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drrman
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I am am a system admin and work with windows servers and desktops all day long, i can recommend you a good one i have installed on my machines and on some servers i have set up on the side.
www.avast.com
its VERY cheap, VERY low load on the machine and works fucking great.....and they give you a free trial period to try it before you pay for it
it got 5 start out of 5 by almost everyone that reviewed it.......i love it, and doesn't bog down the system like many others
i've used norton and macaffe and would take this hands down over either of those two
www.avast.com
its VERY cheap, VERY low load on the machine and works fucking great.....and they give you a free trial period to try it before you pay for it
it got 5 start out of 5 by almost everyone that reviewed it.......i love it, and doesn't bog down the system like many others
i've used norton and macaffe and would take this hands down over either of those two
silverfish
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drrman said:
Avast is good.
chewyxrage
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AVG Free Edition never did me wrong. I use that in conjunction with the free zonealarm and mozilla firefox to browse.
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UA_Iron
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chewyxrage said:
agreed
I hate software firewalls though.
hey drrman, didnt you get your degree in mechanical engineering?
obiwan9962
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i use kaspersky
it is russian
but the canadian intels have started to use it
and most of nato
and rumour has it the american will soon
you can configure it to check for update hourly
and if there is one available they are one of the first
norton and mcfee use too much resources
kasperky antivirus and antihacker and antispam suite uses less than 1 mb ram unless scanning
and even if i turn off the antihacker firewall it still blocks invasions
it is russian
but the canadian intels have started to use it
and most of nato
and rumour has it the american will soon
you can configure it to check for update hourly
and if there is one available they are one of the first
norton and mcfee use too much resources
kasperky antivirus and antihacker and antispam suite uses less than 1 mb ram unless scanning
and even if i turn off the antihacker firewall it still blocks invasions
Creepusmaximus
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chewyxrage said:
You know you don't need zone alarm if you have a router (hardware firewall), right? Zonealarm caused me problems way back when.
I use AVG.
Creepusmaximus
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Norton is a resourse hog. I used Norton systemworks pro for years but every year it got more bloated and caused more problems.
chewyxrage
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Creepusmaximus said:
I like to know what programs are trying to access and choose which ones I will allow
Mcafee has the simplest most robust suite IMO a nice goey for there remote managment a monkey could figure out if something was wrong on that suite.flyingjer said:
drrman
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w84me said:
MAN....norton internet security is a joke bro........it causes WAY more problems that it helps prevent.......i've seen countless machines that norton's internet security was killing the system
Im telling you this for your own information bro, not trying to be a dick, but software firewalls are a joke, they do nothing but hinder system performance and are NOT reliable
not sure you know what you are talking about with the "tight security for firewalls/routers"..........norton internet security is nothing more than a very bad software firewall, it has NOTHING to do with a hardware firewall or router
The best bet is to put your system behind a true router, rather it be wireless or a regular router, this is a hardware firewall.....a "true" firewall..........much safer, much easier, and better system performance......a router can be bought for less than 50 bucks easily, and is WELL worth the safety it provides
drrman
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HS Lifter said:
bro, those inbound attempts are NOT all true attempts to hack into your system......i could run a simple port scanner over an ip range that included yours and you would see it as a hit for me trying to attack you......ALL those hits/attacks you are seeing are NOT people actually attacking your computer................if you had a router between your computer and the internet as i recommend EVERYONE have, the scanner and probe would find nothing before it ever got to your NIC
but to answer your question, no zone alarm is not garbage, but it does use up resources and would not even be necessary with a router in place.
Its just a good practice to NEVER put a machine directly on the internet without a router or hardware firewall in place
drrman
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NickyE3 said:
pretty much anything but d-link....lol...i have NEVER been impressed at all with any d link products and they all seem to fail eventually.
Best bang for the buck is a linksys, its my favorite of the internet wireless routers, next i would choose a netgear.....both are pretty good, the low end linksys has more options you may want to use later on than the low end netgears.....but both are pretty good
fistfullofsteel
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i posted many times that avast is very very good especially since it's for free. if you feel like spending money than you will like webroots.
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