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    Faster/less resource hogging security suite compared to McAfee?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by slayerfaith1982, Oct 21, 2007.

  1. slayerfaith1982

    slayerfaith1982 Notebook Evangelist

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    Just curious if there's a security suite/program that'll be ANY faster then McAfee. Free is preferred but not necessary as I wanna uninstall this slow-@ss program already and anything equal to protection, that runs faster, will be fine.
     
    slayerfaith1982, Oct 21, 2007
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    unid3ntifi3d Notebook Consultant

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    Try Eset NOD32.
     
    unid3ntifi3d, Oct 21, 2007
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    lua Notebook Consultant

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    Kaspersky Internet Security is good in my case.
     
    lua, Oct 22, 2007
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    bigspin, Oct 22, 2007
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    Nod32 is the fastest and the lightest, but it is not a complete security suit (no firewall). However, if you are behind a NAT/router (hardware firewall) then Windows built-in firewall is good enough.

    Kaspersky is also good, go for it if you really need a full security suit.
     
    PhoenixFx, Oct 22, 2007
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  6. slayerfaith1982

    slayerfaith1982 Notebook Evangelist

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    would Avast and Adaware running together work nearly as good, and slow down my computer less, then the McAfee security suite running all the time?
     
    slayerfaith1982, Oct 22, 2007
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    Wouldnt all those programs running seperately still be resource hungry? Or a vast improvement over McAfee even though it's like 3-4 programs
     
    slayerfaith1982, Oct 22, 2007
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    Personally, I don't like Spybot S&D. Their interface is confusing and it just can't withstand spyware like it used to in the past.
     
    thnksfrthmmrs, Oct 22, 2007
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    Nod 32 Is The Best Ever< Get It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
    aan310, Oct 22, 2007
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    Were I to pay for a suite, I would go with one of these three: Kaspersky; Eset Nod32; ZoneAlarm Security Suite Pro.

    However, being that I'm on Vista, not XP any longer, and finding that not all the players are fully covering the Vista playing field yet, I went with some free solutions for now.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Oct 22, 2007
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    if i have a linksys router that i am behind, and use windows defender, would avast and adaware be sufficient?
     
    slayerfaith1982, Oct 22, 2007
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    I immediately thought just antivirus, but try a combo instead of one SS: nod32 antivirus+comodo firewall. Comodo is free, and nod32 is not. Each take about 23,000k resource in task manager for XP.
     
    unid3ntifi3d, Oct 23, 2007
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  13. thnksfrthmmrs

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    I believe that the ZoneAlarm Security Suite is both RAM and CPU intensive.
     
    thnksfrthmmrs, Oct 23, 2007
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    csinth Snitch?

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    I would recommend Comodo firewall, NOD32 anti-virus (or Kaspersky or BitDefender), and Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware 2007. It never hurts to have more than just 1 anti-spyware.
     
    csinth, Oct 23, 2007
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