greenknight Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Who's Connected? - Reveals programs that are connected to the internet Try "netstat -b" or "netstat -bv" for verbose. Who's Connected is much handier; it's a very lightweight, free program. Oh, and I forgot, I dumped Xpy. See edit above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 I updated the list, and gave direct links to software pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 i use Avira AntiVir Spybot S&D and i have an IPCOP box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted May 14, 2007 Author Share Posted May 14, 2007 Updated list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenknight Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Updated my list, added Sophos Anti-Rootkit, updated ClamWin version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 Updated list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenknight Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Updated list again - I replaced Windows Defender with SpywareTerminator. Also, I noticed I'd forgotten to list A-squared Free, which I've had all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenknight Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Updated list again - deleted Spyware Terminator, added Arovax Shield. Spyware Terminator was too annoying, and its settings reset themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miekiemoes Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Ok, my turn now.. A bit different... Anti-Spyware: None (I actually mainly work/browse in my VMware) Anti-Virus/Firewall: Avira AntiVir premium Browser: Firefox Disk Management: Ccleaner + manually cleanup registry leftovers - don't like registry Cleaners anyway. File-Sharing: I don't share FTP: Filezilla Graphics: Paint shop pro Instant Messenger: Trillian Media Player: Windows Media Player 11 Utilities: Dial-a-fix, HijackThis, Unlocker, ProcExp, PEExplorer, IceSword, some "small other utilities" and Vmware (which I mainly use for analysis, beta testing and "random browsing" - No, I am not paranoid ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenknight Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Updated list yet again - removed Arovax Shield, added Spyware Terminator 2.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 Updated list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted October 3, 2007 Author Share Posted October 3, 2007 Anti-Spyware: SpywareBlaster, Spybot - Search and Destroy, Windows Defender Anti-Virus: Avast Home Edition Browser: Firefox CD/DVD Burning: AVStoDVD, InfraRecorder Disk Management: NCleaner, Disk Defragmenter (Included in Windows) File-Sharing: Frostwire, BitTorrent Firewall: Comodo Free Firewall FTP: FileZilla Graphics: Paint.NET Instant Messenger: Windows Live Messenger with A-Patch Media Player/Codecs: Windows Media Player 11 (audio and streaming videos), VLC Media Player (downloaded videos) Office: Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise or OpenOffice PC Visuals: XPize or Vize Technical Tools: Dial-a-fix, HijackThis,Unlocker Utilities: 7Zip, Dizzy, Foxit Reader Web Program: Notepad ++ Only the following cost money from the list above is Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise though you can use OpenOffice as an alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenknight Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Updated list; dumped Spyware Terminator, installed Spyware Doctor Starter Edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 My Updated List: Anti-Spyware: Spybot - Search and Destroy, SpywareBlaster and Windows Defender (Included in Windows Vista) Anti-Virus: Avast Home Edition Browser: Firefox CD/DVD Burning: AVStoDVD, InfraRecorder and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows) Disk Management: CCleaner, Defraggler and Recuva File-Sharing: BitTorrent and Frostwire Firewall: Comodo Free Firewall FTP: FileZilla Graphics: Paint.NET Instant Messenger: Windows Live Messenger with A-Patch Media Player/Codecs: Vista Codecs, VLC Media Player and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows), Office: OpenOffice or Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise PC Visuals: XPize or Vize Technical Tools: Dial-a-fix, HijackThis and Unlocker Utilities: 7Zip, Dizzy and Foxit Reader Web Program: Notepad ++ Only Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise costs money from the list above though you can use the brilliant OpenOffice as an alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 Anti-Spyware: Spybot - Search and Destroy, SpywareBlaster and Windows Defender (Included in Windows Vista) Anti-Virus: Avast Home Edition Browser: Firefox CD/DVD Burning: AVStoDVD, InfraRecorder and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows) Disk Management: CCleaner DVD Ripping: DVD Decryptor and DVD Shrink File-Sharing: BitTorrent and Frostwire Firewall: Comodo Firewall FTP: FileZilla Graphics: Paint.NET Instant Messenger: Windows Live Messenger with A-Patch Media Players/Codecs: QT Lite, VLC Media Player and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows) Office: Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise or OpenOffice PC Visuals: XPize or Vize Technical Tools: Dial-a-fix, HijackThis and Unlocker Utilities: 7Zip, Dizzy, Foxit Reader and TuneUp Utilities 2008 Web Program: Notepad ++ Only TuneUp Utilities 2008 and Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise costs money from the list above though you can use the brilliant OpenOffice as an alternative for MS Office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenknight Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Updated list - dumped Spyware Doctor Starter Edition, installed Comodo BOClean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenknight Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Revised list (all freeware), dumped Ad-Aware 2007, added Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (free scanner only): Resident Antivirus AVG 7.5 Free On-demand Antivirus Scanners ClamWin 0.90.2.1 Mcaffee A.V.E.R.T. Stinger Avast Software Cleaner On-demand Malware Scanners Spybot Search-and-Destroy AVG Anti-Spyware Free 7.5 A-squared Free Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Free HijackThis! 2.0.2 A-squared HijackFree Realtime Antispyware Comodo BOClean SpywareBlaster On-demand Spyware Tools CWShredder AboutBuster HSRemove Kill2Me On-demand Rootkit Detection RootkitRevealer GMER System Monitor WinPatrol Firewall WinXP SP2 Built-in Cleaners CCleaner EasyCleaner HDCleaner Diagnostics Autoruns Process Explorer Process Monitor Miscellaneous FirelogXP - Reads XP Firewall logs Who's Connected? - Reveals programs that are connected to the internet Browser Firefox (with NoScript extension) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Tarun Posted February 20, 2008 Administrator Share Posted February 20, 2008 greenknight you may want to add RogueRemover to the list. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 It is funny how people have a huge list of security software they run. I have none. I run the built-in Windows firewall that came with Windows XP SP2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 It is funny how people have a huge list of security software they run. I have none. I run the built-in Windows firewall that came with Windows XP SP2. That firewall is rubbish. Though my list of security software is pretty small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 It is funny how people have a huge list of security software they run. I have none. I run the built-in Windows firewall that came with Windows XP SP2. That firewall is rubbish. Though my list of security software is pretty small. Yeah, I agree. It is a simple firewall, with almost no options. More like a toy than a tool. I am not sure other personal firewalls for Windows have much more to offer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenknight Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Actually, the XP firewall is pretty effective at blocking incoming traffic. It does nothing about outgoing traffic, though - which means that any trojan that does manage to install itself can install more malware unimpeded. I have to deal with other users on this machine - and I've been outvoted about installing a real firewall. Thus I keep a lot of tools on hand, just in case. The one time a trojan did get installed, I was barely able to download the tools I needed clean everything out - so I just keep them on hand and updated, so I'm ready if it happens again. I don't routinely run all that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 It is funny how people have a huge list of security software they run. I have none. I run the built-in Windows firewall that came with Windows XP SP2. That firewall is rubbish. Though my list of security software is pretty small. Yeah, I agree. It is a simple firewall, with almost no options. More like a toy than a tool. I am not sure other personal firewalls for Windows have much more to offer though. Comodo seems to be working well/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenknight Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I realized, belatedly, that I'd left out a whole category of tools; so I added Autoruns, Process Explorer, and Process Monitor, under the new heading "Diagnostics". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 New list: Anti-Spyware: Spybot - Search and Destroy, SpywareBlaster and Windows Defender (Included in Windows Vista) Anti-Virus: Avast Home Edition Browser: Firefox CD/DVD Burning: AVStoDVD, InfraRecorder and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows) Disk Management: CCleaner and Recuva DVD Ripping: DVD Decryptor and DVD Shrink File-Sharing: BitTorrent and Frostwire Firewall: Comodo Firewall FTP: FileZilla Graphics: Paint.NET Instant Messenger: Windows Live Messenger with A-Patch Media Players/Codecs: K Lite Mega Codec Pack, QT Lite, VLC Media Player and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows) Office: Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise or OpenOffice PC Visuals: XPize or Vize Technical Tools: Dial-a-fix, HijackThis and Unlocker Utilities: 7Zip, Dizzy and Foxit Reader Web Program: Notepad ++ Only Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise costs money from the list above though you can use the brilliant OpenOffice as an alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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