Thread: Antiviruses/Firewalls

My Norton subscription is about to expire and I wanted to find a free alternative, since I'm not too good with cash. As far as I know, AVG stopped offering it's AV/FW package for free. Without cycling through trial versions of major AV/FW packages, is there a good freeware/open-source product for WinXP?

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My primary computer is a Mac, but on my Windows machines, I use the Zone Lab's ZoneAlarm firewall. The single user version (not ZoneAlarm Pro) is free.

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...try=US&lang=en

The minimum free stuff you should have on your system is Zonealarm, Adaware, and SpybotSD. Free antivirus would be Avast or AVG (don't know if that's still free).



Wayne

I wouldnt be able to comment on free, but I can comment on the best.

Panda Platinum Anti Virus

and for adware,

CounterSpy


I have worked with every major anti virus package out there, and nothing in my experience has worked better for me.

A virus hasnt penetrated my network in 3 years. Before that I used norton and they would come in about every month or so.

The network I am referring to has 57 terminals, and two servers.

I also reccomended this to my uncle who owns a major logistics company. His network is about 200+. He hasnt had a virus in the last year or so....

If you are on a network make sure to have the firewall block all communications to your local ip range, eg 192.168.0.1-254 and only allow the port for the printer, and server.

I use Kaspersky

www.kaspersky.com

AVG free edition is still available at http://free.grisoft.com/

AVG is what I use on all the windows machines I have to maintain for friends and family. In my house I use a mac or linux machine depending on what I have to do.

-- Gary F.

Avast is great if you want free. You do have to register and then again in 11months, but hey that is the only thing you have to do to get it. And they update like almost everyday.

Keaton

i still use avg and it keeps updating every day and the fire wall is sygate
Both work a treat
Kind regards Peter

Once again, thank you gentlemen. Brian ended up being EXTREMELY helpful a couple of weeks back and I have a running AV/FW AVG setup thanks to his help. However,these would be useful to someone else in the same predicament.