Is my computer protected sufficiently?
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ya too many anti spyware, and if you are really worried about being safe then you need this:
firewall = sygate pro 5.6
anti virus = nod32
anti spyware = spy sweeper
that is all you need and they are better then the stuff you have right now combined 
some may say your firewall and anti virus are OK but not me, however your spybot and the rest of your anti spyware combined is not as good as spy sweeper, so if you really want to be safe take my advice, if you want to take chances stick with what you got
router is a firewall, routers are called hardware firewall vs the software firewall.
hardware firewalls are better, so you are using a firewall
I just like to take the time to point out that haveing more then one type of anti virus, firewall and anti spyware is pointless and does not make you any safer.
to be safe get:
anti virus = nod32
firewall = router or sygate pro
anti spyware = spysweeper does the job of AVG Anti-spyware free, Emsisoft's A-squared Free 2.1, Adaware and Spybot S&D and Javacool's Spywareblaster IE 'hardener all in one and it does it better then all of them put together
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duplicating a service is not called "another layer of protection" its called duplicating with or without bg processes
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well that is what I'm trying to explain to you here, your knowledge is not very correct and you seem to not realize that which is the whole reason why we are on disagreement.
spysweeper has always looked for trojens and since past few month if you like will even also be your anti virus
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again lack of knowledge, SS has a process which it locks and is in the background and even if you shut it down it will wake itself up for any scheduled task/protection, it actually can stop malware from getting on your PC to begin with
however if you have nod32 you don't need to worry about Trojans or such things, you are worried about torjens because your anti virus is not making you comfortable otherwise if you are protected with your anti virus I don't see why there is a need for another duplicate protection.
The thing we need to keep in mind when it comes to firewalls, anti viruses, anti spyware is that if each is adequate in its capabilities then there is no reason to duplicate them.
Plus pay attention to what you are saying, in one hand you are recommending 5 or six apps with god knows how many total processes and then in the other hand you are talking about how the advantage of one is that it uses no bg processes. If you are so worried about processes then why not take our advice and use only 3 with less processes then your 6 and the same protection if not more with only 3.
Think about it, honestly I'm just passing on friendly advice, this is all with a friendly tone, I hope it came across that way because its meant that way
good luck 
thats the thing, nod uses the lowest resources of all the ones I have tested.
mcafee and norton/symantec use the most and have the most processes running in the background.
nod only has 2 processes one for the kernel and one for the gui. I have not seen a faster scanner then nod either.
sygate uses only one process and that one is light also
try them and you will love them
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