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Internet security software recommendations please
I've uninstalled Norton Internet Security 2004 since it was causing too much problems for me.What i want from everyone are some recommendations on other internet security suites.I've already been told about F-secure Internet Security already,but i want some pros/cons based on personal experiences on the aforementioned and additional products.Will await a quick response since all i got is windows firewall and no antivirus protection!Thanks.
Doug
JRosenfeld
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Posted December 21st, 2004 21:00
You might also look at
http://www.cjwd.demon.co.uk/compsafetyonline.html
for other software toi enhance security. All (or most) is freeware.
- hi there, i use free zone alarm and the free avg antivirus.just today as i was downloading some files, avg caught three of the files and said they contained "trojan horse dropper exe Bundle;AH.(or something very similiar to that). i ran avg ,avg quarantined them but i then went to trendmicro for a free scan . i thought scan wasn't starting but then scan said to reboot to finish off the trojans,upon reboot before windows fully loaded a dos box came up and did many things,apparently finishing off the trojans."i had first gone to symantec security response for a free antivirus scan to be on the safe side but nothing showed up. symantecs free scan doesn't scan compressed files but these infected files were exe files.just to be safe i even went to macafee after that and nothing showed up.i can remenber 3 cases where one company caught something the others did not.brian
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Posted December 26th, 2004 09:00
I use F-Secure Internet 2005. Pricey, but ... it is not a system resource hog, it plays extremely well with XP SP2, I do not get system hangs while it checks mail, and I have never encountered a virus or trojan using their software.
Denny Denham
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Posted December 20th, 2004 19:00
The Windows firewall is perfectly adequate but you do need antivirus protection. Although I don't use it, the freeware product here has received a lot of good comments in this forum.