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<blockquote data-quote="ChoiceVoice" data-source="post: 708885" data-attributes="member: 28876">perhaps an anti exe instead of an antivirus? or some white listing program. another option would be a behavioral detector instead of a definition based one. spyshelter is very light and has the ability to stop malware without definition updates.&nbsp; i haven&#039;t used voodoo shield in years, but it has a white list, but it also hooks to the net, so i am unsure if the white listing works without the internet. winpatrol can be used with spyshelter. then, make sure you create a restore point quarterly (just incase). and while this computer doesn&#039;t have an antivirus and was infected by usb drive, the computer the usb came from has antivirus to scan the files before you put it on the usb, so there is some definition scanning occurring before it hits your un-netted system. in spyshelter, harden it in the settings. and yes, an antivirus will have behavioral detection, but adds a lot of weight you will not need, and will bug you for updates (plus, in absence of 3rd party antivirus, windows defender will be on anyway, you can&#039;t turn if off. and you can occasionally download the definitions from microsoft and put them on a stick drive to update it for a checkup scan). just my 2 cents, lol.oh, and run the system under a user account, not an administrator one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ChoiceVoice, post: 708885, member: 28876"] perhaps an anti exe instead of an antivirus? or some white listing program. another option would be a behavioral detector instead of a definition based one. spyshelter is very light and has the ability to stop malware without definition updates. i haven't used voodoo shield in years, but it has a white list, but it also hooks to the net, so i am unsure if the white listing works without the internet. winpatrol can be used with spyshelter. then, make sure you create a restore point quarterly (just incase). and while this computer doesn't have an antivirus and was infected by usb drive, the computer the usb came from has antivirus to scan the files before you put it on the usb, so there is some definition scanning occurring before it hits your un-netted system. in spyshelter, harden it in the settings. and yes, an antivirus will have behavioral detection, but adds a lot of weight you will not need, and will bug you for updates (plus, in absence of 3rd party antivirus, windows defender will be on anyway, you can't turn if off. and you can occasionally download the definitions from microsoft and put them on a stick drive to update it for a checkup scan). just my 2 cents, lol. oh, and run the system under a user account, not an administrator one. [/QUOTE]

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