Essentials

[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

[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).

[merk]

a good virus scanner doesnt slow your machine down any.


you configure it to scan properly and your fine

hah.

[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

[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

[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.

[Mr. HillBilly]

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

[Zachery]

a good antivirus program is a must

[Mr. HillBilly]

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



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

[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.)

[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

[Radon3k]

I find virus scanners worse than many viruses.

If you create a machine that has all these programs you could make an image of the disk and if you need to reformat just restore the image, its all there again

That's exactly what I need to do. I keep meaning to do it though I just forget because I get wrapped up in other stuff.

[merk]

I find virus scanners worse than many viruses.

If you create a machine that has all these programs you could make an image of the disk and if you need to reformat just restore the image, its all there again

[Wayne Luke]

Sorry i wasnt clear i mean once u got ur operating system on what software can u not live without?

OpenOffice
Kopete
Gimp
Mozilla Firebird
Ximian Evolution
Bluefish

[poolking]

A mother board would be a good start.

That made me laugh.