Pcguard Questions?

treeman · 07-03-2008, 14:31

i am looking for some advice on if it is worth downloading the free pcguard security software from virginmedia?

has anybody had any problems with its performance or any other probs as i do have vista on my pc?

cheers fror any help and advice!

smeagoly1 · 07-03-2008, 14:58

TBH PC Guard is as much use as a concrete parachute and resource hungry. It does slow your system down and I found web pages a nightmare to load up.

The best free alternatives are :-

AVG and Avast for Virus pritection
Comodo, Ashampoo or zone alarms for free firewall, I have used all and found them excellent. You will also find the above mentioned a few times by other users, when asked about using PCGuard in other threads.

PCGUARD might be free and easy to use but for security go for the better alternatives, PCG is only provided by VM not produced by them. It's a way of saying we can legaly advertise we supply free virus and firewall protection.

Currently using AVAST and ASHAMPOO and both working fine and dandy.

Edited for a P.S It's better using it than without protection, so your choice.

webcrawler2050 · 07-03-2008, 16:16

I found ths too.. personally I think its rubbish, causing lock, slowness andjust general ickyness!

Use AVG for antivirus & adaware SE Personal for spyware.

Toto · 07-03-2008, 16:31

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Originally Posted by treeman

i am looking for some advice on if it is worth downloading the free pcguard security software from virginmedia?

has anybody had any problems with its performance or any other probs as i do have vista on my pc?

cheers fror any help and advice!

As per the other comments, PCGaurd aint worth the time or effort to install it, honestly.

If you want a good free AV program, Avast and AVG are good and solid. If youcan pay for a good solid AV program, may I recommend NOD32.

Mikey845 · 07-03-2008, 16:42

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Originally Posted by treeman

i am looking for some advice on if it is worth downloading the free pcguard security software from virginmedia?

has anybody had any problems with its performance or any other probs as i do have vista on my pc?

cheers fror any help and advice!

I have to agree, cant believe i installed it, when i noticed strange behaviour from my pc , ran a scan with pc guard and it came back clean. un-installed it and put avast in and found 9 viruses

mertle · 07-03-2008, 16:42

AVG gone down big time AVAST seems the only decent free one now.

AVG was not stopping spyware or trojans and soon moved to avast 4 things came up which was overlooked by AVG.

AVG was good but not anymore on my experience.

On paying I always used norton anti virus. I liked it its expensive but it does a good job.

chickendippers · 07-03-2008, 16:47

AntiVir is a good free virus scanner.

frogstamper · 07-03-2008, 17:53

Have used AVG in the past and it did a reasonable job, but if you want peace of mind go out and get Norton. Miss a couple of nights in the pub and its payed for, well worth it.

Toto · 07-03-2008, 17:59

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Originally Posted by frogstamper

Have used AVG in the past and it did a reasonable job, but if you want peace of mind go out and get Norton. Miss a couple of nights in the pub and its payed for, well worth it.

Unless you have a lot of resources on your PC/Laptop, Norton is way to bulky.

frogstamper · 07-03-2008, 18:28

Yeah fair point!

07-03-2008, 22:41

I use avast for av and ad aware and spoybot for the other nasty's only use the firewall that comes with vista and my router with all anti hack stuff on so far not had a problem. Used to use bitdefender IS v10 and that was always very good but didn't have a vista version when i upgraded my os so had to ditch it.

webcrawler2050 · 08-03-2008, 07:16

[quote] go out and get Norton[quote]

No thanks - causing incredible system lock and is bloody exspensive and is crap.

Personally, they are a;; as bad as each other! If Windows woul fix this then there would be no need!

treeman · 08-03-2008, 11:36

thanks alot for that very good feedback so i will stay clear of pcgaurd like a pile of manure!!

Taf · 08-03-2008, 11:45

http://www.virus.gr/portal/en/node/12

I use PCGuard with no problems... but have a couple of belt-and-braces AVs to run on-demand if I suspect PCGuard has missed something (AVG7.5 Free and A-squared Free).

I have only had ONE virus infection in several years, and AVG killed it immediately, PCGuard wasn't around then...

Zee · 08-03-2008, 11:53

Im using Windows Live OneCare.

The main reason im using this is because its the only firewall that is pre-configured to work properly with Xbox 360 streaming from the PC.

the firewall is really good and so is the antivirus and it has all the other stuff like anti-spyware etc...

http://onecare.live.com