http://chris.pirillo.com/let-vipre-protect-your-investments/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://chris.pirillo.com/let-vipre-protect-your-investments/#comment-723652 InternetLord Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:02:16 +0000 http://1136466577#comment-723652 i have been using counter spy for years and overall i like the program. the one problem with counterspy / viper programs is on manual scans you cannot exclude drives, so you either allow it to auto-scan all drives if scheduled or you do a manual-scan once a week. counterspy is great because it will catch items that zonealarm internet security will miss, however the reverse also holds true. the difference between zonealarm and counterspy / viper is that zonealarm has for years allowed you to pick and choose which drives get scanned and which drives do not get scanned. i just did an online chat with sunbelt and asked their tech-support if they had corrected this in viper and was inform no they had not, and that i might want to suggest it to their development department. for now i will stick with zonealarm internet security for my firewall, antivirus, and main spyware program and use counterspy antispyware as a secondary checker. i have been using counter spy for years and overall i like the program. the one problem with counterspy / viper programs is on manual scans you cannot exclude drives, so you either allow it to auto-scan all drives if scheduled or you do a manual-scan once a week. counterspy is great because it will catch items that zonealarm internet security will miss, however the reverse also holds true. the difference between zonealarm and counterspy / viper is that zonealarm has for years allowed you to pick and choose which drives get scanned and which drives do not get scanned. i just did an online chat with sunbelt and asked their tech-support if they had corrected this in viper and was inform no they had not, and that i might want to suggest it to their development department. for now i will stick with zonealarm internet security for my firewall, antivirus, and main spyware program and use counterspy antispyware as a secondary checker.

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/let-vipre-protect-your-investments/#comment-723632 Justen Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:31:00 +0000 http://1136466577#comment-723632 AVG Free and Avast also have low memory footprints and a lower dollar footprint - $0. In any case not doing stupid things is your first line of defense. 99% of viruses and malware are acquired voluntarily :) Protip: quit clicking porn ads. AVG Free and Avast also have low memory footprints and a lower dollar footprint – $0. In any case not doing stupid things is your first line of defense. 99% of viruses and malware are acquired voluntarily :) Protip: quit clicking porn ads.

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