dear friends,
i have important data on my laptop, celeron m, 1.8 ghz, 40 gb hdd,255 mb ram, it has given no problems and is running as good as new since 18months,
now i have brought an internet modem , which is a wireless usb can connect upto 115 kbps., dial up and as i’m aware that with net comes problems, hence i want to ask the following questions
1) which is a good antivirus, in free i have used avast earlier, then i have heard about avg free edition, my pc guy can arrange mc afee antivirus, but i personally dont like mc afee because i have used it on my home pc, firstly it slows down pc, secondly the download of update is massive 60 mb, (and i will be charged on time not data…)but yes it can be trusted.. do u still recommend mc afee,i can choose only between the above 3 options
2) do i need a fire wall, recommend a free one if necessary, used zonealarm before on home pc, it blocks all net traffic, infact my windows firewall blocked my net , i had to turn it off..
3) do i need spyware, adware, recommend good ones
4) lastly, since i have dialup, recommend a free download manager, i have used download accelarator plus before.
as on today my laptop is in excellent speed, but prevention is better than cure, pls recommend good free protection
thanks
nitin
Related posts:
5 responses so far ↓
1 scotteiboi // Sep 6, 2008
I use AVG 8.0 Free I have no problems with it and it does not take up a lot of system resources. You are wise not to use mcafee, mcafee eats hard-drives for breakfast. As for the firewall, I have had no problems or attacks when using the Windows Firewall.
2 Joe W // Sep 6, 2008
I won't use any of the ones you mentioned!
I use these and some others such as Ad-Aware.
Malwarebytes' free program at this link.
http://www.malwaresupport.com/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe
Spybot Search and Destroy:
http://www.spybot.info/en/mirrors/downloadmirrors1.html
ATF-Cleaner (XP users only) Sorry Vista users.
http://www.atribune.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=25
Click the Red Letters link.
CCleaner aka (Crap Cleaner)
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
Avira Anti-Virus
http://www.download.com/Avira-AntiVir-Personal-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10322935.html?part=dl-10322935&subj=dl&tag=button&cdlPid=10877501
d;o)
3 cotojo // Sep 6, 2008
Use the following, all are free:
Firefox in preference to internet explorer…..much safer:
http://www.mozilla.com
Online Armor Free Firewall:
http://www.download.com/Online-Armor/3000-10435_4-10426782.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10831167
Installation Tutorial:
http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2008/06/16
Avast anti-virus better definitions, anti-spyware and anti-rootkit built in, faster and more reliable:
http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239_4-10019223.html?part=dl-AvastHome&subj=dl&tag=button&cdlPid=10852750
Setup Guide:
http://cotojo.wordpress.com/2008/07/15
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware:
http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?hhTest=1
Simply download, install,update and perform Quick Scan.
Also use Spyware Doctor Free Basic Edition, which offers realtime protection:
http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer_new.html?hl=en&gl=us&ciNum=12
Its free with Google pack, untick all boxes except Spyware Doctor. Download install, update and run.
Comodo BO Clean:
http://www.comodo.com/boclean/CBO_download.html
Simply download and install, follow instructions on screen.
Go here to see what it protects you against:
http://www.comodo.com/boclean/trolist.html
SnoopFree Privacy Shield which is not another scanner product. It's a powerful shield that guards your keyboard, screen and open windows from all spy software. The way it works makes it virtually impossible for any spy program to work on your computer:
http://www.snoopfree.com/default.htm
KeyScrambler which encrypts everything that you type in including credit card numbers etc.
http://www.download.com/KeyScrambler-Personal/3000-2144_4-10571274.html
Works on most browsers, email clients and IM programs, and it's free.
SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition:
http://www.download.com/SUPERAntiSpyware-Free-Edition/3000-8022_4-10523889.html
Download, install, check for updates, then select Scan your Computer, select your drive and select Perform Complete Scan
4 proana195 // Sep 6, 2008
if i were you i would put more than one on to protect my pc
hre are some anti-virus:
Avg-but you need to update all the time to stay protected
mcafee-this good and you dont need to update as much i have a brought verson but im pretty sure theres a free one to
spybot-your computer may detect this as add-ware spy-ware ect…
but trust as far as i know it all good
windows defenderl-i recomend that all the wall easy to use its great
5 kingscott95 // Sep 6, 2008
Although this is not 100% free, this is definitely my favourite choice.
Its called PC Tools Spyware Doctor:
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2174229/spyware-doctor
Leave a Comment