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Vista and free anti-virus softwares

wazza
wazza Posts: 2,595 Forumite
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My current pc has xp home installed along with Zonealarm, AVG, Adaware, Spybot, Spyguard and Spyblaster which works in perfect harmony :-)

If i bought a computer with vista basic installed would the above anti-virus etc software work or will there be some conflict?
Problem with having access to internet is that i get asked by many to solve their problems :( Well at least i learn something on the way :D

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  • papito
    papito Posts: 365 Forumite
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    Mine is Vista Premium and I have AVG installed but some other free software will not work ie. Zonealarm.
  • wazza
    wazza Posts: 2,595 Forumite
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    papito wrote: »
    Mine is Vista Premium and I have AVG installed but some other free software will not work ie. Zonealarm.

    so what do you use for firewall plus any additional protection?
    Problem with having access to internet is that i get asked by many to solve their problems :( Well at least i learn something on the way :D
  • papito
    papito Posts: 365 Forumite
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    Not really, been told the Vista firewall is good enough....
    this is a link to all free firewall software that will work with vista
    http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0-1-0.html?qt=firewall&author=&titlename=&desc=&dlcount=&daysback=&swlink=&gfiletype=&os=8525433&li=49&dlsize=&ca=
    Hope this helps you.
  • BillScarab
    BillScarab Posts: 6,027 Forumite
    The Vista firewall is better than the XP one but is still not great. Zone Labs are working on a Vista compatible version of ZoneAlarm which should be out soon. I shall install that when it is released.

    Other than that I run AVG, Spybot and AdAware without any problems. I also run Microsoft Defender anti-spyware.
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  • india
    india Posts: 685 Forumite
    what's the link to download avg free for vista premium?
  • ckerrd
    ckerrd Posts: 2,641 Forumite
    just google avg - and it will take you to it
    We all evolve - get on with it
  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,389 Forumite
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    india wrote: »
    what's the link to download avg free for vista premium?
    Other than googling it, try the earlier link for firewalls & search for anti-virus instead - the website they come from is pretty safe
  • papito
    papito Posts: 365 Forumite
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    I think Adaware is not compatible with Vista, I can't remember if I tried to installed it.
  • angelatgraceland
    angelatgraceland Posts: 3,342 Forumite
    AVG works on Vista.
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