Hi here is how i have setup all my server and PCs
1. Most of the best preventive measure is just to prevent hacks,
To make them very hard and 90% of them impossible , here is a excellent link how to do that, its the same way company's secure there networks.
(do it only works in the non home versions of windows XP/Vista/7/all server versions, and i would recommend upgrading to a other version)
http://www.mechbgon.com/srp/
Its probably for some a bid hard to follow, and if you don't know how, ask someone to help you, but i would really recommend doing this.
ps. Also do not turn of UAC in win Vista/7 and don't blindly click yes when it pop's up (and yes i know its a pain, but so is getting hacked)
2. Get a GOOD anti virus program !!!
AVG free only is not enough neither is Norton junkware
G-Data total care is a good program i can recommend, as it always ranks top in anti virus test's and is not to expensive specially if you take the 3PCs option
http://www.gdata-software.com/online-shop/anti-virus-produkte/shop/46-private-users/963-g-data-total-care-2010.html
Kasparski is also good option
http://www.kaspersky.nl/kis
But wont run on server versions.
If you are on the cheap and don't wane spend 40 bugs a year get AVG free but then point 3 is not only highly recommend but a must, preferably run A-squared every time before you start up wow
3. No Anti virus software (AV) is perfect,
Get extra FREE versions of AV and do at least once a week a manual scan ore after bin browsing
pr0n ore have installed cracked programs.
Also because these are all manual scan programs they wont slow you computer during gaming.
These are the minimum i would install:
Malwarebytes http://www.malwarebytes.org/
a-squared Free http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free. (AV program that works also on severs)
Spybot search and destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html Also run the Immunize option it prevents files to be changed whit out you knowing it
A online virus scan is also something i would recommend once in a wile, House-call, ESET, Panda are good, kaspersky is offline making a new scanner but if back is properly one of the best.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=online+virus+scan&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enNO358NO358&ie=UTF-8&aq=0&oq=online+vi
4. A small but very nice program is, Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI)
Its a small program that checks version Nr of you programs and compare's it whit a list online for programs whit security updates, its very small and uses almost no memory and resources.
Its like windows update for the rest of your programs
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
This all may seem to some of you over the top, but on the other hand getting hacked is no fun eider, and getting a keyloger ore that your PC is being used in a botnet.
And doing these manual scans is not that hard just start one when your are getting to sleep ore going away, and your PC is doing noting anyway, security its just a mind set, and a fact of live we have to live whit, ore get hacked ;-)
Hope this will help some people getting there security up to date.
