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  • Torry_Quine
    Torry_Quine Posts: 18,883 Forumite
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    Zone Alarm has a very good free firewall which I use. zonealarm.com
    Hope that helps
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  • davidsonsl
    davidsonsl Posts: 171 Forumite
    Why is it that my shield symbol is showing in black and grey and when I right click on it there is now no option to restore it??
    Cats have 9 lives, we only get 1 so live a little! :rotfl:
  • roadsidetree
    roadsidetree Posts: 172 Forumite
    hi,

    i have never tried free anti spyware from AVG. I only use their free anti-virus product. but here are some free anti spyware options -

    Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
    Ad-aware - http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html
    Spywareblaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

    also occasionally you might want to try running this free online tool for PC health and safety from MS -
    http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm
  • opportunity_cost
    opportunity_cost Posts: 358 Forumite
    You're advised to keep AVG Anti-Spyware. AVG Anti-Spyware (formerly known as ewido) is an anti-trojan program for the most part, so as good a program as Spybot, Ad-aware and Spywareblaster are, they have no anti-trojan capabilities, so they're no adequate substitutes for AVG Anti-Spyware.

    If you scan e-mail attachments and every file you download with AVG Anti-Spyware manually before you open/run them, you won't need the resident protection feature.
    The true cost of something is what you give up to get it.
  • davidsonsl
    davidsonsl Posts: 171 Forumite
    davidsonsl wrote: »
    Why is it that my shield symbol is showing in black and grey and when I right click on it there is now no option to restore it??
    This is really bugging me - any ideas anyone???
    Cats have 9 lives, we only get 1 so live a little! :rotfl:
  • pp
    pp Posts: 9 Forumite
    davidsonsl wrote: »
    This is really bugging me - any ideas anyone???

    Think your 30 days are up
  • davidsonsl
    davidsonsl Posts: 171 Forumite
    pp wrote: »
    Think your 30 days are up
    Yeah they are, does that mean the shield will not work again unless I cough up?
    Cats have 9 lives, we only get 1 so live a little! :rotfl:
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    Windows Bit defender is free and resident shield stays active

    make sure you have deleted any of the earlier Beta versions
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  • mrsthrifty_2
    mrsthrifty_2 Posts: 224 Forumite
    davidsonsl wrote: »
    Yeah they are, does that mean the shield will not work again unless I cough up?


    uninstall and go and download freebie again from Grisoft, each download will be newer than the last and the shield will be in use again HTH
  • davidsonsl
    davidsonsl Posts: 171 Forumite
    mrsthrifty wrote: »
    uninstall and go and download freebie again from Grisoft, each download will be newer than the last and the shield will be in use again HTH
    Ahh, I like the sneaky sneaky!!!
    Cats have 9 lives, we only get 1 so live a little! :rotfl:
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