where do i get the best anti virus AND firewall

I like Zonelabs firewall. The more basic version is free and I believe if you pay more you can get the whole setup with extensive features. It works really well and I believe was highly rated in PCworld.
 
shadowdude said:
If you're running windows xp then you can use the firewall that comes with xp.
symantec.com also has a free virus scanner if look for it.
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I heard that but i have xp but no firewall of anti virus.
 
Turner_727 said:
Avast! is supposed to be pretty good. Both can be found at www.snapfiles.com.
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Yep, I use Avast!, and it's picked up more for me than when I had Nortons. The Home version is free to register as well which is great. :) In fact, I'd recommend it over Nortons.

I haven't got a firewall (even though I should have one), but I'll install one soon. Probably ZoneAlarm.
 
Dell19 said:
I thought I did say free...
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You did there, but not in the post I was responding to.
Dell19 said:
I was just wondering whether it would be worthwhile getting an alternative firewall and what Anti virus software that I should get incase Norton stops updating...
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I guess you were still thinking that people would think of it being free like you said originally. After some searching I found some links to free AV applications at a security check site. free AV scanners
Hope that works for you, tell me if they're good.
 
This has become quite an odd thread, its unlikely I will be trying any of these free virus scanners for the time being, just something I wanted to for the future...
 
Norton is ghetto now. They suck.

McAffee does allright.

AVG is not "pretty good", it's "pretty lame". That's why it is free.

Adaware does ok with spyware. Zone Alarm has an awesome free firewall.
 
Neomega said:
Norton is ghetto now. They suck.

McAffee does allright.

AVG is not "pretty good", it's "pretty lame". That's why it is free.

Adaware does ok with spyware. Zone Alarm has an awesome free firewall.
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norton av corporate edition is nice. doesn't take up much resources and is sleek.
 
Comraddict said:
norton av corporate edition is nice. doesn't take up much resources and is sleek.
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and has a scanner that consistantly rates lower than McAffee, Stop-Sign or Panda.

Oh, and you have to pay 39.95 an "incident" to talk to Norton's techs.... even with their corporate edition. McAffee charges about the same, but at least their scanner isn't so weak.

Stop-Sign has the best... but is a little resource intensive, and their "incident" support is free.
 
Comraddict said:
norton av corporate edition is nice. doesn't take up much resources and is sleek.
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Which is ironically the version I currently have...
 
Dell19:

Here's a recipe:

1) Keep your XP (or any OS) updated. This includes whatever browser you use as well as other software. There are security patches being issued for all of these things frequently.

2) Activate your XP firewall and consider downloading ZoneAlarm (the free version) from ZoneLabs. There have been some conflict issues reportedwith version 5, but I think they have been resolved.

3) Anti-virus - AVG from Grisoft is a good freebie. It will update, but you don't get any support. Also check out the online scanners and utilities from the biggies such as McAfee's Stinger and the others that have been mentioned. Stinger is updated almost weekly, is free and works well fixing what it finds. (It bailed our butts out at work last August when Nachi hit over 100 of our subnet's computers...problem was we got infected before we could distribute the McAfee update). Check out Snapfiles.com and MajorGeeks.com for more freebies.

4)Anti-adware/spyware - Spybot S&D and AdAware 6. Both are free, updateable and relatively easy to use. Get both and run both. They do the same thing, but use a slightly different approach. One catches things the other doesn't. Another product (free) is HijackThis. The thing with this one is that you need to check into some of the help forums to really make it work.

5) Update, Update, Update. Can't emphasis that enough

Here are some pertinent addresses:

Antivirus:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
http://www.symantec.com/index.htm
http://www.kaspersky.com/
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp


Anti-adware/spyware software
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/ - good listing of adware and spyware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ - AdAware
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html - HijackThis
http://www.pestpatrol.com/ excellent database, must pay for software
http://www.safer-networking.org/ - Spybot S&D
http://www.kephyr.com/
http://www.spyware.co.uk/

Forums:
http://forums.techguy.org/ - general Windows stuff
http://www.computercops.biz/forums.html - general Windows stuff
http://www.winguides.com/forums/ - general Windows stuff
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ anti-adware/spyware
http://www.security-forums.com/forum/index.php (includes some Mac)
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=idx (includes Mac forums)
http://boards.cexx.org/ - general Windows stuff
http://forum.gladiator-antivirus.com/index.php?showtopic=8050 - adaware
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/index.php?

Listing of so-called rogue anti-spyware:
There are a lot of anti-spyware programs out there. Some are totally bogus while others are questionable. This list was compiled by the anti-adware/spyware community, a group of people who don't get paid for their advice and knowledge.
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic.php?t=68

There's tons of information available from these sites. Take a gander and it might help you make some decisions on what to do.
 
I think just about everyone on this site has heard and knows about spyware. I'm DL spyware blaster as I Type after I saw it recomended on a Tv show I watch. They also said the federal Goverments had a suggestion on how to prevent virus from getting on your computer: Get any Browser other then IE :lol:
 
I use Norton Antivirus 2004....... I think its actually called Norton Internet Security 2004 as it comes with both Norton antivirus 2004 and Norton Firewall. <touch wood> I've so far never had a virus get through it. Its brilliant and the Firewall is great because if someone tries to get into your comp it shows your their IP addy and you can click on it to find out details about them (I actually have someone's home address from San Diego)

It did cost me £50 though......... so that'd be something like $80-90 for the Americans I think but as I said, its brilliant.

Steviejay
 
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