Please rate my computer in security terms!?

Question

I have:
Windows XP Professional with SP 2
1. Security:AVG Free anti-virus 7.1.409
Windows Defender
AVG anti-spyware 7.5
SpyBot Search and Destroy
AdAware SE Personal
ZoneAlarm Firewall (active)


2.Optimisers: CCleaner 1.3.407
Disk Cleaner
RamBooster

3.Browsers: Firefox 2.0(i use it)
IE 7.0
Opera 9.0.2

Thanks for your suggestions and all. Its really hard choosing a best answer among all of these 'best' answers.

From your feedback, I think my computer will get a 7/10; pretty good! :-)

Answer 1

That should be safe enough, it will keep viruses etc from your computer unless you start d/ling dodgy programs onto it.

Answer 2

You have allot of great programs and you should be safe but the safest computer is one that is never turned on,Not being mean at all,I am just saying that we all take risk every time we log onto the www.There are new virus everyday etc and that is why we have to constantly upgrade to keep up with the new junk that is out there,But like i said those are all great and will work but with some virus like virus burst,pest trap,These 2 bugs will over ride your scanners and they will not pick it up or remove it.So just be care full and if you do come across these keep this link bookmark it.It is the only thing i know of to remove those 2 virus .

Answer 3

Ensure that you have not activated the antivirus option of Zone Alarm in case you are using teh ZOne Alarm Pro which is a paid software. Your PC is pretty safe as along as the definations of anti-virus and anti-spyware programs are updated.
You should ensure that you donot have two or more anti-virus programs running simultaneously and two or more online spyware programs running simultaneously. If there are, you will land into crashes, software problems and slowing down of your PC.

Answer 4

Unplug it from the net and the wall and it will be fort knocks... sorry had to throw that in there =P

On a more serious note I would swap AVG ainti virus for Kaspersky or Nod32 and get a router that will act as a hardware firewall for ever more security, other than that good job.

Answer 5

Wow. Your computer is a fortress compared to mine. I have
Windows Defender
Norton Internet Security
Norton Security Center
AdAware SE Personal

Answer 6

Software wise you'r good and quite safe, not fully safe but just safe for the rookies a.k.a Script Kiddies. This assuming that you'r getting the updates on a regular basis, without updates the most secure softwares are open to the world.

Answer 7

Good Security you've done your homework 9/10 & I Support Jessicas Law.

Answer 8

Its overkill and will cause conflicts as well as slow your system down. One active AV, One active Firewall, then go to grc.com and run an All Tests.
You can keep all that stuff on, update it regularly, but just use one at a time, and stick with it. Port 113 will show as Closed, but with Zone Alarm it will show as Stealth.
Tip, send anyone an e.mail, and they know your IP# as well as your ISP, so the 113 doesnt really matter if its closed, thats ok, it will say FAILED, but then look at the Network Bondage Page, grc.com, and he explains how to Disable the network garbage that Microsoft wants us to use.

Answer 9

Your computer is secured well. It has all the basis covered. One flaw I found was that AVG Antivirus 7.1 is out of date. Go to http://www.free.grisoft.com and get AVG Antivirus 7.5. You should be well protected.

Answer 10

The moment you log into the net, you are not secure.. regardless of whatever programmes you use