internet security
 

Hi,

I wonder if you could help I am thinking of using norton 2006 or the new 2007 has anybody got any ideas what are good ones or bad I used to have norton 2005 and also I am thinking about mcfee.............so many products to choose from.............


Homer

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Hi,
if you are going for pay programs you couldn't do better that Kaspersky Internet Security or Nod32.For me I stay clear of Norton because it's heavy going.Macafee is ok but Kaspersky or Nod32 are better. But it is a decision than is your choice.
Take Your Pick,
George.

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Another vote here for Nod32. www.eset.com
Norton just drains resources.

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I'm not a big fan of Norton..i find it a resource hungry monster that is really hard to uninstall completely.

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I've been using F-Secure for years on several computers without problems.

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For antivirus purposes I would recommend AVG. Its free (for home users, they charge for business) and provides regular updates.
For firewall, Zone Alarm is a good one (also free for the same reason) but personally I would use a router rather than a software firewall.

http://free.grisoft.com

Hope this helps

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I have to agree with the above, stay away from Norton, it's a huge resource hungry beast.
I use Zone Alarm as well as a router because it gives me outbound protection, I like to know what's trying to get out as well as what's trying to get in.

DW

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AVG is good but as for ZoneAlarm, well, it steals bandwidth...it knocked my 4meg BB down to 2.8meg.

I would recommend Sunbelt's Kerio personal firewall and Avast antivirus.

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I've got symantec and i've had no problems so far apart from trying to get the fire wall active again after there was a problem with my xp, which I eventually prevailed with.

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Tricky question this may help if you fancy an av comparison read:

http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/comparatives.html

If I had some cash, I would get Kaspersky suite it has one of the best detection rates, due to the signatures, and good heuristic detection, also its trojan detection rates are very good. Mainly because it recieves most of samples from here I believe: http://www.viruslist.com. It is fairly easy on resources too.

If you want to go free then AVG, Avast, or Anti-vir (free one has no email scanner) are good also. Indeed the pay version of anti-vir is getting very good write-ups at the moment.

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Although of course it should be noted that a router won't stop outgoing traffic such as trojans, whereas a good and up to date software firewall will.