My Mcaffee Antivirus has just expired. I never had a firewall and everthing has been just fine with no problems for the past year.
I went to best buy and they had on sale Mcaffee's viruscan and firewall as a package deal for 29.99.
The guy there wanted to sell me however PCScillen for 40 bucks and it was only the viruscan.
The reason why he said that the PCScillen was better was because he said it had less system requirements which inturn would make the computer run faster. Is he right?
Also he said that windows has a built in firewall. What do y'all computer dudes and dude ettes think HMMN?
2006-09-08 15:51:14 · 5 answers · asked by Beano4aReason 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I think paying for that crap us just plain silly. Everything I use for PC security is free and downloadable from the internet. In the six years I have been using them I have only had one virus which required extra work on my part to get rid of, and I've never had a problem with malware.
Windows Firewall
Avira Anti-Vir
Ad-Aware
Spybot S&D
Windows firewall comes with XP, the rest can be easily found by typing their names into Google.
2006-09-08 15:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by Goffik 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
McAfee and Norton are real resource hogs. AVG and Avast! are free antivirus packages which don't bog down your computer.
As for the built-in XP firewall, it only blocks incoming traffic, not outgoing. If you have a router with a built-in firewall it's adequate, but if you have sensitive info you might want something two-way.
2006-09-08 16:08:49 · answer #2 · answered by Fix My PC Mike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 21:31:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the Windows firewall or one on your router if you're using one, Use a free AV such as AVG. Cost - nothing.
2006-09-09 01:39:45 · answer #4 · answered by notthateazy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep your windows updated, the windows firewall turned on, and get Anti-vir (link below) and if needed use symantec.com for virus removal instructions.
Or just read the above answer LOL.
2006-09-08 15:58:57 · answer #5 · answered by koolkeiff2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋