Vista - I'm Confused

With all these terms such as adware, spyware, phishing and viruses
do I need to get software protection for each individual type or are a
couple
of these terms one in the same? And can I get software protection that
covers all these?

Thanks,
James

There isn't anything that covers it all. Get 1 good anti-virus, 1 good
firewall and use Google to find Vista compatible anti-spyware.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD

"JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> With all these terms such as adware, spyware, phishing and viruses
> do I need to get software protection for each individual type or are a
> couple
> of these terms one in the same? And can I get software protection that
> covers all these?
>
> Thanks,
> James

Thanks much

"Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> There isn't anything that covers it all. Get 1 good anti-virus, 1 good
> firewall and use Google to find Vista compatible anti-spyware.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
> P4 HT @ 3.00ghz, 4.0gb RAM, 700gb HDD
>
> "JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:eOgLvlhfHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> With all these terms such as adware, spyware, phishing and viruses
>> do I need to get software protection for each individual type or are a
>> couple
>> of these terms one in the same? And can I get software protection that
>> covers all these?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> James
>

i thing security is pretty good with vista, better than xp

I I prefer AVAST and they have a free
version or Vista
I use 3 different anti spy/ad ware programs.
spybot search and destroy
spywareblaster
Adaware from Lavasoft.
all of these are available for free............do a google.

"JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:eOgLvlhfHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> With all these terms such as adware, spyware, phishing and viruses
> do I need to get software protection for each individual type or are a
> couple
> of these terms one in the same? And can I get software protection that
> covers all these?
>
> Thanks,
> James

"JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote
> With all these terms such as adware, spyware, phishing and viruses
> do I need to get software protection for each individual type or are a
> couple
> of these terms one in the same? And can I get software protection that
> covers all these?

Run one AV program. There are several good ones for Vista, including Avast
(free), AVG (free), NOD32 (paid). Then use a variety of programs that
target non viral malware. Only one should run with active scanning, but you
can use the others to do a scan of the system from time to time. Vista
comes with Defender. In addition I recommend (and they are all free):

Ad-Aware SE Personal (they are working on a new version soon to be released)
SpyBot S&D
Spyware Blaster (not a scanner; it prevents malware from getting installed).

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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"JamesJ" <jjy@Darwin_adelphia.net> wrote
> With all these terms such as adware, spyware, phishing and viruses
> do I need to get software protection for each individual type or are a
> couple
> of these terms one in the same? And can I get software protection that
> covers all these?

Run one AV program. There are several good ones for Vista, including Avast
(free), AVG (free), NOD32 (paid). Then use a variety of programs that
target non viral malware. Only one should run with active scanning, but you
can use the others to do a scan of the system from time to time. Vista
comes with Defender. In addition I recommend (and they are all free):

Ad-Aware SE Personal (they are working on a new version soon to be released)
SpyBot S&D
Spyware Blaster (not a scanner; it prevents malware from getting installed).

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
--

"Anthony" <Anthony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i thing security is pretty good with vista, better than xp

Being more secure than XP is like being more alive than Elvis Pressley. It
isn't very hard to do.

However Windows Vista needs anti virus and ant spyware protection.
Nothing in Vista removes those needs.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Anthony" <Anthony@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i thing security is pretty good with vista, better than xp