Comments on: Computer slow? Make sure you aren’t hacked. http://ldstech.org/2009/01/04/computer-slow-make-sure-you-arent-hacked/ Insights on technology development affecting the LDS community Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:20:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Michael http://ldstech.org/2009/01/04/computer-slow-make-sure-you-arent-hacked/#comment-258 Michael Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:36:09 +0000 http://ldstech.org/?p=61#comment-258 Just buy a Mac and you won't have these problems. Just buy a Mac and you won’t have these problems.

]]> By: Alan Williams http://ldstech.org/2009/01/04/computer-slow-make-sure-you-arent-hacked/#comment-252 Alan Williams Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:57:37 +0000 http://ldstech.org/?p=61#comment-252 I have always been in the "you get what you pay for" crowd. The free virus checkers are better than nothing, but do not do near the job that paid programs do. I used Eset NOD32 for antivirus and Sunblet Software's CounterSpy for spyware for several years. Then Sunbelt Software came out with Viper. Viper takes care of the anti-virus and spyware and is much less of a performance drag. The speed difference was very noticeable in every aspect. http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/ That being said, I still do a once-per-month or so scan with Spybot Search and Destroy for any spyware that may have gotten past. No program can stop all malware. I still recommend AVG or Avast if affordability is the issue and the computer is use is generally low-risk. If the client wants to go the free route, then I also suggest Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D and train the client to use these programs on a regular basis. Stupidity is also difficult to protect against. Ignorance can be overcome with training. But if you insist on doing stupid things... Ad-Aware: http://www.lavasoft.com/ Spybot Search and Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html I have always been in the “you get what you pay for” crowd. The free virus checkers are better than nothing, but do not do near the job that paid programs do.

I used Eset NOD32 for antivirus and Sunblet Software’s CounterSpy for spyware for several years. Then Sunbelt Software came out with Viper. Viper takes care of the anti-virus and spyware and is much less of a performance drag. The speed difference was very noticeable in every aspect.
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/

That being said, I still do a once-per-month or so scan with Spybot Search and Destroy for any spyware that may have gotten past. No program can stop all malware.

I still recommend AVG or Avast if affordability is the issue and the computer is use is generally low-risk. If the client wants to go the free route, then I also suggest Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D and train the client to use these programs on a regular basis.

Stupidity is also difficult to protect against. Ignorance can be overcome with training. But if you insist on doing stupid things…

Ad-Aware: http://www.lavasoft.com/
Spybot Search and Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

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