12-28-2006, 10:02 AM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
  
Join Date: May 2000
Location: in front of my computer
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any good antivirus/spyware/firewall software?
my current subscription with pc-cillin (trendmicro) is almost over. anyone have any suggestions for a replacement?
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12-28-2006, 10:25 AM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: St. Louis
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I get McAfee Antivirus free through work and I use an old copy of Sygate Personal Firewall that works well for me. There might be better options (ZoneAlarm? BlackIce?) but I never really bothered looking into those because well... if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
For Spyware I use a combo of AdAware and Spybot S&D. |
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12-28-2006, 10:30 AM
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President, Cowboys Nation
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In the 'burbs, west of D.C.
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Are you looking for an all-in-one type thing, i.e. one of the McAfee suites? Or can you use multiple apps?
Virus - AVG Firewall - ZoneAlarm Spyware - Ad Aware
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12-28-2006, 10:39 AM
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Location: In the kitchen...skinning onions...
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I use:
Anti-virus: Kaspersky Firewall: Sygate Spyware: Spybot S&D
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12-28-2006, 11:15 AM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
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12-28-2006, 11:51 AM
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President, Cowboys Nation
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In the 'burbs, west of D.C.
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Ygpm.
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12-28-2006, 12:11 PM
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Lieutenant Commander
 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Frisco, TX
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For anti-virus, I use AVG Free Edition. It's great cause it doesn't cost anything and legal. Haven't had any problems so far.
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12-28-2006, 04:14 PM
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Picture of the Day Guru
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Sunny San Diego
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Frys has PC.-cillin for free after rebates. http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4969521
They also have a Norton bundle that includes Internet Security (anti virus and firewall), Ghost 10.0, and Partitian Magic for free after rebates http://shop2.outpost.com/product/5018815 . I still use Norton for basic protection and Ghost. For spyware I have Adaware and Spyware Doctor (not a free program). There is also Windows Defender which is free for download.
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12-28-2006, 10:51 PM
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captain awesome
Join Date: Jan 2003
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avast.com
home edition is free. you just need to get a new key every year. you can use any type of email address for it  |
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12-31-2006, 06:54 AM
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Chief of Naval Operations
 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: LEVITTOWN< PA> USA
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Why do you want to get rid of PcCillin? I have had it for several years and it is the best.
BTW, PcCillin's rebate does not work with renewals. |
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12-31-2006, 10:36 AM
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Admiral
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: You could pick up Lindsay Lohan for less than a intel 990x, and still have money left over to bail her outta jail
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My history in the past back in the day of Windows 98 with PC-cillin was good at first, but then it seem to crash and blot my machines. I've not used it in years, but after what it was like in the days of 98, I wouldn't use it again!
Today all I use is AVG which is free and no problems. Here is a link to the newest version: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/39791
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You could pick up Lindsay Lohan for less than a intel 990x, and still have money left over to bail her outta jail Last edited by renovation : 12-31-2006 at 10:39 AM. |
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12-31-2006, 10:52 AM
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Captain
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: You can’t get there from here, USA
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i like my norton Systemworks i have ued it for about 6 years now and it works great.
i dont like Mcafee even thought i can get it for free from work my systems like norton best. i get better preformance out of norton. |
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12-31-2006, 12:10 PM
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Rear Admiral Lower Half
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Calgary Alberta Canada
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I second the recommendation for Avast -- uses very few resources (compared to bloatware like Norton). Heck, I just finished getting rid of Norton Antivirus/Internet security on a new machine on our network, and it boots up and shuts down nearly twice as fast.
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12-31-2006, 12:24 PM
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Admiral
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: California
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Anti-Virus -AVG Free
Spyware - AVG Free & Ad-Aware Firewall - Sygate
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