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Daveh Posted at 7:56 am on June 29, 2009
My PC has had a bad few months, i have got Dos'd a few times. 2x i was dos'd and couldn't use the internet for hours. last time i was dos'd for ages which crahsed virgin media servers. They have sorted the problem now, i know who it was. I expect virgin to have blocked them now.

Anyways, i also got infected with internet security 2009. I had no protection at all and couldn't install anything, run anything or access the command prompt, msconfig or the  task manager. I have just reformatted.

Ok so now i've learnt my lesson. I'm going to install security. and a lot of security. This is my working PC and i'm very lucky i didn't loose any files.

Currently i have installed

Firewall: Comodo
Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes
Anti-Virus: Avast Home Free

Should this be enough? and also what settings should i use on my firewall to make it extremely hard to get dos'd?

I want real-time protection, but want my network not to be slowed down. I have a 20MB soon to get a 50MB. I don't want this being slowed down, even P2P.

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Daveh Posted at 7:24 am on July 9, 2009
Quote: from Catlin at 3:01 pm on July 9, 2009

Who would home DDOS you? I haven't seen that. I've had my rack at my DC DDOSed but I've axed them and also my game server.

Some prick i used to be an admin for on a network. Has this grudge against me leaving after years of hard work with no gratitude. That was of course over a year ago...

Catlin Posted at 7:01 am on July 9, 2009
Who would home DDOS you? I haven't seen that. I've had my rack at my DC DDOSed but I've axed them and also my game server.

Comodo works better as the Security Package as all 3 of what you listed.

Spybot S&D, AdAware, Highjack This would be good Anti Spyware. You can have as many Anti Spyware, but only One Firewal and Anti Virus program running.

anonomouse Posted at 1:27 am on June 30, 2009
that lineup looks good. Don't install anything else on your computer (well, any fully featured programs). They tend to conflict with each other and detect each other as viruses (which is never good).
bighead1991 Posted at 4:03 pm on June 29, 2009
Quote: from marshmellowman at 3:58 pm on June 29, 2009

Do you have a NAT router? With any router these days you're pretty much safe from DDoS attacks because the router is in stealth mode and won't route unsolicited packets. If you do and you're still getting DoSd then you have a problem.

A router still has to process the traffic, and reject it. You can only manage things to a certain extent, you will always be affected by an attack.

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To the OP:

There is nothing more that you can do, although I find it hard to belive that you have gotten targetted for a dos . . .

It is good to invest in a paid solution for your computer, such as Kaspersky or Nod32, they're miles ahead of the ones which you have stated.

Daveh Posted at 8:04 am on June 29, 2009
Quote: from marshmellowman at 3:58 pm on June 29, 2009

Do you have a NAT router? With any router these days you're pretty much safe from DDoS attacks because the router is in stealth mode and won't route unsolicited packets. If you do and you're still getting DoSd then you have a problem.

I have a NAT router. NAT Type 2.

Mcafee free has a better detection rate than avast?

Marty3 Posted at 8:00 am on June 29, 2009
you should get Bullguard. it's great
IceTeaEdwin Posted at 7:59 am on June 29, 2009
Quote: from utheh at 9:58 am on June 29, 2009

Install McAfee and put all the files on your desktop into folders to speed it up
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marshmellowman Posted at 7:58 am on June 29, 2009
Do you have a NAT router? With any router these days you're pretty much safe from  DDoS attacks because the router is in stealth mode and won't route unsolicited packets. If you do and you're still getting DoSd then you have a problem.
Chasey Posted at 7:58 am on June 29, 2009
i agree with utheh, mcafeeeeee
utheh Posted at 7:58 am on June 29, 2009
Install McAfee and put all the files on your desktop into folders to speed it up
Daveh Posted at 7:57 am on June 29, 2009
Will give points for good support.
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