- Dec 25, 2007
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Hello everyone,
I'm finally upgrading from an ancient WinXP as I'm tired of it.
A combination of factors kept me from doing it earlier, but I'm going to jump over to an SSD and Win7 early next week.
One thing I'd like to do is re-assess the security software on it. I've been using NOD32 and Spybot S&D for a long time, and it's worked out okay. I like Spybot's immunization feature, although I don't know how effective it really is. However, I hated the fact that Spybot's auto-loading residents delayed my windows boot by quite a bit sometimes when it just randomly starts eating CPU power for a while.
I may continue to use NOD32, or switch over to MSE for AV protection, but should I bother continuing to use Spybot? I also have MBAM free, which works for on-demand scanning, although I'm not sure if its real-time protection in the pro version is necessary or not. The only thing I can think of is that Spybot's immunization could be helpful as a passive defense.
I'm also open to other ideas, since I haven't used Win7 much before.
Thanks.
I'm finally upgrading from an ancient WinXP as I'm tired of it.
A combination of factors kept me from doing it earlier, but I'm going to jump over to an SSD and Win7 early next week.
One thing I'd like to do is re-assess the security software on it. I've been using NOD32 and Spybot S&D for a long time, and it's worked out okay. I like Spybot's immunization feature, although I don't know how effective it really is. However, I hated the fact that Spybot's auto-loading residents delayed my windows boot by quite a bit sometimes when it just randomly starts eating CPU power for a while.
I may continue to use NOD32, or switch over to MSE for AV protection, but should I bother continuing to use Spybot? I also have MBAM free, which works for on-demand scanning, although I'm not sure if its real-time protection in the pro version is necessary or not. The only thing I can think of is that Spybot's immunization could be helpful as a passive defense.
I'm also open to other ideas, since I haven't used Win7 much before.
Thanks.