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I just cant seem to get my head round why some people run so much protection. Just earlier i went to help my friend with his pc and he had, malware bytes, adaware se, zone alarm, nod32 & winpatrol all running at once. I have nothing running, only xp built in firewall. Common sense with firefox(no script and netcraft add-ons) and i have not had an infection in 3 years. I do monthly scans and always fine. My computer runs perfectly. so come on people, why do you choose to run so much

Other then tune up utility's, these programs do more harm then good.

I very much agree here. Explanation is better. I also every bit of software like this i have seen can be disabled via the registry, even if it locks 'run' .

I'm lead to believe there is a feature to do this in beta 3.5, but i have not upgraded yet. There is a stealth addon for older versions https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1306

can i just ask why so much?

It over wipes the drives, just be warned it will also wipe any other hard drive it detects on the system. And you cant recova this.

Yes, if ccleaner is set to over write. if not you may be able to recova if you know the name of the file.

I dont want to get into the 1 pass is all thats needed over the 35 passes is a waste of time. as im a firm believer in 1 pass is fine but i had some data on a old pc, i let dban run for 4 days no 35 passes.

He means exactly what he said, Keep an anti virus running all the time in your case avast. and keep a anti malware like malware bytes always running real time. Dont get confused with avast and the rest, avast is seperate. its ur anti virus. They can both run together(avast and MB) There is no need for 3 real times running (not including avast) I dont have a anti virus running at all. or malware adware etc

jesus, im shocked at how many add-ons some of you run lol suprised FF isn't laggy to hell. Things for visual layout and speeding settings etc can all be manually config, so is it worth having a addon? Any way, i only use noscript, IE tab, download status bar and tabmix plus, I'm shocked to see none of you use Netcraft toolbar. It's an anti phising tool bar , # Traps suspicious URLs containing characters which have no common purpose other than to deceive. # Enforces display of browser navigational controls (toolbar & address bar) in all windows, to defend against pop up windows which attempt to hide the navigational controls. should be on every FF http://toolbar.netcraft.com/

Another good one is your uninstaller, It has a disk wipe.

It's good people are no longer blinded by m$. CCleaner is by far the best cleaner. It's funny how so many people have issues after installing IE8, but common sense does not seem to prevail often. If you want to be silly enough and not use a piriform product then all fool you. They are very much at the top of their game. any company that forces the download of there software should be questioned.

very interesting aug, does this apply to eraser also? Only over written MFT not deleted.

very nice link. FF over any browser any day though

35 passes is a complete waste of time. No one has ever been able to recover 1 pass let alone 35. I'm no expert in this but have read a lot so please enlighten me if i am wrong, but Craig Wright who is a forensic scientist examined 1 over pass under controlled conditions and examined the drive surface with a magnetic-force microscope to see if there was any data. The answer was NO. whats more worrying and some thing i do plan to research is that windows apparently saves copies of files in a 'special location'

None, I have browser sentinel running with xp's firewall and thats it. Firefox with noscript & netcraft toolba mixed with common sense is all you need. Probably the best AV is preivx IMO, but free def avast

I cant comment on onecare as never heard of it let alone used it but for the registry items ccleaner is what you call a safe cleaner. The only other registry cleaner i would use to do a deeper scan is registry mechanic. As for the cleaning side ccleaner is superb. And should be on ever machine. I have never used any other cleaner and my machine runs superbly. One thing i wish people would be more careful of is being taken in by a large number of issues found. Just because entrys are listed does not make them true(not saying they are fakes of course) but there are malicious software out there. I'm sure some one with experience in onecare will answer. Just be careful, using ccleaner you will so mate

Big fan of vb6, Think it's a great language that lead the way for .NET I would also be interested in why c++ was chosen over visual c++. I just cant see the benefits so please shed some light Only say this as took back vb6 professional to pc world as faulty cd when i first started and the bloke exchanged it for a more expensive c++ How was i to know the complete difference in languages lol, being only a kid. Just decided to learn visual c++

Shouldn't every one? it's the biggest pile of resource hogging cr*p ever made for a AV

My 9 are all extra things i choose myself to run at startup, things like ccleaner, thunderbird, ERUNT(registry backup), Bridge & suitcase for PS

I have 9 entrys that run at startup, Things like quicktime real etc always add there self, which you dont need. i dont see why people download firewall software, xp built in FW is good. TBH, i see zonealarm as a virus in it's self.

I never quite understand the fuss Over the update, It takes less then a minute. I think there should be a sticky so it stops getting ask each week. I dont personally use ccleaners registry backup, but i think it's a great idea and will save a lot of head ache for some people. You also do realise ccleaners scan of the registry can also come down to the users machine.

Just curious like.

You have obviously been scammed. CCleaner is freeware. might be worth providing some details to a mod or admin on where you brought the software from. Might be able to prevent future people making a similar mistake from the site selling it.

I installed ccleaner to ym nans extremely old pc the other week. It took over 7 hours to complete.