BleepingComputer.com: Best Practices - Internet Safety For 2008

This a very useful forum and I'm glad it's here!

I was recently reading an article in PC World that ranked the top 8 internet security suites as follows:
G Data Internet Security 2010
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2009
BitDefender Internet Security 2009
Panda Internet Security 2009
AVG Internet Security 8.9
Check Point Zone Alarm Extreme Security 8.0
PC Tools Internet Security
Comodo Internet Security Pro 8.3

...this might seem like a silly question, but how does a product like the ones above, fit within a overall best practises plan?

Cheers!

I would add to that avoid using Microsoft Outlook as an email client. Use Thunderbird instead. Lots of email virus are designed to specifically infect outlook email clients. By using a different client, you minimize your risk of an infection. Also turn off html on your email client. Always read mail in plain text mode.

Beverly Roberts

One other important tip: use an email service that does not display your ip address in the email header. Never expose you ip address if you don't want to expose your computer to hacking.

Beverly Roberts

Indeed Ms. BR.....But, if you spend enough time on THIS site.....and others perchance......you will find that with proper "active" protection, other "on demand" scanners/scans, and the most important protection of all....YOU, then you may open all in other than in plain text....view as you please....as this site will provide you and all with the ultimate protections that will enable you to cruise the WWW with confidence.

P. S. Do not forget to error check and defrag every once in a "blue moon"...


Happy Surfing!!!!!!

This is a great guide. Thanks!

harrywaldron, on Jan 1 2008, 09:57 AM, said:

So I'm confused about this one. I just had a malware attack of some sort, worked with one of the (very helpful) volunteers on this site and it seems that running a tool called MBR fixed the problem. Having gone through all of that, I'm still not sure what the infection was. (I think it was a rootkit, but not even certain about that). So... How exactly does one identify the infection, once it's gotten hold of your computer??

Thanks... (And I hope I don't ever need this information again, but just in case...)