Anti Virus and Firewall

[Walshy]

OK I know we have had a number of threads about this already, which I have read and taken in the tips.

My Norton Internet Security is about to expire, and I have to admit it has caused me a few problems, and slowed my machine down.

So, I am now planning to use :-

AVG - Anti Virus
Spybot Search and Destroy - Spyware
Adaware - Spyware

I have a Netgear firewall router so I wasn't going to bother with any software firewall.

Anything else I should consider ?

 

[TINY]

For me Norton slowed down my computer somethign rotten, I uninstalled that and installed AVG free adition (anti-virus) and Zonealarm free edition (firewall) both have been excellent. Run relatively low on memory and do the job superbly. Never had any troubles with virus' or spyware etc.

 

[Doctor Congo]

AVG or Avast for antivirus, Comodo(free) for firewall, way ahaed of free Zonealarm and in tests is as good as Zonealarm Pro.

BTW its definatly worth having a software firewall as well as it offers a different sort of protection to your router/firewall. As an analogy your router will stop anything opening the door from the outside, a decent software firewall will alert you if something tries to open the door from the inside.

 

[Walshy]

Wise words Chris.

I'll download it tomorrow ....

Cheers