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Techy Help/Recommendations needed!

Posted: 08 Oct 2006, 12:00
by JansenClone
Hi everyone,

I've give my old pc to my new father in law is it's faster and more modern than the machine they're using at the moment. For reasons I forget my pc has Norton for my anti virus / firewall type needs. I was wondering if some kind soul could suggest the best free internet safely applications out there so I could collect them together for them to install.

Thanking muchly in advance

Michael

Posted: 08 Oct 2006, 12:47
by eotunun
Seek a little through the General Chat archive, you´ll find loads of threads that reply..
Antivir Personal edition used to do a good job for me.
Better idea: Get Linux!
James Blast suggests: Get a Mac!

Posted: 08 Oct 2006, 13:04
by weebleswobble
ZoneLab is quite good

But there be many....wait around, grab a few ;D

Posted: 08 Oct 2006, 13:09
by Izzy HaveMercy
My system works flawless with...

1. Lavasoft AdAware
2. AVG Antivirus
3. ToniArts EasyCleaner

And ONLY those...

Oh, and Firefox, although it tends to freeze a LOT the last couple of weeks... :urff:

IZ.

Posted: 08 Oct 2006, 13:12
by Dark
ZoneAlarm for firewall.
AVG for anti-virus.
Spybot Search & Destroy, Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal and Javacools Spyware Blaster as anti-spyware/adware.

Posted: 08 Oct 2006, 13:16
by Nic
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:My system works flawless with...

1. Lavasoft AdAware
2. AVG Antivirus
3. ToniArts EasyCleaner

And ONLY those...

Oh, and Firefox, although it tends to freeze a LOT the last couple of weeks... :urff:

IZ.
Heard that the AVG is rather good.

Myself I use Norton because Symantec is my employer :innocent:

Posted: 08 Oct 2006, 13:31
by mh
Nic wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:My system works flawless with...

1. Lavasoft AdAware
2. AVG Antivirus
3. ToniArts EasyCleaner

And ONLY those...

Oh, and Firefox, although it tends to freeze a LOT the last couple of weeks... :urff:

IZ.
Heard that the AVG is rather good.

Myself I use Norton because Symantec is my employer :innocent:
And do you write viruses for them? :innocent:

Me, I use a standard AVG/ZoneLabs/AdAware setup. I'm tempted to use a live Linux for all browsing needs, shut down the network on my Windows installation, and not even bother with a lot of that malarkey - PuppyLinux quite tickles my fancy (cos I like dogs), if I can get it to play nicely with the rest of my kit.

Posted: 08 Oct 2006, 13:55
by JansenClone
Thank you all muchly!

I have a useful little collection safely downloaded! :)

Posted: 08 Oct 2006, 18:56
by Nic
mh wrote:
Nic wrote:
Izzy HaveMercy wrote:My system works flawless with...

1. Lavasoft AdAware
2. AVG Antivirus
3. ToniArts EasyCleaner

And ONLY those...

Oh, and Firefox, although it tends to freeze a LOT the last couple of weeks... :urff:

IZ.
Heard that the AVG is rather good.

Myself I use Norton because Symantec is my employer :innocent:
And do you write viruses for them? :innocent:
Aah.. well... :wink:

Posted: 08 Oct 2006, 21:06
by James Blast
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