What Security do you use?

Jaffa.

sweetstudent wrote: »

None, i use a Mac and i look smugly proud when i see windows users moaning about virus's and the slating mac users!!!!!!!

Ah, but if you get a virus intended for a windows computer, no it wont effect you but if it some how gets transferred to a Windows pc then your actually helping to spread the virus.

I used McAfee security suit up till now, paid £15 for it this time last year from Argos... It now wants £50 to renew it :eek: Pah!!

I use Comodo Internet security now, which is free and does the same job. plus I'm very happy with it's features. AVG and Avast don't quite cut it for me

WEEGIE

After a two year break from Norton, I have now gone back to using Norton. What a difference from the last time, I also use Windows Defender and Spybot Search and Destroy.:D

Airwolf1

Yes, Norton got a very good review in PC Answers magazine, although I may go to Kaspersky or F-Secure next time.

WEEGIE

I had Kaspersky last year, found it pretty good.

SaqibQ

For a paid Anti-Virus software, I would put Kaspersky at the top. As for free Anti-Virus, I use Avira AntiVir; but it is one's personal choice.

For a firewall, I use Comodo (free version). Does an excellent job and updates regularly.

For spyware protection, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is more than sufficient, and the others like Ad-Aware and Spybot are not what they used to be.

Really and truly, a safe computer user doesn't need every single protection out there. Being a malware fighter, I believe the above to be adequate.[FONT=&quot][/FONT]

aliEnRIK

SaqibQ wrote: »

For a paid Anti-Virus software, I would put Kaspersky at the top. As for free Anti-Virus, I use Avira AntiVir; but it is one's personal choice.

For a firewall, I use Comodo (free version). Does an excellent job and updates regularly.

For spyware protection, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is more than sufficient, and the others like Ad-Aware and Spybot are not what they used to be.

Really and truly, a safe computer user doesn't need every single protection out there. Being a malware fighter, I believe the above to be adequate.

Spybots 'IMMUNISE' feature is actually very useful

SaqibQ

You're right! The Immunize function is a good feature. There is also HostsXpert, which blocks thousands of harmful websites. However, it has a many features and should not be taken lightly.

sweetstudent

sweetstudent wrote: »

None, i use a Mac and i look smugly proud when i see windows users moaning about virus's and the slating mac users!!!!!!!

before i switched to a Mac, i used F-Secure, which in my personal experience of using many internet security suites it was the best and had the lowest impact on the computer - i actually managed to get it free for a year by using the trial copies!!!!!

aliEnRIK

sweetstudent wrote: »

before i switched to a Mac, i used F-Secure, which in my personal experience of using many internet security suites it was the best and had the lowest impact on the computer - i actually managed to get it free for a year by using the trial copies!!!!!

haha

So you can continue to use it indefinitely using the trials?

F secure has never faired to well in actual tests, but its not bad I believe.

marshtric

using AVAST home
working very effectively on threats to detect and recover