Re: which protection software?

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"Talal Itani" <titani@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am re-installing XP on a clean drive and would like to know the
protection software I should have. On my current installation I have
Windows Defender. I also have a old version of VirusScan. Every few
months I run malware detection. Do I still need all this stuff? Do I
need to buy an update for VirusScan? Is Windows Defender a firewall? I
am confused about all this stuff. Please help.


Talal,

My recommendations would be:

AntiVirus - Avast
Firewall - Sunbelt Kerio or ZoneAlarm
Spyware/Adware - AdAware

All of these have a free version.

Ed Metcalfe.


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