Recommend spyware protection please?

blondeonblonde · 2009-10-01 08:16:33

Hey, just setting up a new laptop for my missus. It shipped from dell with 15month McAfee subscription so will probably just leave that on it for the moment for antivirus.... Tried installing Spyware Terminator which I use on my own laptop but doesn't seem to work properly with vista 64 bit?! Any recommendations for…

01-10-2009 09:16AM

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blondeonblonde

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Hey, just setting up a new laptop for my missus. It shipped from dell with 15month McAfee subscription so will probably just leave that on it for the moment for antivirus....

Tried installing Spyware Terminator which I use on my own laptop but doesn't seem to work properly with vista 64 bit?!

Any recommendations for another one or is Windows Defender enough?

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#2 01-10-2009 09:29AM

Alanstrainor

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Moved from laptops.

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#3 01-10-2009 10:30AM

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Malware Bytes AntiSpyware or A-Squared Antispyware are both good and also free.

Links here

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#4 01-10-2009 11:02AM

blondeonblonde

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Is Windows defender no good then?

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#5 01-10-2009 01:28PM

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no and neither is a-squared

read this

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Preventing-Malware-Safe-Computing-t225044.html

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