PC Security?

Question

I use ZoneAlarm, because it does so many things in one program

- Anti-virus
- On Demand
- Background Scanning
- Spy-ware
- On Demand
- Background Scanning
- Firewall
- E-mail Security
- Wireless Protection

Recently however it’s started to annoy me as I’ve had to start using some websites, and it blocks certain things

So what do you guys use and can anyone recommend a program better than ZoneAlarm that includes background scanning for spy-ware?

Answer 1

http://www.freewarefiles.com/

in this website u have a good choice of things for ur needs. all the things u see there are absolutely free of charge and also useful for ur pc. enjoy.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Ditch Zone Alarm. More trouble than it's worth, especially on early versions of Windows (e.g. '98). Norton these days appears next to useless, at least on Windows 2000.Highly recommend AVG anti-virus and Ad-Aware anti-spy as freebies. McAfee is currently the best commercial a/v software. Forget Sophos a/v, it tells lies, as does their Tech Support (Yes this may be libellous but I can back up the statement with evidence Your Honour). Not all anti-spyware programs catch everything so you might want to experiment with several.

Answer 4

1. Norton Antivirus - Shareware

2. Barracuda Spam Firewall - Freeware

3. AVG - Shareware

4. AVG Free - Freeware

5. AVG Anti-Spyware - Freeware



Theres more, but i found a web page that gives details:

http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/?ttreng=2&ttrkey=anti+virus+software&OVRAW=anti%2520virus%2520software&OVKEY=anti%2520virus%2520software&OVMTC=standard

Answer 5

i agree with norton lovers i have ad no spyware or viruses since ive used it i lyk the 2007 one its better thn the 06 one but the o6 one is gud still.... ive gt norton 2006 on my desktop and 2007 on the laptop... the 2007 one seems to load quicker.......and has fraud monotoring... think it does the same as the phisoning filter in ie7....... all 4 25pounds .... the 2007 one has everything uv stated it has a inbound firewall plus a advanced firewall

Answer 6

I use 1, ZONE ALARM FIREWALL

2, AD WARE SE ANTI-SPY ETC.

3, EUSING REGISTRY CLEANER

4 ADVANCED WINDOWS CARE (GREAT!!)

5, SPYTBOT SEEK AND DESTROY (ANTI-SPY)

6, AVG ANTI VIRUS (it does everything itself, including

updates)

7 MOZILLA FIREFOX BROWSER. (Still got Internet

Explorer too but use FIREFOX

I used to have lots of virus alerts and lots & lots of pop-up

adverts Now I have NONE

THEY ARE ALL FREE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every Saturday morning I use, Adware se, -- Eusing

registry scan, -- Advanced window care,-- and Spybot

scan. AND CHECK FOR UP-DATES EACH TIME

I DO IT....... IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME BUT IS

WELL WORTH IT

Answer 7

I have been using AVG Free in conjunction with Windows Defender for over a year now with no issues and no nasty software getting onto my system.



http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx



AVG also do Spyware but I cannot comment on this as I have never used it.



http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-spyware-free/lng/us/tpl/v5

Answer 8

www.trendmicro.com - Free online scanner

Scans - viruses\spyware\malware



Norton Anti-virus for software machine installation.

Answer 9

The original and best - Norton Internet Security. As the saying goes, computer security is like virginity: you either have it or you don't. :-)

Answer 10

A lot of people critisise Norton but I have had no problems, I would recomend it my computer has never been as healthy.

Answer 11

http://homepc-security.blogspot.com

Answer 12

agree with ste.