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Paul
Pc always works a lot afster once you do a format but its a real pain reinstalling everything, especially when you searching for printer, screen drivers etc. Also I back up my files but forget about my bookmarks and email folders etc so I end up losing them

Dave
I am surprised AVG didn't pick up a lot of viruses, Avast has found quite a few. I have uninstalled AVG but I think I prefer its interface although the ability of avast to do a virus scan before the OS even starts is good. Took about 5 hours I haven't tried that SuperAntiSpyware, might give it ago.

NewbieJohn wrote: I haven't tried that SuperAntiSpyware, might give it ago.

John,
Just remember that it does not provide real-time protection, but it is a great little 'shifter' when it finds anything, and the Repair tab comes in handy too.

As for antivirus, I use the Comodo Firewall and antivirus suite. The firewall is the best free one around and the AV is good too.

dave

Prevention is better than cure in my book, so I'd reccy getting a heavy duty firewall and a realtime highly configurable virus checker (I use NOD32 from http://www.eset.co.uk/).

I've been using Outpost Firewall Pro (http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/) for over 12 months now and nothing has got through. It's time consuming and may be daunting for some to configure (you can save your config file), but well worth it.

What you get:

* Advanced firewall for secure connections
* Antispyware to keep your PC spyware-free
* Host protection to block zero-day threats
* Web control to protect your PC from web-borne threats

Twist

Twist,
For a personal computer I fail to see any reason to buy software programs to protect it. There are so many free programs that are at least as good as the paid-for software.

Comodo Internet Security has THE BEST free firewall (In rigorous testing, it beats all paid and free programs save Online Armor Personal Firewall) and the antivirus and antispyware part of the suite is good enough for any personal computer.
With auto updates and scheduled scanning it is ideal.

Every one of my PCs has come with a free trial of Norton and one of the first things I do is get the Norton removal tool off a memory stick and dump Norton before it even gets chance to run.

Never paid for security software and the only time I have had an infected PC was when I deliberately got one infected to see how different new programs coped with some viruses.

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dave

dave.m wrote:Twist,
For a personal computer I fail to see any reason to buy software programs to protect it. There are so many free programs that are at least as good as the paid-for software.

Comodo Internet Security has THE BEST free firewall (In rigorous testing, it beats all paid and free programs save Online Armor Personal Firewall) and the antivirus and antispyware part of the suite is good enough for any personal computer.
With auto updates and scheduled scanning it is ideal.

Every one of my PCs has come with a free trial of Norton and one of the first things I do is get the Norton removal tool off a memory stick and dump Norton before it even gets chance to run.

Never paid for security software and the only time I have had an infected PC was when I deliberately got one infected to see how different new programs coped with some viruses.

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dave

Well for a start I didn't claim to have bought any firewall / virus software.
Having trialed and reviewed many free / paid for firewalls / virus checkers those I mention are my favs - it's a personal thing I guess.

Out of interest have you ever used Outpost or NOD32?

Why mention Nasty Norton? I certainly didn't.

Chubby

Twist wrote:
Well for a start I didn't claim to have bought any firewall / virus software.

Mayben not bought any but the two you linked to are 'paid-for' software.

Out of interest have you ever used Outpost or NOD32?

No, a friend is an agent that sells (or recommends) NOD32 but I have never had the inclination to take up his offerof a free 12 month trial.

Why mention Nasty Norton? I certainly didn't.

I only mentioned Norton as an example of the paid-for stuff that gives a free trial, which I certainly would not take up.

dave

ps which side of Preston are you, I'm from near Garstang.

AVG for me and never had a virus,best of all its free and doesnt hog the memory.

i had AVG until it updated & told me i had an invalid key
couldn't update it, couldn't delete it
it's still lurking in the system but turned off, now on AVAST

V I,
You should remove the old AVG program because you have another antivirus program running.

Use the AVG Remover (32bit) from HERE

dave

dave.m wrote:

Twist wrote:
Well for a start I didn't claim to have bought any firewall / virus software.

Mayben not bought any but the two you linked to are 'paid-for' software.

Out of interest have you ever used Outpost or NOD32?

No, a friend is an agent that sells (or recommends) NOD32 but I have never had the inclination to take up his offerof a free 12 month trial.

Why mention Nasty Norton? I certainly didn't.

I only mentioned Norton as an example of the paid-for stuff that gives a free trial, which I certainly would not take up.

dave

ps which side of Preston are you, I'm from near Garstang.

Outpost Firewall has a FREE version too so even though they have a "paid for" version you can see what's it's like without paying.

If you havn't tried NOD32 then you're not really in a position to judge it really one way or the other.

I'm in PR1 (near the football ground).

Mr Checker

If you havn't tried NOD32 then you're not really in a position to judge it really one way or the other.

I didn't judge it, never said it was good or bad, I only said that I had no inclination to try it.

dave

Surely by deciding not to try a free trial - that is a judgement. ;-)

Anyway I'm off to bed.