I’m just wondering, what is the best anti-virus? And can Firewalls work with Anti-viruses, If so which is the best firewall? and is there anything else to help protect myself
I currently have the avast! anti virus
I’m pretty sure I don’t have a firewall
I only want FREE ones
I’ve now got some
Avast!
Spyware Terminator
Crawler Toolbar with web security guard
Spyware Blaster
Are any of those Two of the same firewall, Antivirus Etc. Or is it fine?
Or missing one? - I want an Antivirus, Firewall and one other thing to protect me
One Firewall only
One Antivirus Program only
SpywareBlaster OK
Suggest choose one from
SuperAntiSpyware (Free version non resident)or Spyware Terminator (has resident protection) Have a good read as to what the programs do
Well Best is a subjective classification as it must meet your requirements, protect your email, P2P, IM, Web Browsing, etc. etc. the functions or providers that AVs have if those functions/providers aren’t present in the AV then it doesn’t meet ‘your’ needs, so it is almost impossible to suggest what is ‘best for you.’
Add to that you have said it must be free and that will knock out many of the options. Then there is the issue of what OS it will be used with as some free AVs don’t support older OSes.
So we really can’t say what is best for ‘you,’ what is best for me is avast!
Tracking cookies aren’t an issue of security but more on of possible privacy, but even then a very limited one, so scanners make a big deal of them as it seems to justify its presence on the users system and reassure the user. avast doesn’t look for tracking cookies.
Avast!=Antivirus
SpywareTerminator Crawler Toolbar with web security guard =Spyware removal protection program
Spyware Blaster= Prevention-ware
Stick with the above choices you have made!
Are any of those Two of the same firewall, Antivirus Etc. Or is it fine?
Or missing one? - I want an Antivirus, Firewall and one other thing to protect me
None of the above are Firewalls
Husk you should give some very careful consideration to installing a Firewall if you do not have one installed
SpywareTerminator is not dangerous! What another program said it was dangerous?
ThreatFire is a powerful behavior-based protection program that protects against unknown viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, buffer overflows, spyware, etc. You will get many messages appearing from this program also.
Have a look here for a good firewall What Is The Best Free Firewall Today?
There is very little protection software that is “set and forget” You will need to spend some time in learning how to use it.
Follow Tech’s advice you can’t go wrong
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* Antivirus: avast!
* Antivirus (on-line scanning): Kaspersky
* Firewall: Comodo.
* P2P protection: Peer Guardian.
* Antispyware (on-access): avast! only.
* Antispyware (on-demand): SpyBot, SuperAntispyware, Spyware Terminator.
* Immunization: SpywareBlaster and Windows AdvancedCare.
* Monitor: WinPatrol (now, disabled).
* Antirootkit: avast! and TrendMicro antirootkits (both on-demmand).
* Browser protection: Finjan Secure Browsing. Dr. Web anti-virus link checker add-on.
* Backup: Acronis True Image for full partition backup/restore. And the best on-line backup service: Mozy.
