On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:04:36 -0400, Louise <none@nospam.com> wrote:

>Win XP Pro, SP2 with MS firewall turned off. Heavy home/office user
>with cable ISP. Use Firefox 85% of the time. Use Outlook as my
>email/pim.
>
>I'm wondering whether I really need to run the amount of security
>software I'm running or whether it's taking too much overhead.
>
>I have a Linksys NAT router. I run Sygate Pro. I run Avast with all
>the shields active.
>
>I used to run Spysweeper only when I actually wanted to scan my machine
>every week or so.
>
>I've just switched to Spyware Doctor (was this a good idea?), and I'm
>once again wondering whether I should leave it running "on guard" all
>the time or whether it's unnecessary use of resources.
>
>Any thoughts about Spyware Doctor and is it bloated - does it use an
>inordinate amount of resources? Is it intrusive?
>
>TIA
>
>Louise


I think that you are doing fine,... agree that Spyware Doctor does not
need to run on guard,... free copy is ok. The only thing I mess in
your list is a regular clean-up of temporary & other non functional
bits & pieces. (Be Clean or Crap Cleaner). And a disk cleaning from
time to time,... defrag,... and an additional (other) spyware cleaner
(Ad Aware, Spybot)
not at all overkill imho



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