You are piling up too many things to digest at a single sitting... Let's
see a few:

On 2009-06-30 13:32 Spirit wrote:[color=blue]
> For a home user :
>
> Avast Home - turn off unused shields.
> Windows Defender[/color]

It's working
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> SmartScreen Filter (in IE8)
> Run IE8 in Protected Mode and with InPrivate Filtering as the default
> (registry entry)[/color]

I use Firefox.
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> Prevx 3.0 Free (you can add this with AVG also)
> UAC on or in Quiet Mode[/color]

I am having a problem with UAC since each time I click on FreshDownload
it wants me to approve it, and cannot tell it to remember my decision. I
hope the guys at FreshDevices will fix the problem. But what is Quiet Mode?
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> Windows Firewall[/color]

On. OK.
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> Set InPrivate Filtering at AUTO or Prompt and use the converted AdBlocker
> File.
> Windows UpDates ON however set Advanced System Settings - Hardware Tab -
> Windows Update Driver Settings - Never Check for Drivers when I connect a
> Device (always go to a device makers site and manually look for updated
> drivers).[/color]

Please provide info about setting settings for Drivers
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> Even more secure would be to use InPrivate Browsing all the time.
>
> The security built into Vista is so integrated that many programs just get
> in the way.
>
> Use SuperAntiSpyware and MalwareBytes as Scanners Only, nothing resident.
> Though mine has never caught anything except an occasional cookie.[/color]

I use similar similarly with similar results.

Thanks,

emf

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