Please help -best value internet security needed ASAP!

St_Piran_2

Kapersky Internet Security 2009, 1 year 1 PC subscription - £39.99 from Kapersky
Kapersky Antivirus 2009, 1 year 1 PC subscription - £29.99 from Kapersky

Kapersky Internet Security 2009, 1 year 3 PC subscription - £18.99 from Amazon
Kapersky Antivirus 2009, 1 year 3 PC subscription - £19.56 from Amazon

So is the internet security one is a more complete package?
Does it do the same job as Norton 360?
Sorry - I'm clueless at all this!!!

Motivatedworkingmum

As the original OP I thought I would just update you all as to my progress!

Have been 'offline' for a few days now so have not been able to respond or reply to anyone. This is what happened.....
As per RIK suggestions I did all this (uninstalled Norton, Installed Avira and PCtools firewall. All seemed fine until some smart !!!! (friend of a friend I know locally) who I was relaying my story to, ummed and ahhhed and said ' If I were you I'd go out and buy an off the shelf product!'. So as a totally non techinical person then doubted what I had done (of which I had felt very proud of myself and learnt alot in the process!). So off I trotted to pC World, bought Kaspersky (half price for £19 something). Unistalled everything RIK had told me to do (although it was working fine) and installed Kaspersky. INTERNET GONE!!!!!!! As soon as I had installed Kaspersky it totally locked me out of my internet. Took 3 days to get it back (after taking laptop to very clued up IT person). They could not solve the problem and in the end I uninstalled Kaspersky and put back Windows firewall, AVIRA anti virus and spybots. I now have my internet back!!!!! yipppeeeee. I think all the original advice as per RIK and others i.e. you do not need to spend a fortune on glossy looking boxes in PC World (after sales person frightens the life out of you saying that hackers will get into your system - so you pay £20 - £90 quid on stuff you can get free on the web! FREE I SAID!!!!! Don't waste your money. Use the recommended free sites as per all the helpful people on this thread and learn a bit yourself at the same time. Thanks for everyones help. Hope my feedback saves anybody the stress I have had. Although maybe Kaspersky does do what it says on the tin, I thought these off the shelf packages were designed ' for the stupid people' to protect their PC's easily and without techie knowledge. I don't think so! Anyway, I'm back and online and would to thank all who have responded to this thread. Cheers!!!

weeowens

I've used kaspersky full suite for the last ten months and been very impressed.Before then I had used AVG,Avast and Avira,though not at the same time:D.
Kasperky does take a bit of user time but I've not had a single virus/problem with pc while its been on.
Its near to renewal so I'm going to uninstall it and get a new cop from Amazon as that seems cheaper than the renewal fee.Bit silly eh.

huddsman

I have used Kaspersky for the last 12 months and it is an excellent product, I used to use Avast which is free but had to get Kaspersky when Avast let me down. I have 3 PC's at home and 3 at work and they all use Kaspersky. I would not consider anything else. Just read the techie reviews of anti virus software and you will soon change to Kaspersky. 3 user licenses can usually be had for about £10 on ebay.

bubblesbonbon

I have recently had to change my security software from Sophos after using for many years. It was supplied by my employer under their corporate licence that also covered homeworkers. It successfully protected their 180 user network as well as many outworkers and it was easy and unobtrusive to use (although the firewall was very sensitive to Windows updates)
When they switched to a Mcafee package (???) I tried various alternatives and ended up with Avast, Comodo Firewall and Malwarebytes freebies. This combination gave me the confidence that I was used to with Sophos. However I really wanted a one stop single update package.
Then my bank offered a half price Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 package so I bought a 3 PC, 2 year licence and in short, I am very impressed with it because it does exactly what it says on the tin.
When I did the first full scan it didn’t find any nasties but it did alert me to half a dozen software “issues” that needed security updates (including Acrobat and Real Player Ads settings) – impressed.
On the other hand it doesn’t appear to detect MS Office service packs so it duly prompted me to check all of them- pain in the chuff.
I think the bottom line is if you want to protect yourself confidently without having to fork out then follow the advice given by Rik & Browntoa on here. However if you are prepared to pay for a package that more or less looks after itself and checks your applications status then Kaspersky IS 2009 is, in my humble opinion, hard to fault.
Motivatedworkingmum – sorry to here about your experiences with Kaspersky but I think that your problems may have been caused by Norton remnants and Kaspersky clashing. There is an article here that may offer a (well known) solution if you want it
http://support.kaspersky.com/kis2009/error?qid=208279683
– or maybe you are happy with what you have.

St Piran – Yes the Internet Security 2009 is a complete package although I may still use Malwarebytes now and again because I like it. I have never used Norton 360 since I have come across many problems caused by it’s forefathers but reading the specs Kaspersky is very similar except for the lack of on line back up for data files.

an1179

Hi

I jumped on the bandwagon

Tried to download Avast but it will not complete installation I get the following log

I would be most grateful if someone could advise me of my error

11.01.2009 08:55:30 general: Started: 11.01.2009, 08:55:30
11.01.2009 08:55:30 general: Running setup_av_pro-510 (1296)
11.01.2009 08:55:30 system: Operating system: WindowsXP ver 5.1, build 2600, sp 3.0 [Service Pack 3]
11.01.2009 08:55:30 system: Memory: 64% load. Phys:180980/507376K free, Page:482376/1183864K free, Virt:2066388/2097024K free
11.01.2009 08:55:30 system: Computer WinName: ANN-A4059392CC9
11.01.2009 08:55:31 system: Windows Net User: ANN-A4059392CC9\Ann
11.01.2009 08:56:04 general: Cmdline: /sfx /sfxstorage "C:\DOCUME~1\Ann\LOCALS~1\Temp\_av_sfx.tm~a01112" /srcpath "C:\DOCUME~1\Ann\Desktop" /sfxname "setupeng"
11.01.2009 08:56:04 general: DldSrc set to sfx
11.01.2009 08:56:04 general: Old version: ffffffff (-1)
11.01.2009 08:56:04 general: Install check: SetupVersion does NOT exist
11.01.2009 08:56:04 general: SGW32P::CheckIfInstalled set m_bAlreadyInstalled to 0
11.01.2009 08:56:06 registry: Get registry: Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Version=6.0.2900.5512
11.01.2009 08:56:06 general: Operation set to INST_OP_INSTALL
11.01.2009 08:56:06 general: GUID: 9bf65d7a-6267-487c-9fd2-fccd87e934dd
11.01.2009 08:56:06 general: SelectCurrent: selected server 'tmp sfx storage' from 'sfx'
11.01.2009 08:56:08 internet: SYNCER: Type: use IE settings
11.01.2009 08:56:08 internet: SYNCER: Auth: another authentication, use WinInet
11.01.2009 08:56:16 general: Entered SetupProcessPro::Do( INST_OP_INSTALL )
11.01.2009 08:56:16 general: Entered SetupProcessWin32Avast::Do( INST_OP_INSTALL )
11.01.2009 08:56:16 general: Entered SetupProcessWin32::Do( INST_OP_INSTALL )
11.01.2009 08:56:16 general: Entered SetupProcess::Do( INST_OP_INSTALL )
11.01.2009 08:59:22 file: Destination folder: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: LoadProductVpu: C:\DOCUME~1\Ann\LOCALS~1\Temp\_av_sfx.tm~a01112\prod-av_pro.vpu
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: LoadPartInfo: jrog = jrog-81 returned 00000000
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: LoadPartInfo: news = news-4b returned 00000000
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: LoadPartInfo: program = prg_av_pro-510 returned 00000000
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: LoadPartInfo: setup = setup_av_pro-510 returned 00000000
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: LoadPartInfo: vps = vps-8121900 returned 00000000
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: LoadProductVpu: C:\DOCUME~1\Ann\LOCALS~1\Temp\_av_sfx.tm~a01112\prod-av_pro.vpu ended with 00000000
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: Part prg_av_pro-510 was set to be installed
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: Part vps-8121900 was set to be installed
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: Part news-4b was set to be installed
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: Part setup_av_pro-510 was set to be installed
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: Part jrog-81 was set to be installed
11.01.2009 08:59:22 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 08:59:34 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 08:59:34 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 152 & 0 = 152
11.01.2009 08:59:35 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 152 & 0 = 152
11.01.2009 08:59:35 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 08:59:35 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 08:59:35 general: Operation set to INST_OP_INSTALL
11.01.2009 08:59:35 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 08:59:36 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 08:59:36 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 08:59:37 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 08:59:37 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 08:59:37 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 11:36:10 general: Selected group: Skins
11.01.2009 11:36:10 general: Selected group: Instant Messaging
11.01.2009 11:36:10 general: Selected group: P2P Shield
11.01.2009 11:36:10 general: Selected group: Internet Mail
11.01.2009 11:36:10 general: Selected group: Outlook/Exchange
11.01.2009 11:36:10 general: Selected group: Network Shield
11.01.2009 11:36:10 general: Selected group: Web Shield
11.01.2009 11:36:10 general: Selected group: Standard Shield
11.01.2009 11:36:10 general: Selected group: English language extension
11.01.2009 11:36:10 general: Selected group: English help
11.01.2009 11:36:10 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 11:36:13 package: FilterOutExistingFiles: 153 & 0 = 153
11.01.2009 11:36:15 general: progress thread start
11.01.2009 11:36:24 internet: SYNCER: Agent=Syncer/4.80 (av_pro-1296;f)
11.01.2009 11:36:24 package: LoadProductVpu: C:\DOCUME~1\Ann\LOCALS~1\Temp\_av_sfx.tm~a01112\prod-av_pro.vpu
11.01.2009 11:36:24 package: LoadPartInfo: jrog = jrog-81 returned 00000000
11.01.2009 11:36:24 package: LoadPartInfo: news = news-4b returned 00000000
11.01.2009 11:36:24 package: LoadPartInfo: program = prg_av_pro-510 returned 00000000
11.01.2009 11:36:24 package: LoadPartInfo: setup = setup_av_pro-510 returned 00000000
11.01.2009 11:36:24 package: LoadPartInfo: vps = vps-8121900 returned 00000000
11.01.2009 11:36:24 package: LoadProductVpu: C:\DOCUME~1\Ann\LOCALS~1\Temp\_av_sfx.tm~a01112\prod-av_pro.vpu ended with 00000000

thomas01155

Try Avira AntiVir instead http://www.filehippo.com/download_antivir/

an1179

Hi
Have got PC tools Spyware Doctor adn Registry mechanic installed.


I am now having problems with my computer running really slow and when I double click on a programme to open it nothing happens or it opens minutes later

Any ideas?

aliEnRIK

an1179 wrote: »

Hi
Have got PC tools Spyware Doctor adn Registry mechanic installed.


I am now having problems with my computer running really slow and when I double click on a programme to open it nothing happens or it opens minutes later

Any ideas?

Yes

Registry mechanic has probably deleted something it shouldnt have (Which is why I always suggest people dont use 'most' registry cleaners)
Hopefully theres a 'backup' of the deleted files somewhere. Open it up and see if you can reinstall the registries

redvanman

If you go to AFTERDAWN. COM or CNET.COM you can get plenty of security downloads for free.