General Virus Protection Help

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confusedme

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I will be buying a laptop soon, as my other thread inquires about. I intend to download the initial files I will be using, which will be Photoshop, FL Studios and Toon Boom, probably by torrent. I have a bad history of getting viruses, with various reasons, although none actually coming from software downloads. I will probably be watching streaming live and uploaded videos and downloading movies and music. These things all have decent levels of virus risks. Will my laptop have sufficient antivirus software or would I have to go deeper into it? I want to be fully protected to the highest level I can because I have a dead PC under my bed from a super virus which deleted the operating system and deleted over 500albums I had collected. I will probably be mainly using my laptop for recreational style work, like making music, graphics and cartoons, so I'll have a lot of information stored and it will probably be a pretty exprensive laptop.

Is there any simple answers of what saftey measures I should take and what software I should have to protect me?
 
A) Stop torrenting.

B) Get a good antimalware program (nod32 is really good if you will pay for it, AVG or Microsoft Security Essentials are both good freeware).

C) Stay away from pr0n sites, hacking/warez/keygen sites.

D) Use a non-Windows operating system.
 
Im guessing you will probably have a 7 OS.I would do this first.
Click window icon,right click computer,go to manage,click local users & groups,go to users,right click admin,set password.Then after you finish,right click admin again,properties,make sure password never expires is the only one left checked.Keep or delete the user name you made,up to you.
Get a couple dvds and create a full backup.
I would download these before downloading anything else:
Avast,just use the free and reinstall every 30days if you don't wanna pay.
If you plan to buy:BitDefender Antivirus Plus,Its $30.Onley feature it doesn't have is blacklisting.
Hijackthis
Malwarebytes
Tdss killer
Combofix,don't download immediately.Just bookmark/fav and download when its needed.
Rootrepeal,it does not have 7 & mac in the OS list.It may work still.
CCcleaner &/or revo uninstaller
If you download stuff often,run a sfc /scannow at least once a month in the command under admin.It checks and will attempt to repair any corrupt OS files.

Get a external HD & put your important stuff on their.So if you system crashes,you'll still have them.
 
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Nothing will be fullproof as new malware comes out daily. And unless the program you are using has the definitions already in its database to scan for it then it won't catch it.

I would suggest getting a free version antivirus such as AVAST or Microsoft Security Essentials and then the paid version of Malwarebytes as it will have active scanning and should prevent 95% of malware from getting into your system.

And as already suggested, stay away from porn sites, illegal software download sites, p2p software as torrents and frostwire. Don't download any registry cleaners as most of them are rogue programs and have malware bundled with them.
 
I have Norton Internet anti-virus on my Vista computer and I don’t seem to ever have many problems with viruses and such. Norton does a “live update” quite often. When I run a full system scan I am told it finds some tracking cookies and eliminates them. I have read here that many of you do not like Norton. Why is that? Is MSE and others better?

I am not debating, but rather asking since many of the posters in here know far more than I.
 
Norton/Symantec antivirus earned a reputation as bloatware a number of years back - and they deserved it - at that time. Symantec aggressively addressed the problem years ago, yet the reputation remains. According to AV Comparatives, Norton had the least impact on system performance of 17 security suites tested, (Performance Tests) - Less than AVG, Kaspersky, and Avast.
 
Jevery, okay that is good to know. When it comes time to renew my subscription to keep getting updates I will do so. I have 4 MB of RAM and I can't say my system is slow.
 
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