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    Secuirty help for acer

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Awake, Dec 13, 2008.

  1. Awake

    Awake Notebook Consultant

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    Im just woundering, whats the best antivirus for acer aspire 6920g, Im a "gamer" lol, so I dont stuff thats laggy but i like stuff that keeps me protected, so give me a list of a couple of antiviruses please :)

    Plus i have an option, i get my ca thru my isp for free, so what should i use my mcafee or ca 2008?

    but also please give me some suggestions on what to use for my pc protection, thanks.
     
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  2. Full-English

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    I personally use Avira for my Antu-Virus, and Commodo for Firewall, these are free and very good programs.
     
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  3. Awake

    Awake Notebook Consultant

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    and were would i find these?
     
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    the top programs would be AVG or Windows live onecare is really good too, zonealarm its good but distracting you dont want that so go for avg or live onecare
     
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  5. Awake

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    what abut avast, isn't that free is it good?
     
    Awake, Dec 13, 2008
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  6. djbbox

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    AVG has a free version and its really good too
     
    djbbox, Dec 13, 2008
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  7. Full-English

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    I personally think Avira is the best free anti-virus, i've used AVG aswell and although good, I found it had a few holes in, but i suppose all AV's do somewhere along the lines. Below is a test site for Anti-Virus softwares and Avira gets the best for 2008.

    http://www.av-comparatives.org/index.html?http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/overview.html

    This an in depth look into one of their test:

    http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse/report19.pdf.

    Avira can be found here:

    http://www.free-av.com/

    Commodo firewall can be found here:

    http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
     
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  8. Awake

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    are you a gamer, is avira good with gaming?
     
    Awake, Dec 13, 2008
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  9. Full-English

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    Not sure, don't game on my laptop.
     
    Full-English, Dec 13, 2008
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    too bad AVG is now bloatware but it is still good.
     
    Randall_Lind, Dec 13, 2008
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