Is anything good in life free?

Irishwhistle · 06-08-2007, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimboJangles

Are there any downsides to using linux as opposed to Windows?
Like will any of my software even work on it?
And can I install it on my C drive alongside my copy of Windows if I want to try it out?

If you use WINE Linux MIGHT be able to run SOME of your software. Now remember, I said MIGHT.

~Jordan

kof2000 · 06-08-2007, 07:32 PM

oxygen... for starters

JamesBart · 06-08-2007, 08:47 PM

so many things in life are free!

like kof says! a bit of that old oxygen that we have

JimboJangles · 06-09-2007, 09:45 AM

yeah... um, okay... enough about oxygen.
I should have put my first line in with the original thread title. I was talking about things at least somewhat anti-spyware related...

RoveWolf · 06-09-2007, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b3rt_d4ni3l

Wasn't the OP looking for Anti-Spyware???
and you guys are suggesting Anti-Virus....

He did also ask about Anti Virus within his second post to this thread. Please refer to here:

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimboJangles

ah... well I was hoping for maybe some particular examples of free anti-virus or anti-spyware software that anyone has actually found to be useful...

Anyway, in my past experience AV wise Avast! was indeed the better of the few I tried. As for anti-spyware, you might want to also get ad-aware installed as that picks up some things that spybot doesn't, and vice versa.

Breaks.

slaphappylinksys · 06-09-2007, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Breaks

He did also ask about Anti Virus within his second post to this thread. Please refer to here:

Anyway, in my past experience AV wise Avast! was indeed the better of the few I tried. As for anti-spyware, you might want to also get ad-aware installed as that picks up some things that spybot doesn't, and vice versa.

Breaks.

you can find all sorts now there not really free they make them "free to try" so that they can get popular and find any kinks and ADVERTISE thats y but ne way
www.majorgeeks.com

AVG is a great ani virus and if you set the compatibility in the properties settings it will run with vista and its "free"

PC Hobbyist · 06-09-2007, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b3rt_d4ni3l

Wasn't the OP looking for Anti-Spyware???
and you guys are suggesting Anti-Virus....

Anyway, for Anti-Spyware you can use these:
AVG Anti-Spyware: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti.../lng/us/tpl/v5
Spyware Terminator: http://www.spywareterminator.com/dnl/landing.aspx
Ad-Aware: http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html
Spybot Search&Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

EDIT: you can use more than one of these tools.

There you go.

Ah, bummer - I recently bought Spy Sweeper because of many good reviews it got. Plus, they were having a special deal on it. And now I see Spyware Terminator on your list. I hadn't heard of it and when I searched for free ones, I couldn't find any to my satisfaction. Oh well. Such is life. Now I have Spy Sweeper.

Anyway, I use and highly recommend these (the first two have already been mentioned in this thread:
Avast Antivirus
Spybot Search and Destroy
SpywareBlaster

SpywareBlaster takes no resources and blocks a lot of stuff. You should get it.

06-08-2007, 07:32 PM	#22 (permalink)
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06-09-2007, 09:45 AM	#24 (permalink)
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