Simon Pieman
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« on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 09:52:05 » |
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It's that time of the year where my Norton Antivirus subscription runs out and instead of simply renewing it I'm thinking of getting a different antivirus or maybe a whole internet security suite and stop using zonealarm for my firewall.
I've seen Pc-Cillin Internet Security 2006 for £25. Anyone know if this is any good? Or can people recommend any other good antivirus/internet security software?
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Sippo
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 09:55:18 » |
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try AVG free. Can be found at grisoft.com.
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flammableBen
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 09:55:32 » |
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Never had any trouble with http://www.free-av.com/Also it's free. |
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 09:56:15 » |
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I personally use Sophos Anti Virus Protection .. you can get various packages for whatever level of security you require ... www.sophos.com |
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:00:31 » |
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I could always upload my hacked copy of Norton with the key generator. Use the keygen to activate the software by phone, and when it runs out at the end of the year simply re-install and repeat the registration process...
Zonealarm is gay. Which router do you use? Does that not have a firewall?
All I use at home is the router & windows firewall and NAV
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:00:55 » |
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My dad pays for it so I'm not really bothered if it's free or not. That said, my dad isn't likely to pay more than £30 for it.
If you want Norton free you can get a 100year subscription hack (that's what my mate did) so he has had it free for years! Only trouble is my laptop is technically my dad's and he doesn't like pirated subscriptions so that was a no go.
Just reading pc cillin reviews now and they're pretty mixed. The free antivirus programs are nowhere near as good as their purchased counterparts (from pretty much every review I've read) so I'm not too keen on that idea.
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:03:26 » |
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I have McAfee. It never seems to find viruses, but then i don't have any infections either so i can't tell if it's good or not. :|
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land_of_bo
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:03:46 » |
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In that case I'd just stick with Norton then to be honest. I tried Mcafee internet security suite but it was shite and I went back to norton. Its only about £16 to renew the licence for a year isn't it?
PC-Cillin is OK - it's made by Trend and I use Trend for my corporate anti-virus - never have any problems with it and its running on ever 200 workstations and 30 odd servers....
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:07:15 » |
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Norton is £20 to renew I think.
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:09:22 » |
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Avast is good and free. www.avast.com |
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:10:00 » |
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£25 according to the website
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STFCBird
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:19:24 » |
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well when I got mine it was free
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:33:07 » |
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I have Grisoft AVG...................its free and automatically updates with the latest patches etc. I have had no trouble at all
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:40:25 » |
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well when I got mine it was free I meant my renewal, sorry  |
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:45:26 » |
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i have Mcafee internet security suit at home and i have had no problems with it.
good value i reckon
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