View Full Version : Firewall & AntiVirus upgrade or not
I used to use Norton for everything
but due to their process usage decided to go over to lighter version
so now im on AVGfree and Sygate
everything is smooth
i recently scanned thousans of sites for the be4st firewall& antivirus and pc magazine and other came up with that
Zone Alarm and Trend Micro Pc-Cillin where the most stable.
Yes
i have the them both downloaded ready to install
yes or no
and do you have any tips if i do?
Samurai
12-30-2004, 08:01 PM
Whatever you do, choose Sygate for a firewall.
tesco
12-30-2004, 08:02 PM
pc-cillin is great but i found it hard to crack.
not sure about teh latest versions.
zonealarm is great. :)
Virtualbody1234
12-30-2004, 08:45 PM
Why change if everything is going smooth? AVGfree and Sygate are quite good.
goodpoint vb
but when you go thru reviews you consider improvement
evolution
baccyman
12-30-2004, 10:23 PM
are you using avg 7 the free version is better than the free version of avg 6
peat moss
12-30-2004, 11:07 PM
pc-cillin is great but i found it hard to crack.
not sure about teh latest versions.
zonealarm is great. :)
I use ZA Pro 4.5.5. . I like it mabye because it's so easy to crack or find a key generator . :D
enoughfakefiles
12-31-2004, 12:05 AM
I have a three of them on the go.
Zone alarm
AVGfree 7
Sygate firewall.
Just to be sure as well i done the housecall online virus scan every once in a while as well. :D :D
peat moss
12-31-2004, 01:30 AM
I have a three of them on the go.
Zone alarm
AVGfree 7
Sygate firewall.
Just to be sure as well i done the housecall online virus scan every once in a while as well. :D :D
Talk about cover all bases . Ever try a website to test all? See were you stand?
http://www.atelierweb.com/awft/
Oh there's probably better test site's , but first one that come to mind ! :P
ahctlucabbuS
12-31-2004, 01:38 AM
I use AVG free and sygate as well, no complaints so far.
tesco
12-31-2004, 04:10 AM
I have a three of them on the go.
Zone alarm
AVGfree 7
Sygate firewall.
Just to be sure as well i done the housecall online virus scan every once in a while as well. :D :D
you shouldn't use mroe than one antivirus (with realtime enabled) or firewall...they could be conflicting with eachother and making it less secure.
digmen1
12-31-2004, 04:23 AM
Here's one for you.
I like to use a Spam bouncer program to bounce my dreaded spams.
I have used Mailwasher Free version for a couple of years and I am sure I get less spam that I would otherwise.
But since I installed AVG 7.00 the 2 programs do not seem to be compaptble and my machien crashes. So I have had to disable Mailwasher.
Does anyone know of a good spam bouncer that works with AVG ? and Zone Alarm ?
Its about time someone made a program to do all 3 jobs in one so there are no compatibilty problems.
Regards
Digby
Happy new year
RealitY
12-31-2004, 05:21 AM
Ive been using AVG and Sygate for some time and very content.
As for ZA I it acn be utter shit at times even though I used to like it.
killer04
01-01-2005, 09:30 AM
I recently installed Sygate Personal firewall 5.6 and my pc is running smoothly with it. It is much beetter than Zone Alarn 5.** series. As for antivirus i use AVG 7 free edition. It is really good. I havent had any problems with it so far.
zapjb
01-01-2005, 03:07 PM
I recently moved from Sygate PF to Look 'n' Stop w/Enhanced Rules Set. I "moved" from Sygate because of problems w/.msi files when attempting to upgrade to v5.6. Otherwise I would NOT have given up on Sygate. And I will go back to Sygate (.msi problem fixed) in a flash if LnS "trial" stops working. LnS gives me all stealth readings on all online tests, including Sygate's. But Look 'n' Stop uses only 25-50% of resources that Sygate does.
As for Avs. I'll freak for sure if my KAV personal 5.0.156 stops updating. lol. It is the best AV by millions of miles imho. :01:
nsane
01-01-2005, 04:50 PM
i have to go with sygate. small memory footprint, while still retaining a descent array of features ;)
kerio is ok, seems like a firewall ZA would make if they had some sense smaked into em :lol: but it lacked some features i liked in sygate, so i uninstalled it.
fkdup74
01-02-2005, 03:42 AM
Its about time someone made a program to do all 3 jobs in one so there are no compatibilty problems.
not the greatest of ideas
ever hear of NIS? :P
piecing together a good security suite is, IMO, much better
you get to use components that do the job the way you want/understand
instead of being at the mercy of an "all-in-one"
take symantec/norton for example....
the corp AV clients are great, but the firewalls, anti-spam, etc are shit (IMO) :P
PestPatrol pwns for anti-spy/adware
AdMuncher pwns for popup removal
Sygate pwns firewalls
SAV/NAV Corp pwns AV apps
those are my two cents :P
digmen1
01-04-2005, 04:47 AM
ever hear of NIS?
piecing together a good security suite is, IMO, much better
As I said whilst separate programs may be a good idea features-wise, there are often compatiblilty problems with them all having programs running in the background !
Just because Norton is SHIT (I agree) it does not mean that someone else could not make a good multi purpose utility.
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