What Security do you use?

chateau_2

thankyou and has anyone tried windows live one care@£37.99p.a and is it any good? chateau.

chateau_2

thankyou and has anyone tried windows live one care@£37.99p.a and is it any good? chateau.

chateau_2

thankyou and has anyone tried windows live one care@£37.99p.a and is it any good? chateau.

greenfinger

Remember that one factor that you need to account for is how you use your machine, if you browse the net, email and word process you need robust security. If you download programs, torrents and other material you need the next level up. You can use multiple AV products, but its not advised (resource hogs), although I did run Avast and AVG together for a while, I then opted for AVG and NOD32. I am about to change Firewall from Zone Alarm (free) to another, having also used the old sygate for a time, both of which were behind a hardware firewall, which was not sufficient for the type of use my pc gets!

chateau_2

Please can anyone advise if windows live onecare is worth subscribing to at £38.00 or not . thankyou

thomas01155

chateau wrote:

Please can anyone advise if windows live onecare is worth subscribing to at £38.00 or not . thankyou

I wouldn't use it theres alot better free products.(never heard much about it)

greenfinger

Chateau, it depends on your level of technical ability, and what you use the pc for..... onecare offers nothing that you cant get already for free, the issue with the free software that does the same thing is - that you will need more than one bit of software to do the job(s), and some of them need to be updated by the click of a button rather than automatic updates. So for probably 80% of users - save the money, take your pick of the best suggestions and software above, and do it for free.

Miserable_Sod

I'm currently using:

Comodo Firewall Pro (free)
Nod32 Antivirus System (£41 for a two year subscription)
AdAware Professional (free )
SpywareBlaster (free)
CCleaner (free)
Spybot Search & Destroy (free- I don't know why I use it because it NEVER finds anything)

chateau_2

chateau says thanks to everyone for their advice and views.
I've heard rebooting my windows xp helps with speed Has anybody done and how does one go about it? thanks

fgaughan

chateau wrote:

chateau says thanks to everyone for their advice and views.
I've heard rebooting my windows xp helps with speed Has anybody done and how does one go about it? thanks

Rebooting means restarting your computer.

To reboot to to start shut down.
then switch computer on as you normally do.