With Windows 2000 Professional in place on my laptop, I didn't really want to install Symantec products, as I know (from experience) that Norton AntiVirus doubled the time required to boot, log in, and power off. I was thinking of using AVG. What do you all recommend as replacement anti-virus software?
Also, recommendations for a software firewall would be nice. For this, I was thinking of using Sygate Personal Firewall.
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Anonymous2006-01-11 22:17
Kerio firewall is nice, but it's discontinued and turned into some other firewall thing, so you can only get rather old version if at all, but that old version was really nice and simple. Anti Virus, NOD32, no competition. One of the best UIs for anti virus I have ever used. AVG was okay too if you want free, but it had pretty nasty looking UI, wass kind of slow to update and just felt kind of annoying to have running.
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CCFreak2K!mgsA1X/tJA2006-01-12 1:27
One vote for NOD32. Anyone else?
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Anonymous2006-01-12 1:34
I've been using AVG for close to two years now. No problems.
Don't really have a firewall recommendation.
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Anonymous2006-01-12 3:15 (sage)
lunix
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Anonymous2006-01-12 6:43
f-secure
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Anonymous2006-01-12 12:14
Easy way to not get viruses:
Don't download things from dodgy places.
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Anonymous2006-01-12 16:18
Another NOD32 user here. It's nice and compact, taking up a svelte ~16Mb running on all cylinders (protecting all incoming and outgoing data, checking all files on access), compared to typically double that or more for less efficient AV products. No noticeable increase in startup time since installing.
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Anonymous2006-01-12 23:21
>>7
wrong. You VISIT a crack/keygen website and say that again, nub.
NOD32 here too. Absolute best ratio between heuristics and database detection.
I'm still amazed such an AV continues to sell so poorly. I don't think a single other security program exists that is as efficient at what it does and stable in its environment than NOD32. Furthermore, it's so silent you'll barely know it's there. It can be set to silent reaction, where you can download an infected zip and use it safely without even knowing it had a virus. It's the best AV for a family: don't bother them with scary prompts or decisions, let the AV detect and clean itself in the background, the way it should be.
Not to even mention such a low footprint and small-kilobyte, more-than-daily updates.
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Anonymous2006-01-13 0:10
NOD32 30 day evaulation? BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA