Firewall/Antivirus

[JohnnyO]

Who else to turn then CP.

I am looking to upgrade my Firewall and Virus scan software. Not sure which to go with McAfee or Norton or Something else. It would also be nice to have some kind of spyware/adware blocker in there as well.


Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

[arsenal]

I use McAfee at home. Both the Firewall an AV software. It seems to work fairly well. But Norton is good too. You can't go wrong with either one.

For spyware/adware, use these following free programs:

1) Ad-Aware
2) Spybot Search & Destroy

Those 2 free programs are better than anything you can buy.

[ah123]

Get a hardware firewall if you can -- a basic router (which acts like a hardware firewall) from London Drugs will cost you around $50. If you shop around (Memory Express, etc), you can probably get it cheaper... If you want a stand-alone software firewall, you can't go wrong with ZoneAlarm.

For virus scanners, I would recommend PC-cillin from Trend Micro, it seems to catch more than Norton (from my experience)...I used to have Norton Anti-Virus at home (with the latest virus definitions) and decided to try the "HouseCall" scanner from Trend Micro (it scans your machine without having to install anything), and there were some trojans on my machine which Norton never caught. I switched to PC-cillin after that...

For spyware, as mentioned by others, AdAware and Spybot are the standard ones (get both, because they each catch different things)

Hope that helps...

[JohnnyO]

Thanks Guys

I am thinking about that PC-Cillin, as Norton is a resource hog. And I think it comes with a firewall.

Does Adaware really work? I have used it and it has never found anything (which is good I hope) I have also used spybot. (and like you said it found other stuff)

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally posted by JohnnyO@Dec 15 2004, 11:00 AM
Does Adaware really work?

When Internet Explorer was my web broswer of choice Ad-Aware would find things all the time, its a great program. Now that I use Mozilla Firefox to web surf I use Ad-Aware just to make sure.

[photon]

Webroot is another good spyware scanner that I'm very impressed with, it's got a few things that AdAware and Spybot didn't.. it costs a bit of money though.

[JohnnyO]

Well I Love Staples!!

They Have McAfee Internet Suite (Firewall/AntiVirus) on Sale for $65
but the kicker is there is a $60 Rebate from McAfee if you have a previous version or Norton Version. Wooooohoooo!!!

[Wolfwood]

I have been using a combo of McAfee anti virus and Zone Alarm for my firewall and it works fine for me. I'd agree with using Ad-Aware and Spy-bot for searching for spyware. That combination seems to do well.

[AvengeR]

I really recommend getting NOD32 for an anitivirus program. They are definately the best at it. NOD32

Goto this independant site that test antivirus programs on an on-going basis.

Virus Bulletin
NOD32 continually ranks number 1 and detects the most viruses of any program out there. Even Microsoft uses NOD32 in their Release Labs. Virus Bulletin is a highly regarded international publication and NOD32 has won a record 29th straight Virus Bulletin 100% Awards. Which goes to any program that detects 100% of the 'in-the-wild" viruses and worms, as well as zero false positives.