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A good anti virus and firewall
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Posted by: j3wcl@w

Howdy i am after a decent firewall and antivirus at the mo i have norton which works fine apart from uninstalling issues. I was just wondering if anybody knows of a maybe cheaper one but it has to be good. I have tried zonealarm but had issues with my ping for some reason . thx

Posted by: baronvongogo

[b]firewall:[/b]
comodo

[b]anti virus:[/b]

PAID:
NOD32 or kaspersky

FREE:
AVG
bit defender
Avast

all software found in my sig below

Posted by: ECTech

here's a tool to help you remove norton.

[url]http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039?Open&src=symsug_us[/url]

i would recommend Panda Anti-Virus & Firewall 07... there products are awesome!

Posted by: baronvongogo

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by ECTech [/i]
[B]
i would recommend Panda Anti-Virus & Firewall 07... there products are awesome! [/B][/QUOTE]

Panda are good, but I found there software messed with hotmail email and I never figured out why.. it didnt give any warning about it.

Posted by: ECTech

how did it mess with hotmail?

Posted by: baronvongogo

well once installed the new version of hotmail windows live would not open at all. As soon as I uninstalled it then the problem disappeared...it was an odd occurrence maybe its been fixed now I was using version 2006 of panda. Although I do know panda have a good record and their software is very user friendly.

Posted by: ECTech

umm, well i'm not very up to date on hotmail or windows live... as i don't use either of them. what i can tell you is, Panda seems to shut down certain services for security reasons. that's a big plus in my book! :)

Posted by: Country Gal

McAfee has an alright anitvirus and firewall. I believe it was ranked 5th best. ( I have no clue who ranked the programs though) System 6 seems like it is alright too.

Posted by: baronvongogo

McAfee is terrible avoid at all costs, its a resource hog and can cause BSOD and shutdowns with dodgy patches and updates. I agree they do have a high detection rate but if the software is crap and slowing down your system Id go with something more reliable.

Posted by: Country Gal

What I had to do with McAfee is disable some of its components. Other than doing that, I didn't work too bad. The virus scanner was kinda nice to have, it could track people that was trying to hack into a computer.

Posted by: Enterpriser

I personally like Sygate and Bit Defender both are free. Also, I find both are very easy to use.

Posted by: Lacunas

Hey,
myself I had norton, and what can I say... I can't say anything good about it..
I suggest you to get a free AV, the best are ag and nod32.

good luck!

Posted by: njatienza

You should try using nod32 because it has different DAEMON protection modules. For File system monitor, document monitor, email monitor, internet monitor and the anti virus itself.. It scan through that 5 module individually and its great!.. ^_^

Posted by: njatienza

I have a norton anti-virus in my laptop. It consumes more memory at start-up.. You will be taking a lot of time. The good thing about it is the ability to message you every start-up whether you haven't do a full scan or your not updated of your Operating system. LOLz

Posted by: Jam3s-Zer0

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by baronvongogo [/i]
[B][b]firewall:[/b]
comodo[/B][/QUOTE]

Comodo, imo, is the best firewall around now.

Posted by: master_tech

Hi

good Anti-virus softwares

Paid:

- AVG (its no longer free as of the 18 of February 2007)

- There is the paid AVG that very good, i have it instaled on my cpu, and i have some of my friends that have it, and they never complained about it.

ps: the avg free edition was also very good, but the downside is that i had a litle bit less featres the the pro and that its no loger free.

Stef

Posted by: Gilinator

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by master_tech [/i]
[B]Hi

good Anti-virus softwares

Paid:

- AVG (its no longer free as of the 18 of February 2007)

Stef [/B][/QUOTE]

I think you'll find that AVG is still free. They have just updated it.

[URL=http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1]AVG free[/URL]

Posted by: ben_ben

The only real antivius is kaspersky or nod 32!

Posted by: j3wcl@w

well i have gone for nod 32 and i must say it is **** good and comodo firewall which is also good i would recommend nod 32 for Ł23 a year is well worth it.