What Security do you use?

drilldown

Avg has always served me well! Free for home users too!

charlieheard

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Ive seen test results that do confirm what you say about detection rates. But, people still seem to have a hell of a lot of problems with it judging from various forums (Including this one) I go on

And how can you compare something that came pre loaded onto a NEW pc when it might well run a hell of a lot quicker if you took it off and put say AVIRA on in its place?

I uninstalled the previous version, and added the latest version as a clean install over 9 months ago. The only time I've seen or noticed Norton Internet Security since then is when it's found something suspicious for me to look at. When the PC has been running slowly, it has never been Norton hogging the resources - that's how I know

OTOH, my wife's brand new PC came with the 2006 version pre-installed last year, and that does have a noticeable effect on performance, as well as the occasional freeze when manually updating. She took out the subscription because that's what it said she needed to do. :wall:

So I'm just saying that 2009 works fine for me, while earlier versions definitely were more trouble.

aliEnRIK

Cant argue with that. At least they are TRYING to better their product. But it still seems to fail where it matters most ~ the actual detection (going off forums as opposed to tests)
My guess is its very good at catching known viruses, but its 'heuristics' is very poor for catching potential nasties (Terrible with malware too)

dylanyouknowwho

I have just bought a HP Touchsmart 820

It gave me 60 days free Norton security.

What I wanted to know is what should I download (free please) for the best security?

I wanted the advice becasue I believe if you put the wrong things together it can slow down the PC.

I'm a complete novice.
Many thanks for any replies.

dylanyouknowwho

Apologies - the 67 pages scared me a little - but I have looked back over a few pages and my question has been answered.xx


Just wanted to know:

I have downloaded

ALVIRA
MALWAREBYTES
SUPERANTISPYWARE
SPYBOT
CR*PCLEANER


Already have Firefox.

Does this mean I should get rid of the 60 day free Norton, leave it until the 60 days are up or reinstall after 60 days.

Thanks for any help.xx.

aliEnRIK

dylan............make sure you use the NORTON REMOVAL TOOL
http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

dylanyouknowwho

aliEnRIK wrote: »

dylan............make sure you use the NORTON REMOVAL TOOL
http://service1.symantec.com/Support/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

Do I remove it now and will all the other stuff protect me without the Norton?

aliEnRIK

remove it just before you put the other stuff on

And ive no clue as you dont say WHAT your putting on

dylanyouknowwho

aliEnRIK wrote: »

remove it just before you put the other stuff on

And ive no clue as you dont say WHAT your putting on

I have downloaded

ALVIRA
MALWAREBYTES
SUPERANTISPYWARE
SPYBOT
CR*PCLEANER

aliEnRIK

Well you need to turn on windows firewall or use a 3rd party one (I personally use PCTOOLS FIREWALL)
Make sure you use spybots IMMUNISE feature too

To be safe online id recommend using firefox with the NOSCRIPT plugin