Will AVAST protect my comp from Antivirus System PRO and other viruses?

I hate Norton.Will AVAST protect my comp from Antivirus System PRO and other viruses?
I'm afraid it won't. It may detect widely spread malware like Personal Antivirus or Total Security, but there are a lot more to avoid. Even Norton doesn't block certain malware.Will AVAST protect my comp from Antivirus System PRO and other viruses?
Some stuff, yes.

In it's 'out-of-the-box' condition, MS Windows is plagued with security problems and bad configurations that most users are unaware of, and securing that system from Internet predation %26amp; assault is not a single application, or a suite: and it's not a "1 click does every fix" that so many want...it ain't going to happen peeps.



It's layers of protection, user habits, system configuration, real time protection; and most important, threat matrix awareness (because the internet is so fluid and dynamic, it changes almost hourly).

(Check for fairly current threats here: http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/top…



"Do-it-all" suites (CareOne, McAfee, or Norton, etc.) give users 'feel good' security, and lull them into complacency, which often has very bad results.



Core defense applications might include (but not limited to):

Avast! (anti-virus); http://www.avast.com/eng/home-registrati…



Kerio/Sunbelt Personal Firewall (free) is good entry level protection; paid version is excellent; http://www.filehippo.com/download_sunbel…

SpywareBlaster (snoopware prevention); http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb…

%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;The #1 defense against any malware: Use a "Limited User" account %26amp; Firefox, with 'NoScript' add-on, with "locked down" settings%26lt;%26lt;%26lt; and dual browser set up as I describe here:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…

"Sandboxie": http://www.sandboxie.com/

for even better protection (not for some OS's).

The key element or common principal is to keep rubbish from all sources out of your system in the first place: stopped @ your doorstep, with a layered defense.



Most novice users do not like hearing this, but nonetheless, it's true: using Windows requires you to become a security expert, it's that simple. Something they conveniently omit telling you when you buy this system...



If you don't have time, skill or desire to do all this, plus 'updating' everything, have a look @ "Secunia": checks all your 3rd party %26amp; OS updates, plus gives your system a rating (in %) of defense readiness...pretty handy.

Freeware.

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scannin…

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