Okay, I currently run AVG Free as my primary antivirus. I just got a popup saying that AVG will discontinue their AVG Free service. What free firewalls do you use? What are their pros and cons. Do they seem processor heavy, or run lightweight? My criteria are it must be free w/ no strings attached, and must be lightweight, and must not be a Norton Product (YuCk!). Thanks!
2006-11-19 16:33:35 · 8 answers · asked by romeohsdrumline 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Great Thanks for all the great answers, I am updating right now. If anyone else is intrested, the update can be found here http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5 you have to run it click accept and next untill you get to a screen where your option is to repair. Select repair previous installation and its straightforwards from there.
2006-11-19 18:14:58 · update #1
I have avg and I got that same popup too. Damn, i guess avg isn't 100 percent any more.
2006-11-19 16:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by reff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) I don't know if you are using their free version from http://free.grisoft.com or you are using a trial copy of their commercial version.
2) There are ample free alternatives if you discontinue its use.
http://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/essential-free-internet-security.html
3) If you have win xp, then its built in firewall is as good as any other. But if you want another one you can use zonealarm.
2006-11-19 16:39:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have AVG also. Keep getting a message that they will go to pay as of Jan. 2007. Thanks for the ???. I will be monitoring the answers....
2006-11-19 16:36:14 · answer #3 · answered by whidd2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use Zone Alarm firewall, and Avira Antivir guard.
In combination they work very well.
You can get Zone alarms from
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
and Avira from
http://www.free-av.com/
all totally free.
2006-11-19 16:38:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
AVG is still free
upgrade to 7.5
2006-11-19 17:12:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here you have some good and free security programs. Try some:
http://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download/security.htm
2006-11-20 03:09:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
wrong...7.1 is dead.....7.5 is new free avg....go to grisoft.com...check it out...there is a update to go from 7.1 to 7.5
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5
2006-11-19 16:38:13 · answer #7 · answered by big_chris_fool 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-19 16:42:09 · answer #8 · answered by William Wilson 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋