My PC went tits up about Three days ago , I've just had everything set up again except Norton, I remember a tread a wee while ago saying it was a bit pish and slowed everything down, now's my chance to try something else, any suggestions, links ect would be very welcome.
Keith.
PC Security other than Norton?
- smiscandlon
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My Norton subscription expired a few weeks ago. I dug back to an old thread here on HL and a few people had recommended AVG as much lighter on system resources, and free.
I uninstalled Norton, installed AVG and have had no problems since - plus it's cleared a fair amount of hard disk space (Norton was around 1.3 GB, which is pretty significant on a 20 GB laptop). AVG seems like a nice wee program - runs nicely in the background, runs a daily system scan etc.
I uninstalled Norton, installed AVG and have had no problems since - plus it's cleared a fair amount of hard disk space (Norton was around 1.3 GB, which is pretty significant on a 20 GB laptop). AVG seems like a nice wee program - runs nicely in the background, runs a daily system scan etc.
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i use avast antivirus...total free...open scan
Ad-aware anti-spy...total free
good and simple
Ad-aware anti-spy...total free
good and simple
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Here at Casa da Rancho Relaxo I'm using Zone Alarm Pro Security Suite ( Anti hacking and Anti Virus ) AVG (Free Edition) and Adware Pro ( Anti Spyware)
All free off the net ( dishonestly of course) and so far no problems to speak of.
Avoid Norton, Mcafee and anything Microsoft recommends - they just pass all your info onto the NSA ( which they admitted too with Vista)
Happy surfin' kids.
All free off the net ( dishonestly of course) and so far no problems to speak of.
Avoid Norton, Mcafee and anything Microsoft recommends - they just pass all your info onto the NSA ( which they admitted too with Vista)
Happy surfin' kids.
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Antivirus : AVG
Firewall : Kerio
Anti-spyware : Ad-Aware SE
And of course Firefox
All free and dead easy to use. f**k Norton and all Microsoft-recommended products.
Firewall : Kerio
Anti-spyware : Ad-Aware SE
And of course Firefox
All free and dead easy to use. f**k Norton and all Microsoft-recommended products.
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Through morphic oceans I'd lay here with you
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I'd say to use the free ZoneAlarm firewall and Firefox with it's AdBlock plugin.
Beyond that I'd just say to use separate firewall and anti-virus software, rather than one thing that does everything. To that end try and get an anti-virus that just that and as little else as possible.
A decent firewall, anti-virus and ad-blocking combination will see you well.
Beyond that I'd just say to use separate firewall and anti-virus software, rather than one thing that does everything. To that end try and get an anti-virus that just that and as little else as possible.
A decent firewall, anti-virus and ad-blocking combination will see you well.
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Also: SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard are useful. A number of similar programs to clean the registry are recommended, but you need to know what you're doing.. oh, wait, sorry Scotty, forgot you're our tech support guy.
Nah, seriously, go with what everyone's said. AVG, Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, ZoneAlarm, AdBlock FireFox plugin, SpywareGuard, SpywareBlaster, etc.
All free, all good.
Nah, seriously, go with what everyone's said. AVG, Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, ZoneAlarm, AdBlock FireFox plugin, SpywareGuard, SpywareBlaster, etc.
All free, all good.
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Apart from that, AVG and ZoneAlarm always did the job for me.
Apart from that, AVG and ZoneAlarm always did the job for me.
Downloaded a 30 free trial of AVG, I'll see how I get on, cheers all .
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There's a free version too! You need to look through the site though, they always manage to hide those, don't theyscotty wrote:Downloaded a 30 free trial of AVG, I'll see how I get on, cheers all .
Now...........de-rail as you see fit
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AVG is the best
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AVG Anti-Virus Free
Comodo Firewall (the best free one)
Spyware Blaster
Adaware SE Personal
Spybot - S&D
a-Squared Free Antispyware
Firefox 2.0.0.4 w/ Adblock and the Filterset G list
All you need to keep hail and hearty on the net!
Comodo Firewall (the best free one)
Spyware Blaster
Adaware SE Personal
Spybot - S&D
a-Squared Free Antispyware
Firefox 2.0.0.4 w/ Adblock and the Filterset G list
All you need to keep hail and hearty on the net!
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Company boy!Nic wrote:[Work mode]
Now people, there is nothing wrong with Norton.
It's the worlds largest antivirus company and there's a reason for that.
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I don't like that overloaded norton stuff - other tools do the same job without taking as much cpu usage as norton. On the other hand, that freeware alternatives are - hard to believe - free of charge
btw:
I prefer a mix of AVG and Zonealarm, browsing with Mozilla (with at least Adblock Pro and Flashblock plug-ins).
More security wanted?
In the rough, I startet to scan my system regulary with ad-aware against spy- and adware, but now I prefer "Spybot - Search & Destroy".
btw:
I prefer a mix of AVG and Zonealarm, browsing with Mozilla (with at least Adblock Pro and Flashblock plug-ins).
More security wanted?
In the rough, I startet to scan my system regulary with ad-aware against spy- and adware, but now I prefer "Spybot - Search & Destroy".