virus protection

[daddywarbucks]

I can't believe it. Aftwer waiting 5 years DSL is finally available in my area.

I now need to get a good anti virus product before I connect. I know that many perperts are IT experts and would like your opinion as to the best one.


Thanks,

DWB

 

[Oberon]

Freddy did a good job of listing the available choices... well ALMOST all the choices.. here is what I would do (note these are personal preferences and like beauty eaach person has their own opinion)

Firewall (arguably the most important)
I like Hardare based say Linksys or if you are a geek and kinda paranoid and have more $$ Cisco PIX501 ..

Antivirus
Norton

Spyware
Ad Aware

Popup stopper/cookies
Ok going out on a limb I use Firebird Beta as a browser, it is the latest from Mozilla and it includes good popup and cookie control... it is still beta however.

Oberon

 

[Hit Man]

I use AVG virus protection. It's always served me well. There is a freeware version on Grisoft's web site. I'm sure Freddy will agree that the firewall in XP is pretty weak but I suppose it's better than nothing. Oberon's right on with the Cisco. Great product but pretty expensive. One thing not mentioned, the application of common sense.

 

[hitrack]

In IE use the Google tool bar for pop ups, works excellent.

Ditto on Norton AV. Hasn't let me down.

McAffee firewall is a good one too, the one I use. As soon as I get around to bother putting it back in.

Also suggest in IE grab a little program called IESPELL for posting on this and all other forums. Great little spell checker. Only works in IE.

PS: If your like me and in 2003 you downloaded almost 400gigs (which I didn't think was to much) expect your ISP to be giving you nasty phone calls.

 

[Oberon]

One thing not mentioned, the application of common sense.

Yep yep yep .. If I had a dollar for every person with a six figure salary that told me "yes I just clicked on it" .... duh...

Common sense and a wee bit of paranoia goes a long way (in a lot of things)

Oberon

 

[R the Man]

I subscribe to McAfee on-line...it's great for an "always on" connection. That way I never have to worry about updating, because it updates automatically, and the subscription just rolls over, so you never have to worry about upgrades or reloading the program from a disk.

I use the Firewall, Virus Checker, and SpamKiller. They all work fine, as I have never had a virus.