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1st December 2006, 18:43 | #1 |
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Virus protection.
I bought a new laptop a couple of months ago, and it came with a trial version of norton, which is about to expire. I am given the opion to buy an updated subscription, but was wondering, I've been told that Norton isn't the best and is just very good at eating up performance, so with this in mind, what is the best virus checker to get? My computer knowledge is very poor, I have heard of McAffee. Cheers.
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I second that, I have used AVG free edition on all my PC's and never a problem. To be honest, its more about Trojans and spyware these days, and again a simple free program like spywareguard/blaster and a firewall in the shape of the free edition of zone alarm (plus a bit of common sense) and I find Thats all I need. Although having said that, I am the only user of this PC, and I would imagine if more than one family member is using your PC, things can get a bit scary, especially if they venture into torrents and other p2p sites.
here are the current links for the above mentioned software Zonealarm http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...eeDownload.jsp Spyware Blaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html SpywareGuard http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html AVG Free http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/.../lng/us/tpl/v5
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1st December 2006, 22:29 | #4 |
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AVG Free finishes in January though doesn't it?
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The current one does yes but the new one 7.5 is still free.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti.../lng/us/tpl/v5 I have it too and always take nortons off any pc I visit as it is so resource hungry it should have a health warning! Simon. |
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Guess I should have read the pop-up that it has been displaying properly then!
Anyway, I'm ok. Just finished a reformat & reinstall and downloaded the latest AVG (which is 7.5). Sorted! |
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If AVG is free, how do they make money? Nothing good if free surely?
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The free version is quite basic, but I've been using it for years, and not had a virus. However, I do take sensible precautions.
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I use AVG free and ZoneAlarm (Free) and both work very well together.
Never had any problems with either of them.
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