Essentials

[Scott MacVicar]

I dont have a virus scanner.

I'm generally vigilant enough not to open files from people i'm not expecting stuff from. I only download programs from reliable sources.

Though my sister downstairs thats a different situtation she managed to infect the network twice now with a virus (not my computers) so the other computers in the house run NAV 2003.

Trillian Pro
Ultraedit
Tortoise CVS
Apache
MySQL 4
Latest PHP Snapshot
Firebird
Visual Studio
Adobe Photoshop

basically in that order

[Andy Z]

Windows:
- Trillian Pro
- Office XP Pro
- Photoshop
- Studio MX
- CuteFTP
- Apache 2, PHP, MySQL 4
- Firebird

Mac:
- Studio MX (PHP, HTML, Flash)
- MS Office X (for school stuff)
- Adobe Design Collection: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, GoLive (Graphic work)
- Norton AV
- Safari (Browser)
- Transmit (FTP)
- Apple Dev Tools (ProjectBuilder, InterfaceBuilder and their related prog. apps.)

[Mr. HillBilly]

Xp-Anti Spy -http://www.xpantispy.org/



Spybot Search & Destroy - http://security.kolla.de/

[Zachery]

a good antivirus program is a must

[Mr. HillBilly]

Here's a good free one http://www.grisoft.com/

[rylin]

a good antivirus program is a must

I disagree.
I have my mailservers covered with amavisd, spamassassin and ClamAV.

Hence, I don't get annoying virii through my email.

That said, I do a quick scan every other month or so with any of the free online ones.. I just don't feel the need to slow down IO on this machine more than it already is.

"Common Sense" is way more effective than any virus scanner.

[Zachery]

i said a good one. common sense helps but ever virus can get you when you least expect it. a good virus scanner doesnt slow your machine down any.


you configure it to scan properly and your fine

[bahbah]

Winace
Ultraedit
WMP9
WinSCP2
Putty
Trillian
MS Office 2000 Pro
MyIE2
Counterstrike :-)
Spybot
Adobe Acrobat
Apache for Win32
PHP 4.3.0 for Win32
MySQL for Win32
Jv16 Powertools
Nero

[merk]

a good virus scanner doesnt slow your machine down any.


you configure it to scan properly and your fine

hah.

[Stryker]

I use AVG from Grisoft and each time I boot I can't do anything with my computer for a couple of minutes after I see the desktop because it takes that long to 'plug' itself in. I don't think it's possible to disable these background processes with the free version otherwise I'd switch them off and just do manual scans from time to time. Still I only boot once a day so it's no big deal.

I don't think anyone has mentioned Zoom Player (www.inmatrix.com) or the Core Media Player (www.corecoded.com) yet. Then there's Color Cop (www.datastic.com) and Motherboard Monitor (http://mbm.livewiredev.com).

[N9ne]

Xp-Anti Spy -http://www.xpantispy.org/



Spybot Search & Destroy - http://security.kolla.de/

Spyboy search and destroy is a really good program, and it's free too