I have McAfee now, and subscription is running out.
I don't mind paying for these programs but if there's free ones out there that will give me just as good protection, I don't want to waste my money.
Are the free firewall and antivirus just as good as payed ones and if so which would you recommentd?
I'm thinking the saying "you get what you pay for", meaning you have to pay for something of quality.
I may be wrong.
Please help me decide.
I have Windows XP and not even thinking of converting to Vista.
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10 responses so far ↓
1 Irish Luver // Mar 27, 2008
Try Windows Live One Care (google it).
I have this security software and its free for 3 months and its brilliant.
Good Luck
2 scraven68 // Mar 27, 2008
AVG is pretty good, we used it at a place I used to work at and never had any issues.
http://free.grisoft.com/
3 MC // Mar 27, 2008
Firewall= Zone alarm it's free works great!
VP= grisoft AVG it's free works great too!
4 Lau Zhu // Mar 27, 2008
Check out http://www.download.com or http://www.filehippo for free programs. Try AVG Free (for personal users).
5 abranch29 // Mar 27, 2008
AVG is really good download the free version at http://www.grisoft.com,
As for a firewall use Zone alarm
http://www.zonelabs.com
(Both free)
6 muffer_3 // Mar 27, 2008
you dont need firewalls, windows as already got them on, if your looking for security go here, their all free
http://www.filehippo.com/
7 fatsausage // Mar 27, 2008
Avast! is, without a doubt, the Best anti virus Program.
8 goatboy // Mar 27, 2008
Avast! antivirus is excellent, and updates on a regular basis. The home version is free
Some fiends will try to charge for it so be careful!
http://vvww-avast.com/?t=ava1&gclid=CIjUn-DNoJICFQJjMAodF3IxNQ
9 ElwoodsBrotherJake // Mar 27, 2008
Dude…
First of all, stay the hell away from vista. They are still woking out bugs,, and MANY software and games that were coming out at the same time as Vista's release, were NOT made to preform on Vista. And just because you have a Good system.. might not be "good enough" for Vista, read up on it.
(Just as good or even better you ask… ummm YEAH!)
Second, Free Antivirus!
YES, you are SMART, why?? McAfee and Norton are crap.. why? Do you know how much they would have to PAY testers on all different operating systems, different configurations etc?? Free Companies "we" are the testers so more things are caught with more testers!!
AVG makes a great one: grisoft.com
Avast: avast.com
Spyware terminator: spywareterminator.com
spyware killer and clamwin antivirus.. not bad I like the terminator part.
kaspersky.com : people swear by this, I just haven't gotten around to using it yet… next one that fails me, I'm trying this.
Also other things to have on hand:
zonelabs.com for a firewall if you THINK you need one.. most these others have "real time" protection..
CCleaner.com (crap cleaner.. get leftover from programs and over flows etc .. OFF!)
Hijack this (trend micro systems bought it out) it's still works great and is good at many a problem !
Glarysoft.com good registry cleaner and repair.
Good luck….
PEACE
PS. I keep 2 antivirus on mine at all time. One active and one sleeps… When I do my once a week thing, I scan with the normal, update and scan with the other, …. just in case!
10 16k-zx81 // Mar 27, 2008
AVG has poor detection rates. The free version does not come with the ewido engine that is part of the pro version. it doesn't shape up well against other free products, and should be avoided if you want to the best protection for your machine.
This is not based on personal opinion. check out the comparisons here
http://winnow.oitc.com/AntiVirusPerformance.html
based on:
http://winnow.oitc.com/malewarestats.php
See also:
http://www.av-comparatives.org/
http://www.checkvir.com/
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