Windows XP Home SP2 Security

Hello, I am going to get rid of my McAfee Security Suite and install a
completely free group of security programs suggested to me from some very
nice gentlemen here. Here are the programs that I Googled reviews for and
decided upon (based upon the recommendations): Comodo Personal Firewall 2.3;
Windows Defender; AVG (Ewido) Anti-Spyware 7.5 (home version); Spybot S&D
1.4; Lavasoft Ad-Aware; AVG Anti-Virus; Avast Anti-Virus; Grisoft AvG
Anti-Rootkit or DiamondCS Process Guard (one bad post by a knowledable fellow
in a file forum) or both? Would I need them both, or would one be
sufficient? Please advise. Would anything here conflict with another? Is
this too much for my HP? HP Pavillion Laptop zv5330us Intel Pent. 4, 3.2GH
512 MB 80GB Hard Drive, Hyper Threading Tech., Windows XP Home SP2. Please
be so kind as to share with me what you think of this line-up and if you
would add or subtract any of the programs, or any other comments and
suggestions. Thank you. The negative post on DiamondCS Process Guard:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/review/1088370511/1/view (bottom of page)
--
Gregory

"Gregory" <Gregory@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3A54CBF-681C-4E24-9E3D-D8BDB077ADE1@microsoft.com...
> Hello, I am going to get rid of my McAfee Security Suite and install a
> completely free group of security programs suggested to me from some very
> nice gentlemen here. Here are the programs that I Googled reviews for and
> decided upon (based upon the recommendations): Comodo Personal Firewall
> 2.3;
> Windows Defender; AVG (Ewido) Anti-Spyware 7.5 (home version); Spybot
> S&D
> 1.4; Lavasoft Ad-Aware; AVG Anti-Virus; Avast Anti-Virus; Grisoft AvG
> Anti-Rootkit or DiamondCS Process Guard (one bad post by a knowledable
> fellow
> in a file forum) or both? Would I need them both, or would one be
> sufficient? Please advise. Would anything here conflict with another?
> Is
> this too much for my HP? HP Pavillion Laptop zv5330us Intel Pent. 4,
> 3.2GH
> 512 MB 80GB Hard Drive, Hyper Threading Tech., Windows XP Home SP2.
> Please
> be so kind as to share with me what you think of this line-up and if you
> would add or subtract any of the programs, or any other comments and
> suggestions. Thank you. The negative post on DiamondCS Process Guard:
>
> http://fileforum.betanews.com/review/1088370511/1/view (bottom of page)
> --
> Gregory
Having more than one firewall causes conflicts.
Having more than one AV causes conflicts.
So, pare down your list to exclude more than one firewall and more than one
AV scanner.
Jim

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 21:00:00 -0700, Gregory
<Gregory@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hello, I am going to get rid of my McAfee Security Suite and install a
> completely free group of security programs suggested to me from some very
> nice gentlemen here. Here are the programs that I Googled reviews for and
> decided upon (based upon the recommendations): Comodo Personal Firewall 2.3;
> Windows Defender; AVG (Ewido) Anti-Spyware 7.5 (home version); Spybot S&D
> 1.4; Lavasoft Ad-Aware; AVG Anti-Virus; Avast Anti-Virus; Grisoft AvG
> Anti-Rootkit or DiamondCS Process Guard (one bad post by a knowledable fellow
> in a file forum) or both? Would I need them both, or would one be
> sufficient? Please advise. Would anything here conflict with another?


Choose *either* AVG or Avast! Do not run two antivirus programs at
once.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Hello, I uninstalled and installed. Things went fairly smooth thanks to all
of the help I got here! Running Comodo FW; Windows Defender; AVG(Ewido)
Antispy; Avant Antivirus; and Ad-aware. Gratefully,
--
Gregory


"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 21:00:00 -0700, Gregory
> <Gregory@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello, I am going to get rid of my McAfee Security Suite and install a
> > completely free group of security programs suggested to me from some very
> > nice gentlemen here. Here are the programs that I Googled reviews for and
> > decided upon (based upon the recommendations): Comodo Personal Firewall 2.3;
> > Windows Defender; AVG (Ewido) Anti-Spyware 7.5 (home version); Spybot S&D
> > 1.4; Lavasoft Ad-Aware; AVG Anti-Virus; Avast Anti-Virus; Grisoft AvG
> > Anti-Rootkit or DiamondCS Process Guard (one bad post by a knowledable fellow
> > in a file forum) or both? Would I need them both, or would one be
> > sufficient? Please advise. Would anything here conflict with another?
>
>
> Choose *either* AVG or Avast! Do not run two antivirus programs at
> once.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

"Gregory" <Gregory@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB98B27F-B3ED-4F3F-8481-CC1F6D632E76@microsoft.com...
> Hello, I uninstalled and installed. Things went fairly smooth thanks to
> all
> of the help I got here! Running Comodo FW; Windows Defender; AVG(Ewido)
> Antispy; Avant Antivirus; and Ad-aware. Gratefully,
> --
> Gregory
>
>
FWIW I use
Windows Firewall
AVG Anti-Virus
Spybot S&D
Spyware Blaster.
Adaware SE Personal.
Regards Mike.