Which Anti-virus/Firewall do you use?
Sunday, November 5, 2006 by sophiesboy | Discussion: Windows XP
Over time I have tried a couple of different programs, and never been extremeley happy with them for various reasons.
I used Symantec/Norton for a while, and it had a tendency to crash my machine every time an update came out, requiring reverification with the company, unloading/reloading the program, etc.
At the moment I am using the McAfee Security Center Suite, and while it works reasonably well, it manages to chew up about 137MB of RAM according to the Processes window in the Task Manager. For a system that has a typical resting usage of about 350 to 400MB that seems like an awful lot to me.
A friend of mine recommended switching to the Grisoft AVG antivirus/firewall, which he said uses far less memory and catches quite a bit more than McAfee. I downloaded a free version and ran it once. It managed to detect three Trojans which McAfee had missed over months of use.
So the question is, for those of us who are just competent enough to unwittingly destroy our machines, but not so competent that we can delve into the minutiae of these programs, what would your recommendation be?
Ideally this would be a single source of programs designed to work together (the biggest selling point for the McAfee suite in my case), not a multi-sourced collection that may or may not work together depending on my ability to dig in and tweak drivers/settings/codes.
I await the collective wisdom with anticipation.
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Reply #143 Sunday, May 25, 2008 6:30 AM
So Here are your chices for best security:Mcafee Free from aol, With spybotsearch and Destroy, and Spyware Blaster.
Or you can have Zonealarm free with avg Free and Spybot, and Spyware Blaster.
The last choice is to buy a good security suit and Norton is supposed to be the best. 50 dollars at wallmart.(Igot mine at circut city and It is cheaper at wallmart.)
The last thing that Is very important is to not use p2p. Bittorent Limewire. Illegal, Yet fun and free and its like shopping for free movies and music but it is asking for viruses. I dont listen to this ruel but I am trying my best to stop.
One other alternative just for scaning is Panda Active scan. Free online scan for viruses it will not remove but You will atlead know and Find a good tech support forum where they can help you. Dont remove any viruses manually. A good free tech support forum is Techsupportforums.com They help me allot I use them all the time.
Here is the link to mcafee-WWW Link
AVG Free-http://daol.aol.com/security/virusscan-plus
Spybot s&d-http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
Just check out this artical for more information on computer security-http://www.techsupportforum.com/security-center/general-computer-security/115548-pc-safety-security-what-do-i-need.html
Reply #144 Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:07 AM
Nod32 and kaspersky are the best antivirus that is on the market currently.
Reply #145 Monday, June 9, 2008 9:56 PM
Reply #146 Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:30 PM
I know this is an old thread, but still. I use Comodo Internet Security (Free) it has a firewall, anti-virus, and anti-spyware. To backup the anti-spyware I use Spybot to actively scan my PC. That is a combo I use on the 3 machines in my house, 2 desktops and 1 laptop. Hope this info helps. Also all the stuff I use for security is free.
Reply #148 Sunday, January 25, 2009 3:19 AM
AVG antivirus professional, Zone alarm Professional, Adaware Pro, spybot and malwarebytes antimalware.
Never been hit with a virus and have very little trouble with spyware and malware.
Reply #149 Friday, February 27, 2009 11:12 AM
I use AVG free and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware free.
Reply #152 Tuesday, May 4, 2010 1:32 PM
I use Eset Nod32 and Comodo on my XP Pro SP3 workstation and we use Microsoft Security Essentials on my wife's Windows 7 notebook. We have dialup so the Eset is better for updating than the Microsoft Essentials. Takes 10 minutes for the Nod32 and many hours for the Microsoft Essentials
Reply #153 Tuesday, May 4, 2010 2:09 PM
Microsoft Security Essentials and a hardware firewall.
Reply #154 Tuesday, November 16, 2010 7:00 AM
AVG/ Spyboy S&D/Windows Defender/Windows Firewall.
Used to have Norton on my laptop when it was new. Have it six months now and so far 6 Trojans, 3 virus' and umpteen malware had invaded my machine. That was with Norton. When my machine was new I assumed it came, like most, with the first 6 months free. Uh uh ... I got six weeks out of Norton then it quit. Since I dumped that trash and installed AVG and the rest I've had ZERO intrusions. Plus AVG gives you one FREE year, a whole year! Identity protection. And that's the free version. What does that say of Norton. Oh ... and McAffee ... I wouldn't take that if it were free.
Reply #155 Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:11 AM
Been using Norton Anti-virus and firewall since I bought my pc 8 years ago and have never gotten anything....works like a charm and I don't even know it's there.
Reply #156 Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:34 AM
AVG anitvirus and Comodo firewall, Advanced system care for the spyware crap.
Reply #157 Wednesday, November 17, 2010 2:21 AM
Well, in the course of the four years this thread has been running I've changes O/S's twice. Now on W7 I'm using Microsoft Security Essentials. It's free and it works!
Reply #158 Wednesday, November 17, 2010 4:28 AM
I have norton int.security 2011 and you never know its there and never had a virus.Only bought it as it was half price so when it runs out i will put in microsoft security essentials as the reviews are good.Will check for reviews on firewalls when the time comes.
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Reply #141 Sunday, May 25, 2008 12:32 AM