do i still need a firewall/antivirus?

[STC]

I used to always rock avast and zone alarm.

but lately i got a modified host file (that blocks all ads)

and removed zone alarm and avast (because they would conflict with a lot of my online gaming) and keep my windows up to date, and been rocking it like this for last 3 months. (mostly from laziness, but I do run ccleaner a lot)

but for the heck of it today i ran a scan with malware bytes. and i had like 1 infection which was a ad thing from yahoo.

i am a heavy user, facebook, forums, chats, gaming...

and my computer seems to still run as smooth as my gf's inner thigh

so am i alright?

[Allan]

I would never even consider running a system without a top notch AV installed and always resident.

[STC]

I would never even consider running a system without a top notch AV installed and always resident.

Yeah I am installing some now.

What do you mean by "always resident"?

[STC]

also wth??

i am running super antispyware, and it says i got tracking cookies from my gmail and stuff?

and youtube??

I TRUSTED YOU!!! SNAPE I TRUSTED YOU!!!!!

[Allan]

Resident = loading at boot and always running / active in the background

[STC]

i want to do these few things, what order should i do them?

first gonna update all my software, then turn off internet and restart PC

then
virus scan
1. malwayre bytes scan
2. superantispyware scan
3. run ccleaner
4. ccleaner registry fix

is that a good order to do these?

[Allan]

1) DO NOT EVER use any registry cleaners / utilities - including the ccleaner registry cleaner module. The best of them do absolutely nothing. The worst of them will leave your system unusable.

2) Ccleaner does nothing you can't do yourself. It certainly is not in any way, shape, or form an anti-malware utility.

As for the rest, there is no "good order" or "bad order". Run the scans however you like.

[STC]

1) DO NOT EVER use any registry cleaners / utilities - including the ccleaner registry cleaner module. The best of them do absolutely nothing. The worst of them will leave your system unusable.

2) Ccleaner does nothing you can't do yourself. It certainly is not in any way, shape, or form and anti-malware utility.

As for the rest, there is no "good order" or "bad order". Run the scans however you like.

cool thanks - i like to update all my programs, then restart in safemode- run scans - then reboot

hey also why did trusted sites like google send me malicious tracking cookies?

Makes me not trust google as much, thinking of transferring my accounts to something less mainstream.

[Allan]

 They're not malicious - their just tracking cookies - for marketing purposes. Pretty much everyone does it these days. Disable third party cookies in your browser options.