I have AdAware, Spybot, AVG Anti Virus, and CCleaner on my laptop?

Question

Do I need anything else to make it run faster or is that good enough?

I also have Windows Firewall and Windows Defender

Answer 1

Which OS are you running? Because the WinXP firewall is junk.The Vista firewall is said to be somewhat better, but still not real good, so I agree with a previous answerer to install Comodo's Firewall Pro and turn off your Windows firewall.

Comodo Firewall Pro: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Also a full-time antimalware shield is important to have, and I recommend Comodo's BOClean:
http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Yeah that's good, althrough TuneUp utilities 2007, has half the time it takes to defrag, configure startup/log in screens/ optimize registry/ and more, anyways yeah everything you have is decent rating of 6.5/10 protection scale.

Try using Kerio Personal or Commodo Firewall.

I didn't want to say AVG sucks, because I might get a thumbs down, but it is more efficient free protection, and he uses free programs..

Answer 5

I Quote:

Wanna know how to keep your computer free from viruses, pop-ups, spyware, and other junk? Here’s how to do it without installing a single piece of software:

Tell all the males in your house to quit surfing for porn

Buy CDs and rip the tracks from there

Get a Netflix or Blockbuster account instead of using BitTorrent

Instead of looking for software cracks / serials, look for coupons

Stop operating in Administrator mode

Adhering to these five points (and forcing your family or roommates to do the same) should be enough to cut your risk by 90%, I’m guessing. You could do more to protect yourself, though, if you feel the need to download something:

Download drivers through official (or sanctioned) sources

Avoid unnecessary browser toolbars, plugins, or enhancements - and if you’re not sure if a toolbar is TRULY necessary, don’t install it

Read through every bit of a software installer process to ensure you’re not adding something that you don’t need and/or want - and if you’re not a geek, don’t install ANYTHING without first asking permission (from your Administrator)

Think twice before clicking on links sent to you by email or IM - especially if they prompt you to log in somewhere or download something else

Surf through OpenDNS servers for automatic Web site typo correction as well as an extra layer of phishing filters

That’s probably worth another 10% as far as protection from spyware / viruses are concerned. If you wanna be super-duper protected, surf the Web with Firefox or move to OS X (sorry, gang) and run Windows apps through Parallels."

Chris Pirillo

Answer 6

AntiVirus 2009 is a virus itself, trying to trick you into buying a fake program. Download a free trial of Norton or Kaspersky (or both) and see if that gets rid of it. Maybe even Malwarebytes, I've heard that's a good one.

Answer 7

I just use adware and AVG Anti Virus. and my computer is pretty much working the same way since the day i bought. about 8 months ago. Just do adware scan every two days and virus scan every week your computer should be fine.

Answer 8

AVG Anti-Virus is crap!

Mostly noobs, the naive, the computer illiterate, and children use AVG Free. People of their ilk love AVG because they say it is easy to use and almost never bothers them with any pop-ups or warnings. Of course AVG Free never bothers them, it hardly ever finds any virus to warn them about!

In test,
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82
after test,
http://www.av-comparatives.org/
after test,
http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarereviews/gr/avgfree.htm
after test ,
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=891307&postcount=1,
after test,
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130869-page,1/article.html,
after test,
http://techsupportalert.com/issues/al_current.htm#Section_0,
after test,
http://winnow.oitc.com/AntiVirusPerformance.html
etc. etc. etc, ad nauseam, AVG fares poorly.

AVG has proven itself to be a miserable performer at best. Missing almost 20%, while trying to detect known malware, in some tests. Not to mention almost non-existent heuristic detection and infrequent "once-a day" updates.

AVG. = Average, at best!

There are much better free anti-virus alternatives such as Avria Anti-Vir:
http://www.free-av.com/
and Avast:
http://avast.com/eng/free_software.html

Answer 9

You dont need all of that, some are redudant and can slow down your pc as they run in the background. FYI AVG sucks!

Answer 10

everything you have is good, but those programs will not make your system run faster, they will slow it some. but they are needed to protect your system. the more programs that run the slower your pc runs, as its needs more time to do your commands.