formatting... but need protection before connecting!

RoyalMarine

need to format my comp for some reason as soon as i load windows on, connect to the net i get some serious attacks... and dont have time to get sufficient protection running before some **** happens...

so i need a few progs to stick on my pen drive before i format and re-load.

so far im going with

adaware ( with all definitions )
spybot s&d ( including teatimer & registry guard )
avg 7 free version
mcafee firewall
zone alarm firewall

was thinking of kerio but last time i checked it conflicted with zonealarm... funny so does mcafee but i never had a problem with those 2 running at the same time.

any other ideas? thanks

DemonOfTheFall

Why would you want to run 2 firewalls at the same time ? Sounds like total system resources rape for no reason if you ask me...

brooksp

Run Autopatcher on the box before you conect it to the internet.

RoyalMarine

whats autopatcher?

RotalicaV

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=89

Yup, Autopatcher looks good.

matrim

RoyalMarineComm wrote:

so i need a few progs to stick on my pen drive before i format and re-load.

so far im going with

adaware ( with all definitions )
spybot s&d ( including teatimer & registry guard )
avg 7 free version
mcafee firewall
zone alarm firewall

As has been said already why do you need 2 firewalls?

And as far as I'm concerned, when I reformat I only install a firewall before going on the net. Then the first thing I do is download spybot and avg.

gline

the problem your having is probably because you are running 2 firewalls, they are probably confilicting with eachother and letting stuff through . u need 1 firewall, 1 av product + 1 adware/spyware product and that should be fine

RoyalMarine

ah crap. that was meant to be mcafee anti virus.
not mcafee firewall.

i only run 1 firewall. not 2.
ill try the autopatcher and see how i get on.

thanks

DemonOfTheFall

So then you run 2 anti-virus programs ? That also leads to trouble.

gline

DemonOfTheFall wrote:

So then you run 2 anti-virus programs ? That also leads to trouble.

this is true, it will EAT ur resources

SouperComputer

need to format my comp for some reason as soon as i load windows on, connect to the net i get some serious attacks... and dont have time to get sufficient protection running before some **** happens...

You computer is not going to be bombed out of existance as soon as you connect to the net!

XP SP2 is adequate to start if you use safe browsing. If you are just getting your hands on the software you need from legitimate sources, then you will have plenty of time online to install what you need before "they get you"