{"id":2054,"date":"2010-12-13T11:32:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T19:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2010-12-13T17:21:21","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T01:21:21","slug":"security-software-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2010\/security-software-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Software Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"

What McAfee<\/a>\"\" failed to prevent in real time and what Malewarebytes Anti-Malware<\/a>\"\" failed to detect later:<\/p>\n

\"PC<\/a>
\nPC Tools Spyware Doctor warring for Mark Roth!<\/i><\/div>\n

So I was twice disappointed. <\/p>\n

That said, I’ll continue to use McAfee and Malwarebytes along with Spyware Doctor<\/a>\"\". They each have their role and place in protecting my computers. (Although I suppose that I’ll eventually replace McAfee with Microsoft Security Essentials<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/a>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/a>\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

For some of the other software I use: Mark’s Computer Software of Choice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Important additional note: I use the free versions of Malwarebytes<\/a> and Spyware Doctor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PS: If I don’t forget, I’ll update this post with a screen capture of the final results of the scan in progress shown at the top of this post.<\/p>\n

Update 1:<\/b> So this is why the free version of Spyware Doctor just sat on my computer, unused! \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

\"PC<\/a>
\nThe “catch” to the free version of Spyware Doctor!<\/i><\/div>\n

So I downloaded and installed Microsoft Security Essentials. The quick scan found nothing. For the last 3 hours and 45 minutes (and counting), it has been plowing its way through a full scan….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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