My computer company wants me to buy either Norton or McAfee, but avast is already free. The representative told me to buy Norton because it has firewall, pop-up blockers, etc. and avast doesn't. Does avast! 4 (free home version) have firewall and all that security stuff? Please help, I'm new at this.
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1 Willy // Apr 20, 2008
No, Avast does provide good protection against viruses and the various forms of spyware but it doesn't have a firewall. That's not a big deal because you can easily download an excellent free firewall, far better than either Norton or McAfee. See: http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/leak-tests-results.php#firewalls-ratings
The latest versions of IE and Firefox include pop-up blockers.
Add in SiteHound and SiteAdvisor, use Secunia PSI to keep all your software up to date and you'll be fairly safe.
Comodo:
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/overview.html
OnlineArmor:
http://www.tallemu.com/
SiteHound:
http://www.firetrust.com/en/products/sitehound
SiteAdvisor:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/
Secunia PSI:
https://psi.secunia.com/
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