chondo

which one would you prefer, norton or mcafee (the internet security suite) and why

Nevakonaza

Neither,They are both crap and use too much system resources.

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ducis

Avg!!!

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Nevakonaza

if your looking for a good internet security suite,Then give Zonealarm security suite a try or i found F-Secure security suite to be quite good.

Both of them you can download a trial version from their website

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MSI P35 Neo-F (45nm Ready)
3Gb GeIL DDR2 @ 800 Mhz (Dual channel)
Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb with Glaciator cooler
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1
WDC 400GB Sata II + 120Gb Slave = 520Gb total
Sony 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM SATA
Windows Xp Pro SP3|Kaspersky IS 2009
Belinea o.display 22'' Widescreen (1680x1050)

chondo

please recommend a good antivirus, firewall, anti -ad and spyware-

ETSA

AVAST is a good AV and also has comprehensive utilities to manage internet traffic, p2p sharing, IM, and email, etc..

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

http://www.avast.com/files/tutorials/insert_key.htm



You will have to provide information and they will email you a registration code that lasts one year, it is no scam, and you will receive no spam.

I have used it and it has caught trojans and uses a limited amount of system resources.

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rayZa

Don't use Norton or Mcafee. It slows down your computer and not good at detecting virus/adware/spyware (From my own experience).

For a good antivirus, I recommend Nod32 or Avast. I personally think Nod32 is better. But Avast is good too and free for home use.

Currently I don't have antispyware and I only use windows firewall.

Nevakonaza

Avast is awesome...i found it to be much better than AVG,AVG did not detect some things on my that Avasts real time protection did.

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MSI P35 Neo-F (45nm Ready)
3Gb GeIL DDR2 @ 800 Mhz (Dual channel)
Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb with Glaciator cooler
Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1
WDC 400GB Sata II + 120Gb Slave = 520Gb total
Sony 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM SATA
Windows Xp Pro SP3|Kaspersky IS 2009
Belinea o.display 22'' Widescreen (1680x1050)

heyman421

i use nothing but the firewall built into my router

every virus i ever got was because i did something stupid, they don't/can't install themselves

ETSA

hmm..

Yes, yes they can..

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2 GB Corsair xms2 DDR2 800 @ 920mhz
x1900xtx 512mb ddr3 /w Zalman VF900(688/792)
Soundblaster Audigy 4
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