The day I brag and say I don't use chit anymore for security besides my own discretion, will be the day I get a computer bug.
Screw windows defender,Spy-bot(used to be good) and all paid or free anti this or that....I have auto updates turned off and occasionally will look thru updates and update. I just use the windows firewall and the malicious scanner they run after updates. A scan with Malware Bytes everyonce in a while, but it never finds anything. JV16 powertools to clean registry and CCleaner for all the junk. No password remember stuff, delete browsing history on exit, never use the address bar,use Google for all. Windows 7 Microslop seems to be working OK. If anybody should have some funk,I should. I just call myself a Beta tester, for operating systems,movies,music.......well enuf of this......glad the old F2 or F12 for boot config worked.
I would always put your surgeon programs on the Stick from a SAFE machine so the malware doesn't tag along.
could have used boot-helper to get rid of Admin password but they might not have taken a liking to that at work.......