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24giovanni
08-17-08, 10:57 AM
Looking for opinions on the st AV and firewall as individuals?

thx
YeOldeStonecat
08-17-08, 11:01 AM
AV...NOD32, Kaspersky, AntiVir, they're all consistently ranking well at av-comparatives.org

FW...Comodo, PCTools seems to be gathering a large crowd lately
johnhutch2000
08-17-08, 11:34 AM
I use comodo 64 bit it picks up on everything which is annoying at first but after you have it trained its very useful. I won't change for a long time.
24giovanni
08-17-08, 11:41 AM
Cat, I heard NOD32 firewall that comes with smart security is pretty weak. Do you find this to be true? Do you find Comodo, PCTools to be much better than it?
YeOldeStonecat
08-17-08, 11:47 AM
I have not heard that about Esets ESS, it works quite well, fairly light as far as 3rd party software firewalls go. I've used Comodo, have not used PCTools, I pretty much don't use 3rd party software firewalls, IMO I don't need 'em.
Dan
08-17-08, 01:45 PM
Looking for opinions on the st AV and firewall as individuals?

thx

I ran across this useful thread recently :) it helped me out a lot.
http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=240714&highlight=free+anti+virus
Dan
08-27-08, 10:40 PM
AV...NOD32, Kaspersky, AntiVir, they're all consistently ranking well at av-comparatives.org

FW...Comodo, PCTools seems to be gathering a large crowd lately

I put AntiVir on my wifes pc and it has a popup on boot and randomly throughout use to buy the full version or upgrade,whatever,it's a pain,can I turn it off and still stay free?

or is there a good one thats free without popups ?
YeOldeStonecat
08-28-08, 05:26 AM
Yeah it does an advertisement each time it updates. Similar to other antivirus products that notify you when you get definition updates, the good thing is it keeps you informed that it's still updating.

However, you can kill the notify process...
http://www.tipsfor.us/2007/08/15/make-avira-antivir-free-edition-more-usable/

http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-the-Popup-Ads-in-Avira-Antivir
Dan
08-28-08, 08:44 AM
Yeah it does an advertisement each time it updates. Similar to other antivirus products that notify you when you get definition updates, the good thing is it keeps you informed that it's still updating.

However, you can kill the notify process...
http://www.tipsfor.us/2007/08/15/make-avira-antivir-free-edition-more-usable/

http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-the-Popup-Ads-in-Avira-Antivir

ok cool,thanks :)
Burke
08-28-08, 07:47 PM
Comodo 3.x