Which Anti-virus/Firewall??

[speardane]

I swapped - ZA security suite found Phish.html, which Norton missed.

Yes it has a smaller footprint and is well integrated.

and I've twice used support - it seems manned by competent humans. How refreshing compared with most helpdesk experiences.

so very happy

[trashcanmonkey]

Nothing beats BIT DEFENDER 8 (Free Edition) and the latest ZONE ALARM

[Kev32]

I use AVG as firewall but have heard many a good thing about NOD32. Might switch in the future. As for Firewall, well non other than good old Windows Firewall Got NAT and am considering creating a SmoothWall (More so for the QOS features as my household uses 4 PC's and I never have any bandwidth ).

[furkan]

Nod32 mate...no worry's

The either Sygate or Zone Alarm

nod32 and sygate for me, although I might have to switch to zonealarm soon

[Koolpc]

I only use Windows Firewall now and no AntiVirus. No problems what so ever

[RDL]

AVG Free Edition - Antivirus

No firewall - if you have a router

Zone Alarm Free - for USB Modems etc

I'l second that combo.

[Hans Voralberg]

F-Prot and Agnitum Outpost. No firewall while gaming onlien though.

[Merlin4458]

avast / router

[Skaramush]

yeah go with Norton, mcaffee is literally evil its screwd up my computer multiple times nm the slowdowns i suppose anything is better that mcaffee

[Merlin4458]

please dont go with norton. if u do u may aswell say goodbye too half the speed of ur rig imo

[Skaramush]

ive got a free version of it from university as a student and it has not affected my speed at all it might depend on your pc i suppose.

[dannyboy83]

I alsways had Norton, but found it a real pain, especially when trying to unistall. I tried Kaspersky and then F-Secure, but found them both to use resources a little too much. Under F-Secure, my PC seemed to take AGES to start up. Just installed NOD32 last night, and hope it will be better. Anyone else have problems with F-Secure, or do you think it's my PC?

[Rabs]

Try AVG Free Edition, nice small footprint and much better virus detection that Norton/McAfee/FSecure.

Resource hogging is a common problem with 'all in one' antivirus/firewall etc packages.

Router Firewall/AVG/Adaware/Spybot/Firefox for me - my computers run great.

[Merlin4458]

exactly the same as u rabs

[notsobig]

Yes, I'm using AVG free edition too and very happy with it. As for firewall I'm still using old Tiny Personal Firewall 2.0.15 which is almost 5 years old lol but doing it's job just fine.

[this_is_gav]

NOD32 rocks - you'll struggle to be disappointed with it in anyway to be honest.

On the flip-side, Barclays Online customers can get a free 24month subscription to F-Secure's Antivirus. Just thought I'd mention it.

//edit: hardware firewalls all the way - outbound isn't a concern of mine though.