Re: Nortons Or McAfee Or ??????

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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Get a decent antivirus software (and keep it updated), use the built in
Windows XP firewall, if you have high-speed Internet of some sort - put a
router device between you and the Internet and change the password on it
and turn off uPnP on it and use some good common sense. Your computer
will run faster and thus you will be happier for it.

In other words - stay away from the 'all-in-one' security software.

Good Comparison Page for AV software: http://www.av-comparatives.org/

AntiVir (Free and up)
http://www.free-av.com/

avast! (Free and up)
http://www.avast.com/

AVG Anti-Virus System (Free and up)
http://free.grisoft.com/

eset NOD32 (~$39.00 and up)
http://www.eset.com/products/

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (~$39.95 and up)
http://www.kaspersky.com/kaspersky_anti-virus

McAfee VirusScan (~$39.99 and up)
http://www.mcafee.com/

Panda Antivirus (~$39.95 and up)
http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/antivirus/
(Free Online Scanner:
http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/)

Symantec (Norton) AntiVirus (~$39.99 and up)
http://snipurl.com/13e12

I've used several of the above over the past ten years, and I guess they all
'work'. I've been using the free version of avast! on five computers for
about two years now, and what impresses me most is the almost daily updates
it performs. (Sometimes twice or more in a day.) Many of the others only do
routine updates weekly unless there is a serious threat before the next
regular time. I'm not a newby, and not an expert either, but all of my
computers are online several hours every day, and have (gulp) never had a
problem. If you want to see a real nerdy setup take a look here. Feel free
to comment on the pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joearnold


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