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The T 
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 Topic: Which Anti Virus/Firewall is best?
Posted: December 11 2006 at 23:27 |
Let's go Norton!!!
(How lame is it cheering for anti-viruses)
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Chus
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Posted: December 10 2006 at 21:53 |
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I have Avast and it really gets rid of all the trojans that found their way into my PC... For me, Norton is another virus that prevents my PC from defending from other viruses
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Jesus Gabriel
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Fitzcarraldo
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Posted: December 10 2006 at 20:17 |
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The software test results reported in the August 2006 issue of Computer Shopper gave the following results for Anti-SpyWare software:
Anti-Spyware Software
- PRODUCT, COMPANY NAME, PRICE, RATING, AWARD
- Grisoft Ewido Anti-Spyware 4.0, Grisoft, GBP 22, 5-stars
- Sunbelt software CounterSpy 1.5, Sunbelt Software, GBP 19, 5-stars, Best Buy
- Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06, lavasoft, GBP 0, 4-stars
- PC Tools Spyware Doctor 4, PC Tools, GBP 19, 4-stars
- Spybot Spybot-S&D 1.4, Spybot, GBP 0, 4-stars
- Webroot Spy Sweeper 5, Webroot software, GBP 25, 4-stars
- Etrust Pest Patrol 8, eTrust, GBP 20, 3-stars
- Microsoft Windows Defender (Beta 2), Microsoft, GBP 0, 2-stars
and the April 2006 issue of Computer Shopper gave the following test results for Anti-Virus software:
Anti-Virus Software
- PRODUCT, COMPANY NAME, PRICE, RATING, AWARD
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2006, Kaspersky Lab, GBP 28, 5-stars
- Steganos AntiVirus 2006, Steganos, GBP 20, 5-stars, Best Budget Buy
- F-Secure Anti-Virus 2006, F-Secure, GBP 33, 4-stars
- Grisoft AVG Free Edition 7.1, Grisoft, Free, 4-stars
- McAfee VirusScan 2006, McAfee Associates, GBP 36, 4-stars
- Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 14, Trend Micro, GBP 38, 4-stars
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2006, Symantec, GBP 36, 3-stars
- Eset NOD 32 2.5, Eset, GBP 27, 3-stars
- Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Antivirus 6, Zone Labs, GBP 20, 3-stars
- Bullgaurd Internet Security 6.1, BullGuard, GBP 35, 2-stars
- Alwil avast! Antivirus 4.6 (Home Edition), Avast, Free, 1-star, Free
- Panda Titanium 2006 antivirus + antispyware, Panda Software, GBP 30, 1-star
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goose
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Posted: December 10 2006 at 06:53 |
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Without paying money, I still think there's nothing better than AVG on Windows and now I've switched to KPF for firewall. If you're going to pay for AV, I don't see any point in getting anything but NOD32 (I haven't ever seen Kaspersky; apparently it's comparable)
OS X seems to have a lot less choice in terms of AV stuff but ClamAV does the job.
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markosherrera
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Posted: December 08 2006 at 23:33 |
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TRY PLATINUM PANDA
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cobb
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 06:06 |
 Zavgorodny wrote:
hmmm.
Norton, Avast & NOD32 has some pros and cons. well secured, but pretty heavy.
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30MB all up - hardly heavy (NOD32 that is). That's the size of the installation folder. The service itself takes a meager 6MB of memory. Compare that to Norton's bloat. Read up on how it works before dismissing it. Or did you mean pricey?
Edited by cobb
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Zavgorodny
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 04:52 |
hmmm.
okay, listen here. I live now on DSL connection, 24/7, so I did some investigations.
Kaspersky is right out. no questions, just out. there goes BitDefender, Panda, Sophos, all out.
Norton, Avast & NOD32 has some pros and cons. well secured, but pretty heavy.
my choice was CA eTrust. a combination of eTrust Antivirus, eTrust PestPatrol (anti-*ware) and eTrust Firewall (based on ZoneLabs code). Firewall needs no special knowledge, works with programs, not with mysterious port numbers, also kills ADs, Flash, scripts, pop-ups and so on. matter fact, I have not seen nor viruses, neither *wares for month or two - they just cannot penetrate firewall.
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yes, I know, my English is far from perfect. I comfortable with it.
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Velvetclown
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 04:41 |
A BIG one 
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Velvetclown
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 04:27 |
Proggy
Just use a Condom 
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cobb
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 00:53 |
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I'm with Viajero - NOD32 for me. I have been selling it to clients for years and I have never (that's never..) had a problem with it, unlike Norton...
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Viajero Astral
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 23:59 |
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I use NOD32, also Karpersky is very good, this two are the best of all IMO.
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 20:03 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
Other.
And Norton is terrible.
Because of some things Norton2006 didn't catch my computer crashed and I switched to Panda Antivrus and love it.
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You should spend some time reasearching that company (Panda Software), maybe even check your region's business bureau for compaints (if you have such a thing in your area). I finally got rid of them after using them for about a year and haven't had any problems with viruses, worms, or the like in at least three years. Before, I had two of my machines crash due to worms, one of them three times in less than a year (and not all from the same viruses either).
Also Panda spams the holy crap out of you once you get rid of their software, and I noticed a huge increase in spam traffic within days of cancelling my Panda subscription, so I'm quite sure they are selling my name and information to other companies. I'm still getting several emails a day from them over three years later. I have even blacklisted them on my mail provider's POP server, in my own email client software, and in my virus software, plus blocked their domain in my router's firewall, but the emails keep getting through using variations and alias address names. Back when I had Panda I also used to get Windows OS popup ads, which I had never seen before on any machine, and have never seen since getting rid of Panda.
Glad you're happy with these guys, but beware if you ever decide to show them the door...
Edited by ClemofNazareth
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus
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PROGMAN
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 19:15 |
What trouble have you guys experienced with Norton then?? I don't use it and by hearing out your opinions I don't want to either!! 
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CYMRU AM BYTH
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PROGMAN
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 19:12 |
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Zango is a pain in the bottom, carefull when playing online games in which my brother loves to do.
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CYMRU AM BYTH
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PROGMAN
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 19:11 |
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what about free service to protect identity, you know any goog Privacy protection software?? I think Norman does them but any other, epecially free ones.
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CYMRU AM BYTH
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 19:05 |
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AVG is awesome and free. I'll never use Norton again!
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PROGMAN
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 18:50 |
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Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE picked up horrible spy componants like Zango Adware and Spyware better than the BT Yahoo Anti-Spy, provided by my ISP, BT's Anti Spy is not as good, lucky I downloaded Ad Aware SE.
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CYMRU AM BYTH
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goose
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Posted: April 15 2006 at 15:58 |
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AVG & Avast are both fine and if anything better than plenty of ones that charge (I use AVG). I think the free version of each comes without firewall, but there are free firewalls too. I use Sygate for a firewall though, because I couldn't find any free ones which were configurable enough for some stuff I wanted to do (it shouldn't be a problem for most people though).
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Vompatti
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Posted: April 15 2006 at 11:54 |
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I've got Kerio Personal Firewall and Avast! Antivirus (both are free) and I haven't had any problems.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: April 15 2006 at 00:20 |
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Other.
And Norton is terrible.
Because of some things Norton2006 didn't catch my computer crashed and I switched to Panda Antivrus and love it.
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