In article <5usad15tt690poul92g7c78s3omevhd2tv@4ax.com>,
freeagent@nondisputandum.com says...
> 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
>
>
>
>
Thanks for your thoughts.

You have a point about cleanup. Here's what I do now:

I run AdAware once in a while in addition to Spy Doctor.

I run a different anti virus program online (free), once in a while.

I defrag on an average of once a week with Diskeeper.

I generally use Firfox and have the preferences set so as to keep
history for only a few days etc. I actually want this history.

Whenever I uninstall a program, I run JV16 to clean the registry. And,
about every month, completely haphazardly, I run JV16 and clean out
whatever has accumulated.

I use Executive Software Undelete. Therefore, I wouldn't want the
recycle bin cleaned completely.

So, a lot of my programs control the data build up, but not all of it.

I looked a Crap Clean and Be Clean and they both looked like they did a
lot of the things I'm already doing one way or the other.

Is there something I could do to just clean out temp files and other
odds and ends that wouldn't want to do more than I need or want?

Louise