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My solo business computer recently got infected with malware which took me quite a lot of time and effort to clean up (if it is cleaned up). I eventually reformated and restored my system from scratch, reinstalled everything and didn't copy back any data until it had been virus screened as well as malware screened by two programs-malwarebytes and superantispyware.
My OS is 32 bit Vista Home Premium. System needs are modest, mostly word processing and browsing.
Right now I have one computer directly connected to a DSL modem, running McAfee suite provided by ATT and Macrium Reflect as backup software. My questions:
1) Would MS Security Essentials II be a step up, a step down or roughly equivalent to what I'm using now?
2) Would adding a router (and its firewall) improve my security substantially (don't foresee any other need for a router here).
3) Out of curiousity why don't antivirus programs detect or stop malware? Until this infection I had no idea about the distinction and I think I'm more computer savy than the average user. It was tech support at McAfee that led me to Malwarebytes, ironically enough. The file that caused the infection was on my computer for several years with antivirus running constantly, including when it was downloaded. Neither Norton or McAfee never did anything about it despite many, many full scans.
My OS is 32 bit Vista Home Premium. System needs are modest, mostly word processing and browsing.
Right now I have one computer directly connected to a DSL modem, running McAfee suite provided by ATT and Macrium Reflect as backup software. My questions:
1) Would MS Security Essentials II be a step up, a step down or roughly equivalent to what I'm using now?
2) Would adding a router (and its firewall) improve my security substantially (don't foresee any other need for a router here).
3) Out of curiousity why don't antivirus programs detect or stop malware? Until this infection I had no idea about the distinction and I think I'm more computer savy than the average user. It was tech support at McAfee that led me to Malwarebytes, ironically enough. The file that caused the infection was on my computer for several years with antivirus running constantly, including when it was downloaded. Neither Norton or McAfee never did anything about it despite many, many full scans.