Best Anti Virus and Firewall? - Page 2

17-04-2011, 11:02

dennis labs are biased towards their advertisers thats why I trust WHICH because its subscription only with no advertises to please

Rockabilly Spike · 17-04-2011, 11:44

i trust av-comparatives.org cos they arent subscription or ad based.

norton won in 2009 and came joint in 2010.
but i guess norton still has the tag that it slows your comp down and is made by the devil.

surprised at this forum and its narrowmindedness....
http://www.hardwaregeeks.com/index.p...360_version_5/

worst AV I ever tried was AVG free.
spent 4 years cleaning up PCs at a computer shop and saw the home consumers choices every day. not business, home consumers.

tried trend micro PC Cillin for a year, it was very good
tried bitdefender
tried all the old versions of norton
tried Nod32
pretty much used all of them at some point.

never ever thought I'd be championing a symantec product, but its now very very light on resources.

17-04-2011, 11:45

Yeah but it still costs money. I have perfectly good results with my precautions and they cost me nothing

Rockabilly Spike · 17-04-2011, 12:08

oh no, something that costs money for peace of mind!!!

i suppose you must work for free too....

giving stuff away for free is a marketing tool as part of a business model.
but whatever, I'm just a salesman, I know nothing.....

17-04-2011, 12:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockabilly Spike

oh no, something that costs money for peace of mind!!!

i suppose you must work for free too....

giving stuff away for free is a marketing tool as part of a business model.
but whatever, I'm just a salesman, I know nothing.....

Well I can not remember the last time I had a virus . I am quite experienced with computers you know . I do know what I am doing. My mind is at peace ta very much

Rockabilly Spike · 17-04-2011, 12:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zing

Well I can not remember the last time I had a virus . I am quite experienced with computers you know . I do know what I am doing. My mind is at peace ta very much

me too....but since i started working as a salesman, my opinion is moot.
am just a shark wanting commission

Tezcatlipoca · 17-04-2011, 13:01

I'm currently using MSE plus Win 7's firewall, behind a router with NAT & SPI.

I used to use Kaspersky, but ditched it when I switched to Win 7 as KIS had issues with it at the time. I'd assume that it works perfectly with Win 7 now of course, but my licence has long since expired & I haven't felt the need to re-buy.

I also use Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, plus perform periodic scans with Trend HouseCall & other online scanners.

Rockabilly Spike · 17-04-2011, 13:21

had a free kaspersky 3 license from the rep at work. worked fine on my PC, on the GF's laptop it randomly stopped auto updating and even after a reinstall wouldnt update.

currently trying out Trend Micro titanium max, again free years worth from their rep.

17-04-2011, 14:34

The most important aspect of security is the user

17-04-2011, 14:35

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Originally Posted by djmagnifique

I use avg as it's the only one out of all the ones i've tested that actually picks up and warns you about dodgy websites.

I use Zone Alarm extreme security which is a paid for sub security programme, mine also warns about dodgy sites also if you are downloading files it opens them in a virtual window and and lets you know if they are safe to download to your computer after checking them for viruses/spyware, the firewall works very well.

I would recommend it to anybody earlier versions i found to slow the computer whilst scanning,but the current version is lightweight on resources and picks up viruses brilliantly.

17-04-2011, 14:42

IE 8 and 9 both have smart screen protection built in you just need to switch it on. This is the same as what AVG does both relies on reports being put in about the dodgy sites so it no one has been there and reported it before then you are still liable to infection or whatever

Smart screen does not give you a tick of course like AVG does it only warns you when you try to access a dadgy site. I for one do not need to see a tick all I need is a warning when needed. Of course this is no help to FF users or other browsers but FF does have its own version automatically enabled also

Stuart · 17-04-2011, 16:47

As does Opera..

nashville · 17-04-2011, 16:56

I have no problem with avast & i have windows 7.

progers · 17-04-2011, 16:58

I use Kaspersky Internet Security and have for years. IMHO, and in that of many review sites, it's the best going. (here comes the flack!)

Ben B · 17-04-2011, 18:04

I used MSE on my old laptop without any issues but I'm currently using Norton Internet Security 2011 as my new laptop came with a free 12 months sub, seems to do the job fine