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Mostly I just want to be able to scan for, identify, and remove malware (though I can't remember the last time I found anything on my computer). Software firewall capabilities would be nice, too. Being able to see when and from where I'm being pinged is a cool feature but I can live without it.
Any recommendations and advice for anti-virus software? I have heard good things about AVG and Panda.
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Mae
Olde Towne East
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Posted 2 years ago # -
Mercurius
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Mae wrote >>
I have been using McAfee for several years now, my subscription is about to expire, and I am hoping to find a decent free or low-cost anti-virus software package. I still like McAfee, but it can slow down my Windows XP OS considerably.
Mostly I just want to be able to scan for, identify, and remove malware (though I can't remember the last time I found anything on my computer). Software firewall capabilities would be nice, too. Being able to see when and from where I'm being pinged is a cool feature but I can live without it.
Any recommendations and advice for anti-virus software? I have heard good things about AVG and Panda.OSX or Ubuntu ;)
Posted 2 years ago # -
sixby9is42
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I've used AVG Free for many years, no complaints. As for a software firewall...unless you click on questionable ads and links, I think only using Windows Firewall should keep you safe.
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paktinat
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NOD32 wins nearly every 'competition' that tests anti-virus. check it out.
Anti-virus is a moving target. Years ago McAfee was awesome and Symantec sucked. then about 2 years ago Symantec rocked and Mcafee sucked. Now they both suck but symantec sucks a considerable amount less.
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Mister Shifter
The Kingdom of Zamunda
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For free software you really can't beat AVG. It usually wins the major websites' best free anti-virus software every year. I've used it for years with great success.
Posted 2 years ago # -
10sun
Columbus, OH
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For a solid protection:
Spybot Search and Destroy - Malware & Virus scheduled scanning + registry locker (TeaTimer)
Peerguardian - Blocks a blacklisted set of IP addresses from reaching your PC ranging from advertisers, Chinese hackers, to the RIAA. This is kind of a big deal.
Nod32 - standard antivirus minisuite: file system monitor, on demand scanner, internet traffic scanner, MS Office Macro monitor, & email scanner.This is what I've used for the past couple of years and I LOVE it. It was all freeware when I started using it, but that may have changed since... either way, I haven't had an issue and I feel secure about my PC.
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10sun
Columbus, OH
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rus wrote >>
10sun wrote >>
For a solid protection:
Peerguardian - Blocks a blacklisted set of IP addresses from reaching your PC ranging from advertisers, Chinese hackers, to the RIAA. This is kind of a big deal.For blocking addresses, one could also fiddle the hosts file...
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htmPeerguardian blocks inbound requests too and automatically updates to include new IP addresses of threats.
Posted 2 years ago # -
shroud
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Another vote for AVG.
For spot-checking & malware removal (vs ongoing preventative protection), Malware Bytes' Anti-Malware tool is awesome - highly recommended: http://malwarebytes.org/.
The full version DOES do realtime protection, but is, of course, paid...
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10sun
Columbus, OH
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hugh59 wrote >>
PeerGuardian is history. It has been replaced by PeerBlock. I loaded it this weekend. When I allow HTTP to access my computer, it blocks out a lot of sites that I normally go to.I'm out of the loop, I'll admit it!
Using a MacBook for 90% of my internet stuff now anyways.Posted 2 years ago # -
Mae
Olde Towne East
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Sorry it's taken me a while to get back to this thread. I wanted to thank everyone for their advice. I tried AVG but I wasn't halfway through their download process when (to their credit) the program informed me that it would have serious compatibility issues with one of my productivity suites which I can't afford to upgrade at the moment. So I ended up with avast! and it's doing its job so far. And my computer is running so much better without McAfee on it.
Posted 1 year ago # -
pez
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+another on AVG. We're Mac and Ubuntu now, but when we had a PC it had AVG Free and Spybot S&D.
Some other free goodies (PC, Linux and OS X compatible)
Microsoft Office Replacement - Open Office
Photoshop Replacement - GIMP
Vector Graphics - Inkscape
Lojack Replacement - Adeona (this is a must have for laptops to track theft)Posted 1 year ago #
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