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Rocky
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   7th Sep 04 at 18:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi Peeps

Having a bran new pc this weekend just wondering whats the best packages out there to buy to protect your PC from virsus etc, i got AVG 6.0 on my PC at the mo i would have that on my new 1 not to sure or do you think i should buy others to go with it HELP is needed cheer

Dom
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7th Sep 04 at 18:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i would buy AVG 7 professional mate I used a "brought" copy and its pretty good

but it ran out, so im running the free version, which is abit pants
mav
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7th Sep 04 at 20:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have

symnantec and zone alarm...seem good..
ed
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7th Sep 04 at 20:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
A condom on the telephone plug is the best protection.
rocafella
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Have Norton 2004 Pro for virus scanner, and zone alarm for firewall. Does the job
J da Silva
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F-Secure is a good one, firewall,pop up stopper, virus stuff as normal and auto updates on any new virus's
the littler, unheard of stuff is always the best to use
ed
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7th Sep 04 at 20:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nortons a load of crap basically.
liamC
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quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
A condom on the telephone plug is the best protection.


Bassa got to it before me!
rocafella
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quote:
Originally posted by 1800ed
Nortons a load of crap basically.

Totally agreed, somehow when doing a schedualed virus scan, it deleted my 15gb virus mp3 collection F*ck knows why since then i have it disabled. Really should find an alternative
PaulW
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anything prior to norton 2004 is good

if you can, get corporate edition 7.6, uses fook all resources & has lifetime liveupdate subscription
Russ
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8th Sep 04 at 06:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
f-secure
willay
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8th Sep 04 at 07:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
good protection setup:

Norton Anti Virus - Dont know about everyone else but I've ran this on about 6+ boxes without a problem, of course any other Anti Virus suite that gives you updates is good.

Firewall - Even with a nated connection through a ADSL router they still suggest you run a software firewall on your machine, Zone Alarm and Black ICE are recomended as they are suited for people who dont know firewall rules, can be easy to configure.

Spyware - Spyware is a massive program at the moment and some Anti Virus programs still dont pick it up, you can get two programs for free which I'm going to suggest, they are Adaware (check google) and Spybot search and destory (again check google). Each program will find spyware the other one doesnt and remember to keep their definitions updated!
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You can also go noe step further and replace Internet Explorer with something like Firefox, which can also help defend against spyware as most are made for IE users.
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And one more note

If you are sitting on a fast connection (adsl/cable/leased line/whatever) then have Windows Updates download+install updates whenever they are ready to get. This helps if you forget to run it every few weeks.

Hope this has helped, and always check google!
Adam
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8th Sep 04 at 07:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I use Symantec Corporate AV, NAT Firewall. Google toolbar and adaware to keep the popups out
Deekiboy
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I use Kaspersky AV it updates every 3 hours if there are definitions available for downloding and if U tell it to update from extended databases it gets more updates for Trojans and spyware Etc, For a firewall I use agitium Outpost firewall Pro cos U can see what is accessing the Net andwhat ports on Ur PC its usin! and for 1 more I use Webroots Spysweeper that allso gets updated definitions for new spyware!
leeshez
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8th Sep 04 at 11:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
T he best protection is unplug from the internet
Deekiboy
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Is that not just like putting a condowm over the telephone Jack
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T he best protection is unplug from the internet
Mad Moe
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8th Sep 04 at 15:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
We use Sophos and never had any problems
Rocky
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Right guys i got AVG so far and the google pop up bar to stop them , havent a clue on the firewall dont know how to run them do i need anything else???
sukhwant
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10th Sep 04 at 21:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
a GIANT condom
Rocky
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come on guys serious question this is please leave the humour some where else
sukhwant
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ok ok, norton antivirus, a good firewall, i recommend summat like keiro personal firewall, its good and its free, what else u need?
Andrew
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I use ZoneAlarm Pro and AVG Free Ed. The AVG virus scan is a bit crap as i forwarded on an e-mail with an attachment to a mate and his Norton picked up a virus whereas AVG didn't. Gonna purchase Norton ASAP.

 
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