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| 850015 | 2010-01-19 11:14:00 | Hi everyone, I'm trying to decide what free security software to use. I haven't had any problems so far but wondered if I should beef up security anyway. At the moment i'm using Vista's own firewall protection. I tried Comodo but it threw up so many alerts while it learned that it seized the system before I could get a chance to check each one out. I had to reboot and quickly close it , I'm using Avast for antivirus and anti-spyware. I was thinking about using Spyware Doctor. As I said above I've had no problems so far, so do you think what i'm using is good enough and I should just leave well enough alone. Robin |
Robinz (9362) | ||
| 850016 | 2010-01-19 17:46:00 | I would switch Avast to Microsoft security essentials as it is better apart from that I would leave it alone | gary67 (56) | ||
| 850017 | 2010-01-19 18:51:00 | +1 for gary67's thoughts :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 850018 | 2010-01-19 19:01:00 | MSSE Spybot Malware Bytes Whatever Firewall you like. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 850019 | 2010-01-19 20:50:00 | as I have said before in other security threads... your first line of defence is to change your behavior: Don’t click on links in email, don’t do it, don’t even think about it. Don’t open attachment in emails, unless you trust then sender then don’t open attachments. Don’t browse to dodgy web sites, this means no searching for warez, porn, free ringtones. the software tools are a second line of defence. I would argee iwth PCTEK Microsoft security essencials Spybot Malware Bytes and the built in firewall. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 850020 | 2010-01-19 23:27:00 | Just use the Win Firewall. If you get a nasty on the PC it will just disable/bypass what Firewall you have anyway.. Your modem/router is in itself a basic hardware firewall. The std AV programs WITHOUT all the extras have a lot less issues in the long term. |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 850021 | 2010-01-20 00:33:00 | "Basically" XP Firewall = rubbish get a 3rd party Vista firewall = vastly improved but still questionable, prob ok for most. Win 7 firewall = Pretty good, prob better off not using a 3rd party from a performance point of view. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 850022 | 2010-01-20 02:26:00 | "Basically" XP Firewall = rubbish get a 3rd party Vista firewall = vastly improved but still questionable, prob ok for most. Win 7 firewall = Pretty good, prob better off not using a 3rd party from a performance point of view. just curious what you think the problem is/are with the Windows Firewall built into Windows XP and Windows Vista? |
nmercer (3899) | ||
| 850023 | 2010-01-20 11:28:00 | Vista one fails the leak test but I still use it | Roger Hunt (13648) | ||
| 850024 | 2010-01-20 17:41:00 | XP's firewall is one way only | gary67 (56) | ||
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