Which Internet Security Package?
04 September 2006, 09:17 PM
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Which Internet Security Package?
My g/f is about to go out and buy Norton Internet Security for her computer but I seem to remember hearing that as I.S. goes it's pish! Can anyone suggest better alternatives for similar money or should we go with Norton? 
04 September 2006, 10:15 PM
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Recommend McAfee because it doesn't seem to get in the way and/or hog resources in the same way as Norton's. Have used Norton's for years and swore by it. Then the more I upgraded the software/the later the version, the more it started to slow down my PC and hog memory.
McAfee by comparison is fast, sleek, efficient and just as effective, if not more so than Norton's. It's also cheaper but that is definitely not the prime reason why I swapped.
McAfee also has some neat features like being able to track back where an attack emanated from. It can also give you some very detailed (and tweakable) views of your security setup.
Last time I saw the price of McAfee it was going for £8 plus post and packaging from a 7 day web shop. Sorry, can't remember who it was. However you can pick up a package cheaply from virtually anywhere. Bought mine a year ago at PC World for £25 (less than half RRP).
If you want to know more pm me. I don't visit Scoobynet that often anymore. Too many arguments from neerdowells on immigrants, Islam, Al Quaeda, lesbians, etc, very little/nothing on cars & Subarus, which is predominantly what I used to come on here for.
Nice to hear from you, hope all is well in your world.
Cheers
WB
Recommend McAfee because it doesn't seem to get in the way and/or hog resources in the same way as Norton's. Have used Norton's for years and swore by it. Then the more I upgraded the software/the later the version, the more it started to slow down my PC and hog memory.
McAfee by comparison is fast, sleek, efficient and just as effective, if not more so than Norton's. It's also cheaper but that is definitely not the prime reason why I swapped.
McAfee also has some neat features like being able to track back where an attack emanated from. It can also give you some very detailed (and tweakable) views of your security setup.
Last time I saw the price of McAfee it was going for £8 plus post and packaging from a 7 day web shop. Sorry, can't remember who it was. However you can pick up a package cheaply from virtually anywhere. Bought mine a year ago at PC World for £25 (less than half RRP).
If you want to know more pm me. I don't visit Scoobynet that often anymore. Too many arguments from neerdowells on immigrants, Islam, Al Quaeda, lesbians, etc, very little/nothing on cars & Subarus, which is predominantly what I used to come on here for.
Nice to hear from you, hope all is well in your world.
Cheers
WB
05 September 2006, 09:28 AM
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Hi
I ran Symantec's internet security suite (AV, Firewall and intrusion detection) for a couple of years and then had to uninstall it because it brought my PC to its knees. Not sure if they've improved it but the spyware capability was crap.
I'm now running Zone Alarm which has no bells and whistles but works perfectly.
Cheers
Kav
I ran Symantec's internet security suite (AV, Firewall and intrusion detection) for a couple of years and then had to uninstall it because it brought my PC to its knees. Not sure if they've improved it but the spyware capability was crap.
I'm now running Zone Alarm which has no bells and whistles but works perfectly.
Cheers
Kav
05 September 2006, 05:11 PM
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Heard good things about McAfee before - do we have any advance on W.B.'s suggestion?
Doing great thanks 
Nice to hear from you, hope all is well in your world
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Amazon sub re-sellers have been selling them at that price for ages, they are the ones you get free with internet ISP installs and computer bundles.
06 September 2006, 02:40 PM
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This is a tough one to answer as the industry continues to debate the same question...
You've got your well marketed Norton & McAfee suites, but there's others from kapersaky, Trend & Bitdefender that may offer as much...
Norman antivirus / security suite has won some prestigious awards, but is little known outside in the mainstream world....they currently have a free beta testing strategy going on.
If you have the time then a look around this detailed site will give you some decent information. http://www.firewallguide.com/suites.htm
My advice (no need to point out my favourite) is to go for a low resource application and one that gives regular AV and / or Spyware updates (hourly is good)...
You've got your well marketed Norton & McAfee suites, but there's others from kapersaky, Trend & Bitdefender that may offer as much...
Norman antivirus / security suite has won some prestigious awards, but is little known outside in the mainstream world....they currently have a free beta testing strategy going on.
If you have the time then a look around this detailed site will give you some decent information. http://www.firewallguide.com/suites.htm
My advice (no need to point out my favourite) is to go for a low resource application and one that gives regular AV and / or Spyware updates (hourly is good)...
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Speaking as someone who works in IT security, for home use - everything you need is available for free. You'll be perfectly well protected unless you are very unlucky to be targeted by a pro (which is highly unlikey). Even the built-in firewall in XP SP2 is effective (if a little basic)
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Try "NOD32". look it up, I've been running this for the past 2 years, its a top bit of kit - before that I was Norton puppet, but still kept getting attacked and virus's and Trojans appearing - since paying £56 for 3 years full cover, I have not had single problem and this uses very little system memory.
Download free 30 day trial and test your system - this has detected every virus in independant tests.
http://www.eset.com/download/index.php
Hope this helps
Download free 30 day trial and test your system - this has detected every virus in independant tests.
http://www.eset.com/download/index.php
Hope this helps
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