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PC Security?

ICurtis
ICurtis Posts: 3 Newbie
in Techie Stuff
Hi

Just looking for some advice. I previously had McAfee Security on my PC, but that has now expired. Prior to McAfee I used Panda. We have just changed service providers to Virgin Media and they are offering Virgin Media Security, I am not sure what to use.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Comments

  • gonzo127
    gonzo127 Posts: 4,482 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    if you are using a router then

    Avast Free
    Malwarebytes Antimalware (ran once a month as its only on demand) free
    Windows Firewall - free

    all free and perfectly acceptable protection
    Drop a brand challenge
    on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
    10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
    20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
    30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)
  • ICurtis
    ICurtis Posts: 3 Newbie
    It's a wireless connection.
  • stu484
    stu484 Posts: 12 Forumite
    gonzo127 wrote: »
    if you are using a router then

    Avast Free
    Malwarebytes Antimalware (ran once a month as its only on demand) free
    Windows Firewall - free

    all free and perfectly acceptable protection
    +1 for all this, personally I use MS Security Essentials as my anti virus.
  • ICurtis
    ICurtis Posts: 3 Newbie
    stu484 wrote: »
    +1 for all this, personally I use MS Security Essentials as my anti virus.

    Is that OK to use with a wireless network?
  • Figment
    Figment Posts: 2,643 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    ICurtis wrote: »
    Is that OK to use with a wireless network?

    Wired or wireless makes no difference - you're still connecting via a router.

    I used Virgin Media Security until they changed providers, whereupon it became resource hungry and too intrusive.
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  • gonzo127
    gonzo127 Posts: 4,482 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    they are all fine on a wireless network, and with it being a wireless network would (usualy) mean you are running a router, and pretty much every router will have a built in hardware firewall, which means my previous suggestion about windows firewall is ok (this was the bit in my first post about if you are using a router)

    i would still recommend going for avast over microsoft security essentials, mainly becauce over the last few sets of testing at Av comparatives Avast has had consistantly higher results than MSE
    Drop a brand challenge
    on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
    10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
    20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
    30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)
  • jenniemiller177
    jenniemiller177 Posts: 145 Forumite
    I use Avast as well. It works perfectly ok. Not sure about many of the others apart from Norton, which I wouldn't touch as it clogs up your system
  • somersethillbilly
    somersethillbilly Posts: 524 Forumite
    Have a look at Norton ConnectSafe DNS and Sandboxie. Both are light on system resources, reliable, effective and free.
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