First of all, I want to say that this is a great forum with extremely helpful and knowledgeable members!
I, however, am still learning. I have some questions about PC security programs.
Malewarebytes, Spybot, HiJackThis, Virustotal, etc. are frequently recommended, in addition to NIS scans, by members of this forum.
Questions:
1. What do these products have that NIS does not?
2. Are these downloads safe?
3. How come they are downloaded from download.com and not directly from malewarebytes.com, for example?
4. Do they ever download any additional products?
5. Do they interfere with NIS?
6. After they are installed and used, should they be uninstalled?
7. Do these products send any information back to their sites?
8. What does HiJackThis do?
It’s been recommended that I use some of these, but I’ve been reluctant since I don’t understand their purpose and I’m wary of downloading programs.
tron834
NIS2008
Windows Vista Home Premium
Internet Explorer 7