I want some decent protection on my new Dell laptop as i use the wireless connection some times in public places.
I was planning to go for OneCare, but Microsoft told that the subscription isn't available for my country.....I had this program for 90 day trial on my pc and really liked it!
So any other suggestions????
I kow about most of antivirus programs like BitDefender, Kaspersky, PC-Cillin, and CA...but I need some thing light as I have only 1GB of ram.
2007-12-30 13:46:32 · 5 answers · asked by MH 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I would go for the McAfee total plus protection which you can get through Dell for a discounted price. This will provide you with a complete security suite as far as antivirus, firewall, antispyware, etc...
Since you are inquiring specifically about protection for a laptop... I would also recommend you put a BIOS password on the box and look into getting an encryption program like PGP... I would go for version 9.0 or better which includes WDE (whole disk encryption)... this way if your laptop is stolen they cannot access the harddrive.
If you only have 1 gig of ram I would suggest you ask Dell if you can upgrade that ... it's not necessary but would certainly make your computing experience more pleasurable. Although 1 gig is plenty for any security suite... and you can simply turn off all the other background crap you don't need too.
As for wireless... I would not recommend using public access points. If you are using your computer to access your business... see about installing VPN software so that you will at least have an encrypted tunnel.
This is another great reason to have PGP on your machine as you can segment sensitive files into their own encrypted partitions or encrypted directories. And / or... you could utilize windows profiles and have a profile specifically for remote access.
Good Luck
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2007-12-30 14:00:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-12-30 21:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2007-12-30 21:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2007-12-30 21:57:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-12-30 21:53:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋