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Gyro

@Fare101 "I meant it is not solely a free product" Who are you trying to kid? If you had meant that you would have said it!

Farel01

Gyro wrote: »

@Fare101 "I meant it is not solely a free product" Who are you trying to kid? If you had meant that you would have said it!

?! Not sure why this has got you upset, I had a bit of a go at Sandboxie for having an unprofessional website. Which is a bit of a pet peeve of mine; IMHO the local knitting club can have a crappy website, a site that delivers software however shouldn't.

pineapple

Farel01 wrote: »

I meant it is not solely a free product, some users that appreciate the functionality and the work that it requires to create and upkeep this kind of software probably pay for it.

But you actually posted to contradict my earlier comment to state, conclusively, that it wasn't free software :huh:
Whatever - many free products are the same in that they offer extra functionality in return for upgrading to a paid version.

I hope people reading this don't let a web site design deter them from installing proven and very useful software. Plus once it is installed one never has to visit the offending website again.

Uxb

Gillor wrote: »

A full security suite for three computers for 20 quid? Sounds too good to be true. Which one?

Sorry, did not see your post earlier.....
Norton Internet security
3 computers covered for 1 year's subscription.......£19.25
There you go
Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Norton-Internet-Security-2013-Subscription/dp/B008RS1OMK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388566622&sr=8-1&keywords=NIS+2013

Gillor

Uxb wrote: »

Norton Internet security
3 computers covered for 1 year's subscription.......£19.25

That looks good value. Thanks

andydiysaver

Interest wrote: »

Hi all,

I'm a little concerned that I don't have suitable anti-virus software for my computer. I currently use AVG free (although tempted to move to Avast), but I've been told anti-virus software which can be downloaded for free is not sufficient when using the internet for online banking etc. Is this true? If so should I be paying for kaspersky or something similar?

Thank you for any help.

AVG is fine. All the others want your money. Plus the banks have massive vested interested in getting their online login systems right - so let them do the laying out. The cost is theirs if they get it wrong.


Don't let them sell (scare) you into getting rapport either, it does a few simple checks at the expense of crippling your system - it's badly written software designed to do one thing and flatten your resources. Instead, check the URL yourself, never click through to a banking site from a link


in my opinion, and I worked in IT for years, the best thing the banks have come up with against fraudsters to date is the hand held security code generators- this is a different type of hurdle that your average phisher will fall down on even if he/she gets the rest of your details