Comments on: Regarding Antivirus Software Such As Avg And Avast?

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:49:52 +0000

AVG is just anti virus i think but theres free firewalls as well. the zone alarm one is good and maybe comodo. you might want some spyware software like windows defender as well.

By: WP Robot: autoposter for Wordpress

WP Robot: autoposter for Wordpress — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:49:52 +0000

any free antivirus..whether its AVG, avast, etc..is not recommended for any1 who is concerned about his security and privacy over ther net….so i highly dont recommend you the free ones…
norton 2005 is far better than them…reinstall it…most probably you will get the subscription days again…if you dont then go for teh SymNRT tool from the symantec website…
but again this old norton product wont protect you from many new threats..many kind of batch viruses, real time intrusion detection, the heuristics technology , hacktools etc…
so a newer version like Norton Internet Security 2008 is higly recommended….
windows firewall is crap…it doesnt give any protection ….
I HAVE BEEN USING NORTON FROM PAST 8 YEARS…IT IS A WONDERFUL PRODUCT…JUST KEEP IT UPDATED….

By: cotojo

cotojo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:49:50 +0000

AVG is not the best, up to V7.5 I always recommended it and installed it on others machines, but V8….no way, I changed to Avast and quick:http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/a…
Avast offers higher protection, realtime scanning, anti-spyware and anti-rootkit, boot scan and more:http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/a…
For a firewall, there is Comodo, Online Armor, Zone Alarm.
All of this is free.
Bear in mind that free AV’s use the same definition files as the paid for versions, vendors do this in the hope that users will purchase the full version.

By: Ferenc

Ferenc — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:49:50 +0000

I am not a fan of the Windows Firewall, or Defender. I went with AVG for a while, coupled with things like SpyBot Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware and such. Now I use eTrust Antivirus in conjunction with what Vista comes with and SpyBot, which has worked out well for me.

By: Motivational Posters

Motivational Posters — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:49:50 +0000

I use to renew my Norton AV for free by reinstalling it. So yes that will work, although I am not sure what the latest year will work to do so. I was using version 2003. Do not reinstall over, you must uninstall first.

By: bex whit

bex whit — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:49:49 +0000

avg and avast can still be got for freehttp://www.grisoft.cz/filedir/inst/avg_f…http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-…
avast scans everything you do, all the web pages, p2p ,messenger and I hear that the version 8 of AVG is much improved in this department also
as for norton you would have to go back to the 2003 version to get one that will reactivate and that’s useless these days
windows firewall is good enough if you are not infected as it (on xp) only works inward bound
a good free firewall is comodo firewallhttp://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/d…
and the added advantage is your pc will run faster without the Norton Bloat