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Title: internet security???
Post by scotspark on Dec 1^st, 2008, 8:54pm

I have 2 toshiba laptops that came with MCAFEE INTERNET SECURITY SUITE preloaded.

the months free trial is up and before I renew I amjust looking for reccommends / warnings for antivirus/spyware

it seems to run in background ok but over the course of a month i dont think its reported much if any spyware tho it does have a siteadvisor thingy wich seeems quite good

Scotspark

Title: Re: internet security???
Post by Lectrician on Dec 1^st, 2008, 8:57pm

A lot of people use AVG free edition. Me included.

Title: Re: internet security???
Post by Zambezi on Dec 1^st, 2008, 10:39pm

Or Zone Alarm, free for basic protection. Made by Checkpoint Security.

Title: Re: internet security???
Post by Lectrician on Dec 2^nd, 2008, 6:29am

Zone alarm is more of a fire wall than an anti-virus or internet security.

If you have a router rather than having your computer directly connected to the internet, I do not really see the point in having a software firewall, let the hardware router do the job. Having two is good, but software firewalls can be a pain at times when trying to do certain things.

Title: Re: internet security???
Post by CWatters on Dec 2^nd, 2008, 7:42am

Wife and I currently use Norton Internet Security & Microsoft Windows Defender (free).

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx