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Need internet protection Ie firewall anti virus etc
- Thread starter T3RRY
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A red missile
Theres plenty of decent software out there and its all free.
For viruses try AVG free edition, performs well and doesn't hog resource like Norton does.
For a decent firewall try Zone Alarm, again free and works well.
When it comes to spyware people either swear by Spybot Search & Destroy or Ad-aware.
You can find them at http://www.grisoft.com http://www.zonelabs.com http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html and http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10186632.html
Should be all you need.
For viruses try AVG free edition, performs well and doesn't hog resource like Norton does.
For a decent firewall try Zone Alarm, again free and works well.
When it comes to spyware people either swear by Spybot Search & Destroy or Ad-aware.
You can find them at http://www.grisoft.com http://www.zonelabs.com http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html and http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10186632.html
Should be all you need.
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
You would seriously install all that onto a PC? Bloody hell. Would it even boot up then, let alone allow you onto the internet?
D.
Are you being serious Darren?, the only programs that load up at boot time and run in the background are ZA, Avast 4 and Spyware Guard, the other programs are spyware checkers, my spare P2 laptop with 64 mb memory runs fine with that little lot running.
It may look a lot of AV/spyware programs but i have never had a virus/trojan/spyware/dialler etc since running those programs regurlarly.
It may look a lot of AV/spyware programs but i have never had a virus/trojan/spyware/dialler etc since running those programs regurlarly.
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172
Never install more than one program of any kind. They will interfere with each other and cause security holes. Only install one anti-virus, one firewall, one spyware remover etc.
AVG Free
Zone Alarm Free
There is only one antivirus scanner and firewall there, the others are checkers that do not run in the background and will not interfere with eachother, eg - Spybot S&D scans for more problems than Ad-Aware SE, if one scanner does not find anything then the other will.
Each of the non antivirus/Firewall programs will scan for and clean different problems that the others might not scan for or find.
Each of the non antivirus/Firewall programs will scan for and clean different problems that the others might not scan for or find.
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
I'm being deadly serious. And I've never had a virus/trojan/spyware/dialler etc since November 1992 when I got my first PC. Apart from the one that I put on myself from an infected gfx driver file.
Every single day, I hear of people at work that "...... blah, blah, I've got this on my PC at home - what do I do?" The very first question I throw back at them is 'What crap are you running?'. Needless to say, they then spew out a long list of AV/pop-up/spyware crap that's been recommended by a friend of a friend of somebody who knows someone.
A good 90% of software like that is total turd. Fact. In the worst case scenario (like 172.com says) is the fact that they contradict and cripple each other in a way that makes the PC more bloody vunerable that without the software in the first place.
Most of the risks can be stopped by education - not software. It amazes me how novice users can think that after spending £30-£40 in an off-the-shelf product, that they can then continue to use internet the way they did previously when they had all the virus and spyware issues. It just doesn't work like that.
Just the other month, I had a staff member's PC here that was riddled with crap (mostly from satan's ringpiece - MSN) - so much so that it frequently crashed with a blue screen error. The 5-10 minutes so of 'life' that it had before crashing allowed me to see the contents of the programs. To this day - I doubt I've seen so many anti-everything programs installed onto one PC.
It got reformatted and in the process of that, I asked how the PC was used on a daily basis - in particular, on the internet. A little re-education, a basic setup of security and alls well some months after.
If I convince just one person not to go down the knee-jerk route of 'I'll install this because geezer said it was good' - then I'd consider that a success.
D.
Very well said - I have 1 x anti-virus and thats it! my router is the firewall.
Just common sense saves you from all the virus and spyware!
all these cleaners are crap! its to late - the files have already downloaded!
I run a internet cafe network and boy do they get abuse. It's entirely down to the user and the sites/files they use.
all i can say is........lol
Anti-Virus: Nod32
Firewall: Windows XP (SP2 Version) + Hardware (Router/NAT)
Anti-Spy: Spybot + Ad-aware + HijackThis
=
Job Done.
NB. It's also very handy to use the HOSTS file for Windows to automatically stop dodgy sites.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
And just keep Windows up-to-date and you should be set.
Firewall: Windows XP (SP2 Version) + Hardware (Router/NAT)
Anti-Spy: Spybot + Ad-aware + HijackThis
=
Job Done.
NB. It's also very handy to use the HOSTS file for Windows to automatically stop dodgy sites.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
And just keep Windows up-to-date and you should be set.
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