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There were threads about this but they were more than 68 days old and it wouldn't let me post in them.

Basically is this thing good enough to protect you like an AV program can? Just wondering.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion Elite
    CPU
    AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor
    Motherboard
    Some Amount of Motherness
    Memory
    6.O GB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA nVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB DDR5
    Sound Card
    Some Amount of Soundness
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Two Monitors: HP w1907 & Acer P191w
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 & 1440x900
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Blue 500GB
    PSU
    Some Amount of Voltageness
    Case
    Hp Pavilion Elite Case
    Cooling
    Some Amount of Coolingness
    Keyboard
    HP: Model Number: KB0911
    Mouse
    HP: M/N:M-SBQ133
    Internet Speed
    Comcast: 20 MB/S
    Other Info
    I have two monitors! I play Call of Duty: Black Ops & Modern Warfare II - Both on PC. Contact me through my website: ChaseKurry.com
Good computer security is based on -
You & what you click on
An Anti Virus Program - one only.
Anti Malware progs like Defender.If you are interested we can recommend others.
Computer Firewall
Router Firewall.
Strong passwords.
UAC
etc. etc.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    LAPTOP. HP Pavilion dv7-1005TX .
    CPU
    IntelCore [email protected] x2
    Memory
    4.00 GB installed, max capacity 8 GB.
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT & 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics mem.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.0" diagonal WXGA + High definition brightview widescreen infinity display.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    SPECS.
    Drive 1. 298.09 GB Fujitzu MHZ2320BH G2 ATA Device
    Drive 2. [ All as above.]

    CONFIG. C:\287.65 GB, D:\298.09 GB, E:\10.44 GB.
    Case
    Laptop / notebook.
    Cooling
    Stock.
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port touch pad.
    Internet Speed
    ADSL [ Too slow.]
    Other Info
    Webcam.
JMH said:
An Anti Virus Program - one only.
Anti Malware progs like Defender.If you are interested we can recommend others.
Computer Firewall
Router Firewall.
Click to expand...

The first two will conflict. Symantec pretty much recommends disabling Windows Defender.

Also, what do the different type of firewalls do? Computer, router etc.
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    LAPTOP. HP Pavilion dv7-1005TX .
    CPU
    IntelCore [email protected] x2
    Memory
    4.00 GB installed, max capacity 8 GB.
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT & 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics mem.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.0" diagonal WXGA + High definition brightview widescreen infinity display.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    SPECS.
    Drive 1. 298.09 GB Fujitzu MHZ2320BH G2 ATA Device
    Drive 2. [ All as above.]

    CONFIG. C:\287.65 GB, D:\298.09 GB, E:\10.44 GB.
    Case
    Laptop / notebook.
    Cooling
    Stock.
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port touch pad.
    Internet Speed
    ADSL [ Too slow.]
    Other Info
    Webcam.
Personally on Vista u cant go much wrong with just the 3 simple pieces:

Defender - Enabled
AVG/NOD32 - AV
UAC - enabled

Ive had vista since it came out and not a single infection yet :) n there all i use full stop
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer 5630WLMi
    CPU
    Intel Centrino Duo 1.66Ghz, 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
    Memory
    1x 2GB 800MHz DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Onboard 256 Intel Rubish
    Sound Card
    Onboard Intel HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.4" Crystalbrite
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    160GB SATA
    PSU
    N/A
    Case
    N/A
    Cooling
    N/A
    Keyboard
    Laptop
    Mouse
    Laser Optical
    Internet Speed
    2.6mbps Download, Upload unknown (not tested)
I do not recommend disabling Defender. I use Norton on XP and also run Defender. There is no conflicts. I use Avast with Vista and also run Defender. No conflicts.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    AMD Phenom X4 9850
    Motherboard
    MSI K9N SLI V2
    Memory
    8 GIG DDR 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 9800 GT 512mb
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SyncMaster 220wm
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi something or other 500 gigs
    PSU
    650 watts
It won't be apparent right away, but I don't see why an AV like symantec would "recommend" disabling Windows Defender (detected it then recommended disabling it) if there is indeed nothing that may hamper the AV, just saying.
 

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not that i know of, AVG and NOD32 have no conflicts with Firewalls nor windows defender :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer 5630WLMi
    CPU
    Intel Centrino Duo 1.66Ghz, 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
    Memory
    1x 2GB 800MHz DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Onboard 256 Intel Rubish
    Sound Card
    Onboard Intel HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.4" Crystalbrite
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    160GB SATA
    PSU
    N/A
    Case
    N/A
    Cooling
    N/A
    Keyboard
    Laptop
    Mouse
    Laser Optical
    Internet Speed
    2.6mbps Download, Upload unknown (not tested)
Im running AVG Anti Virus Pro & Defender [plus other anti malware progs] happily together.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    LAPTOP. HP Pavilion dv7-1005TX .
    CPU
    IntelCore [email protected] x2
    Memory
    4.00 GB installed, max capacity 8 GB.
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT & 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics mem.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.0" diagonal WXGA + High definition brightview widescreen infinity display.
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    SPECS.
    Drive 1. 298.09 GB Fujitzu MHZ2320BH G2 ATA Device
    Drive 2. [ All as above.]

    CONFIG. C:\287.65 GB, D:\298.09 GB, E:\10.44 GB.
    Case
    Laptop / notebook.
    Cooling
    Stock.
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port touch pad.
    Internet Speed
    ADSL [ Too slow.]
    Other Info
    Webcam.
Hello,
I have been running Symantec and Defender together on Vista for almost 2 years now.
No problems here..
:)
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    CPU
    Intel (R) Core(TM) Quad 6600 @2.4GHz
    Memory
    4GB dual channel DDR2 667MHZ [4x 1024]
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic Dell PnP Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    2 500GB Hard drives in a RAID 1 Mirror configuration.
    Keyboard
    Standard USB QWERTY keyboard
    Mouse
    Standard optical mouse
    Internet Speed
    Actual 2.2 Mbps
    Other Info
    Connected to DSL internet via ethernet via Netgear DGN2000 modem router.
    Also connected via ethernet to HP 8180 All-in-One Photosmart printer.
    19-in1 card reader and 1 DVD and 1 DVD RW drives
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