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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?
Whatever you do, choose Sygate for a firewall.
pc-cillin is great but i found it hard to crack.
not sure about teh latest versions.
zonealarm is great. :)
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
are you using avg 7 the free version is better than the free version of avg 6
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Originally Posted by rossco_2004
I use ZA Pro 4.5.5. . I like it mabye because it's so easy to crack or find a key generator . :D
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
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Originally Posted by enoughfakefiles
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
I use AVG free and sygate as well, no complaints so far.
you shouldn't use mroe than one antivirus (with realtime enabled) or firewall...they could be conflicting with eachother and making it less secure.Quote:
Originally Posted by enoughfakefiles
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
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.
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.
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:
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.
not the greatest of ideasQuote:
Originally Posted by digmen1
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
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.