Mine at home has expired. Do I need firewall protection as well?
2007-03-26 05:59:05 · 5 answers · asked by panthertatt38852 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Here's some ideas to "roll ya own" Internet Security Suite for free. Free is always the best.
1. For your Anti-Virus......(Always use only 1 A-V)
I like the AOL ActiveVirusShield. Don't let the name AOL scare you. ActiveVirusShield is made by Kaspersky which is one of top-rated anti-virus vendors in the world.
In recent tests, the most popular free anti-virus, AVG, was only able to detect about 82% of a very large sample of viruses. On the other hand, ActiveVirusShield was able to detect better than 99% in the same test.
Full test results are here:
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=82&mnu=82
ActiveVirusShield has excellent virus detection rates and is extremely light on using your computer resources.
Detects and removes spyware, too!
Updates many times per day to detect new malware.
Free to anyone, AOL member or not from:
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?
2. For your Firewall..........(Always use only 1 firewall)
An excellent free firewall is Comodo Personal Firewall. It can pass firewall "leak tests" that even most of the "paid-for" firewalls cannot pass.
And Comodo has a great support forum. Where the CEO / President of the company might even himself answer your question! Check it out at:
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
2007-03-26 06:04:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
AVG Free is the best anti-virus out there right now. Norton is total junk, uses up a lot of system resources and you have to pay for it. Avast is another free anti-virus, which is still good, but personally I like AVG. You can download AVG from the link below. There is absolutely no spyware.
Windows Firewall is good enough, as long as that is turned on, I wouldn't worry about it beyond that.
2007-03-26 06:01:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
For home & work I use Nod32, voted the best AV 2006.
http://www.eset.com/download/index.php
No free AV is reliable or safe.
As for firewalls there are a number of free one's that are good, I'm happy with zonealarm.
http://www.download.com/3000-2092-10039884.html
2007-03-26 06:16:22 · answer #3 · answered by Sly_Old_Mole 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For home use AVG Free from free.grisoft.com or Avast at avast4home.com are free and very good (only use one!) If you have a router with its own firewall, the Windows firewall is adequate secondary defense. You should also have multiple antispyware programs -- try Hitman Pro at www.hitmanpro.com which will install, update, and run multiple free and free-trial antispyware programs.
2007-03-26 06:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by Fix My PC Mike 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You may want to check out "Avast". It's free, updated very regularly, and offers a variety of features.
http://www.avast.com/
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2007-03-26 06:05:46 · answer #5 · answered by Wyoming Rider 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋