Will there be security of Microsoft (or any other company) programs that actually work?

I'm currently under Windows Vista Home Premium, Service Pack 2 on a Dell Studio 450, 64 bit OS, 4 GB of RAM.  For security, I have the full licensed version of McAfee (including firewalls, anti-Spam, Phishing, & scanning in real time, by email, online, etc.).  In addition to this, I also have Windows Firewall, Windows Defender, and a program of detection of advertising.  Everything I use in full mode and take full advantage of the guarantee that they are supposed to offer.

So you can imagine my surprise when, after having problems with my monitor of all things, I put a manual scan, which detected a Trojan horse and two viruses.  I checked the log files, nothing has been detected up to me defining manual tests.  No attempt had even been "noticed".  After seeing the results, I went and double checked to make sure that everything was on and functional... that they were all.

I took care of the intrusions and then did a little research on them.  Everything that I could find & learned was that it was more trouble than the threats, they were all low-risk to the computer and my network.  A site even quoted the Trojan horse as being the lowest of the Totem virus!

It is rather a question of two parts: 1. What is the purpose using programs all the time, and still less pay for them, if they don't work?  If this small 'GNAT' of a virus could do on my machine, what on Earth will keep a virus really high-risk to become?  2. has someone at - he found a program that does not really work to keep stuff on your device?
I would like any input, advice or suggestions that you have!
Thanks for reading!

The problem that have security software providers, is that they see a virus before they work how to detect and remove. There is still a window of opportunity for the virus before that definition updates are shipped out. If the component in real time of the anti-virus program can fail, but it is picked up by a scan a few days later. Most of the antivirus programs include components that examines what a program is to try to detect anything suspicious. But it is not foolproof either.

There are steps to take to protect yourself from such that

  • Run as standard user and not an administrator. This can make it more difficult to install malware.
  • Do not install a program if you didn't not go get her. For example, if you go to a site and it tells you you need to install something to view the content
  • Make sure that Microsoft updates are applied as soon as possible
  • Third-party software keep up to date. Malicious software exploits vulnerabilities in popular programs such as Java, Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader. If you do not have Java, uninstall it. You can check if you have vulnerable versions of programs with the of Secunia PSI http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal
  • For advanced users, EMET can be used to make exploitation of vulnerability more difficult http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=1677

See also http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh278941.aspx

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