP/3000-2192_4-10073935.html

'VLC media player' palys almost everything you throw at it

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

[666philb]

and some firefox plugins

'key scrambler' encrypts your key strokes when surfing

'adblock plus'

'flashgot' downloads video and music from the web

[szgr]

Winpatrol recommended above could be useful in your case.

Since you are using firefox, I recommend WOT extension which offers website rating (it is free)

http://www.mywot.com/

[YoKenny1]

szgr

WOT is user biased and quite subjective.

Finjan SecureBrowsing from Vital Security is not:

http://securebrowsing.finjan.com/about.html

[szgr]

szgr

WOT is user biased and quite subjective.

Finjan SecureBrowsing from Vital Security is not:

http://securebrowsing.finjan.com/about.html

WOT is not based only on user ratings. There are flags from malwareURL.com and hpHosts, too.

That's why it is very effective when rating as red truly malicious websites, even though there are some

aggresive ratings from users.

On the other hand, a service like Finjan may be more accurate at the expense of speed, due to

the real-time scaning.

There are always advantages and disadvantages.

[DarkSnakeKobra]

some recomendations..... all free!

'everything' instantly finds what ever you search for on your computer. (a must have)

http://www.voidtools.com/

'foxit reader' pdf viewer, much quicker than adobe reader ( careful not to install the ask toolbar!)

http://download.cnet.com/Foxit-Reader/3000...4-10313206.html

'winpatrol' control unwanted startups, and warns you when installed programs try to change settings.

http://download.cnet.com/WinPatrol/3000-8022_4-10129149.html

'izarc' zipper & unzipper unzips almost everything

http://www.izarc.org/

'abiword' a free word processer that's about a 100th the size of word

http://download.cnet.com/AbiWord/3000-2079_4-10030042.html

'gimp' an open source image editor, similar to old versions of adobe photoshop

http://download.cnet.com/GIMP/3000-2192_4-10073935.html

'VLC media player' palys almost everything you throw at it

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I don't recommend Foxit reader. Includes adware and other related material. I use SumatraPDF now as of saturday.

http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html

For office software use Openoffice as it has everything you need. Spreadsheets, Databases, Presentations, Text Editor ect.

http://www.openoffice.org/

VLC media player is definitely recommended for free.

[goldhound]

szgr

WOT is user biased and quite subjective.

Finjan SecureBrowsing from Vital Security is not:

http://securebrowsing.finjan.com/about.html

X 2 regarding WOT!

I have seen way too many fools rating a site wrongly because they thought they were treated badly or just being malicious. I will never trust it.

Let the sheeple play with it, it is good for the security business

[abuaufa]

SandboxIE

http://www.sandboxie.com/

[666philb]

I don't recommend Foxit reader. Includes adware and other related material. I use SumatraPDF now as of saturday.

http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html

For office software use Openoffice as it has everything you need. Spreadsheets, Databases, Presentations, Text Editor ect.

http://www.openoffice.org/

VLC media player is definitely recommended for free.

By weird coincidence i switched to SumatraPDF last night after looking for small portable programs to put on a memory stick. I was really impressed with it's size and speed. 1.16mb Brilliant!

[YoKenny1]

By weird coincidence i switched to SumatraPDF last night after looking for small portable programs to put on a memory stick. I was really impressed with it's size and speed. 1.16mb Brilliant!

Bill Pytlovany of WinPatrol recomends SumatraPDF:

Where Can I Find an Alternate PDF Viewer?

http://billpstudios.blogspot.com/2010/04/where-can-i-find-alternate-pdf-viewer.html

[DarkSnakeKobra]

Bill Pytlovany of WinPatrol recomends SumatraPDF:

Where Can I Find an Alternate PDF Viewer?

http://billpstudios.blogspot.com/2010/04/where-can-i-find-alternate-pdf-viewer.html

That's exactly why I switched to it.