shark

source of information: http://hyipguide.info/online_security.html

Hardiyan

thank's for the info shark..

NDA corp

(off topic) Im sorry boss, member hasnt ben informed when he firstly joined coz I wasnt OL yet...

Now he has..., Thank you!..

hyips.tk

Trinary

Interesting list, haven't heard a few of them.

My recommendations are different though, most of which have free versions:

Anti Virus:
Antivir ( a friend of mine who installed it just a couple days ago found many more virus than found by kaspersky )
Avast
AVG

Firewall:
Zonealarm

Anti Intrusion:
MS Spyware Remover
Prevx

Anti Spyware:
Spybot Search and Destroy
Adaware
PestPatrol

Immunization:
Spyware Blaster

Monitor:
WinPatrol

and remember not to have too many of the same type running resident

decadence

Agnitum Outpost is a very good firewall, and it's free. I like Look n Stop a lot, too, though that's pay-for.

If you like rules-based stuff, then try Agnitum.

McAfee also puts out a nice free little anti-malware tool called Stinger. You don't even need to instal it, just download and run it. It can't be updated from your computer but it's a snap to check for new versions. It doesn't scan for everything, but it's up-to-date on the latest 20 or 30 most prevalent viruses/trojans around at any given time.

digiclone

If you have to use windows:
Use FireFox web browser.
Use Anti-Spyware, a good one is ConterSpy. MS AntiSpyware is also good and is free for now.
Use good Anti-Virus software AVG is good and there is a free version, but there are many other good ones as well.
Use a firewall! Either a hardware firewall or software firewall or both! Personally I use a hardware firewall, as well as, a linux firewall to do high level filtering after the hardware firewall does the low level blocking and filtering before the data hits my network.

The best solution:
Go to DistroWatch and get Linux!
You can install it on an old pc and use it for surfing or like Trinary has said you can download a linux Live CD. You just download the iso image and use your favorite burning software to make the CD. Then when you want to surf, shutdown your pc, insert Live Linux and boot (make sure your bios is set to boot off cd before hard drive). You can use your live CD with any computer including and old one. And since you are running off of CD, any bad stuff will be gone the next time you use it!

For the technically savvy:
Use Trinary's elegant solution and get VMWARE or one of the other Virtual Machine programs which allow you to run Linux on your Windows pc. Or to run windows on your Linux pc!

Never use Auto Complete in any browser, especially not Internet Explorer. Hackers have been stealing data from the Auto Complete store from unsuspecting users.

Never AutoSurf or even normally surf questionable sites from your main computer and operating system if you have any important data whatsoever on it, which most of us do.

If you use XP, turn your built-in XP firewall on or use the one your AV software may have come with.

Use a different email address and password for e-gold than you use for your Auto Surf's or other sites. Of course, you should use a different password on every site. But also use different email addresses for any sites where you have large investments. This is because most sites use your email address as a login name and is easier for someone to guess if you use the same one everywhere.

nobshyip

using vmware is troublesome for me, i'd prefer getting a 2nd hand pc to install linux distro instead (slackware, redhat) and just simply run it for investment sake, for security purposes. it's cheap to get a p4 box these days and linux distribution os doesnt usually require much power.

i'd write up soon for tools we can use as well, though i think the forum has already introduced loads and loads of good software to use.

use password managers like roboform, it roxx anyone's ass off

digiclone

Yah, I agree nobshyip. If people can acquire an extra computer that is ideal. Since I am a network engineer and work in the field daily, I have 8 computers on a network in my house! So that is exactly what I do. I have 1 computer running Linux and dedicated to all my auto surf programs. It is cut off from the rest of my network to prevent any kind of hanky panky. But, some may not be able to get an extra computer for that purpose. This is where a Linux Live CD is a great solution for them! The Virtual Machine solution I have used for other things, but not for auto surf. Trinary does use a VM solution though, and really likes it.