I need help on computer security I bought Trend Micro and ??? :?

Question

Well, I bought Trend MIcro because the staples manager I know said it was the best. But I had free spybot S&D but I think it was a "bad" one, not a good download ,but now I know to download to desktop and scan. The problem is that the Trend Micro, if I stop the puter each day it takes like 1.5 hours to run, too long. and I don't think it catches malware ?? I am afriad of downloads because many are tainted, what do you suggest ? thanks

Answer 1

These are tools I can recommend as reliable, having tested all of them within the last two months (I love my drive imaging software!)

firewall:

Comodo (http://www.comodo.com), or
PC Tools (http://www.pctools.com/firewall), though Comodo will be a bit easier to use.

antivirus:
Avira (http://www.free-av.com)
AVAST! Home (http://www.avast.com)
AVG (http://free.grisoft.com)
all provide realtime protection and automatic updates.

antispyware:

Spyware Terminator (http://www.SpywareTerminator.com) or
Spyware Doctor (http://pack.google.com)
either one will give you good, realtime protection, along with
Ad-Aware Free (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_a... and
Spybot S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/downl...
for additional removal ability.

Finally, a generic intrusion protection tool is a good supplement to the tools in the first three categories. The best one I've test is System Safety Monitor Free edition (http://www.syssafety.com) which does a better job than most of the commercial intrusion prevention applications from major vendors.

As for how long your scan takes to run, it would help if you could provide additional information about your system specs - RAM, processor speed are the two most important for this. (Right click the My Computer icon, then select Properties. - this information will be on the first tab, once it fills in.)