What's the name of the best freeware anit-virus software I see mentioned often in newsgroups? (I use Norton, but my tightass mate has finally decided he might need some protection.) Thanks
This HAS to be a troll. It's a guaranteed flamewar topic! The best one is the one that you decide works best on your computer. Depends on how old and what capacity the computer is as to whether Mcafee or Nortons will run effectively on it or make it walk like a 2 legged dog, though. Having said that, I would use one or the other of those two so long as I keep updating my hardware.
Free Online scanners. --------------------------- Norton: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/ Under Virus definitions, click on... Free Online Virus and Security Check Trend: http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/global/enterprise.htm ========================================================= Free AntiVirus Programs: --------------------------- AntiVir - (My Favourite) http://www.free-av.com/ AVG http://www.grisoft.com BitDefender http://www.bitdefender.com ========================================================= Free FireWalls Programs: --------------------------- Sygate Personal Firewall - (My Favourite) http://smb.sygate.com/ ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall: http://www.zonealarm.com/ Kerio Personal Firewall: http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_home.html ========================================================= Free SpyWare Scanner Programs: --------------------------- Lavasoft Ad-aware: http://www.lsfileserv.com/index.html Spybot - Search & Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/ ========================================================= Free Registry Cleaner Programs:
The best virus protection is teaching your mate not to open anything unless he knows what it is. I use http://housecall.antivirus.com and http://tinyurl.com/ea2h occasionally.
Trouble is that many cant really grasp what 'opening' involves with email. The best protection is an email client that refuses to open anything unless its been reconfigured to allow that. And even with that approach, plenty will just get told by some other technoklutz how to reconfigure it to allow that.
well your tightass mate most likely will get better protection wth avg still free as far as i know and if he wants to loosen up the purse strings a little i find e-trust very good. len snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://home.dnet.aunz.com/gardnlen/
http://www.wilders.org/index.htm Have a look at this excellent site. It is for the extremely paranoid like wot I is. I repeat I am not paranoid!
