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    Internet Security Software

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hk09, Nov 8, 2007.

  1. hk09

    hk09 Notebook Geek

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    I want to know which brand of internet security software is good and effective??

    thank you
     
    hk09, Nov 8, 2007
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  2. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    Exactly what kind of internet security are we talking about here? Antivirus, firewall, suite?
     
    Gintoki, Nov 8, 2007
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  3. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Norton Internet security 2008 (with the expense of huge system resource utilization), AOL security suite (free), Windows Live One care, Norton 360, etc..
     
    coolguy, Nov 9, 2007
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  4. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    ^ ew to all of those.

    I personally run Avast + Spysweeper, but you can do AVG, Kaspersky, Spybot S&D, list goes on and on.
     
    Lithus, Nov 9, 2007
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  5. bmwrob

    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

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    Take a look at some pretty effective, free apps here and here.
     
    bmwrob, Nov 9, 2007
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  6. sasanac

    sasanac Notebook Evangelist

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    I prefer a combination of packages rather than a suite from a single source. I use NOD32 (paid for), Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (found in Administrative Tools) I will go back to Comodo Firewall (Free), I used to use it on XP, waiting for 64bit Vista compatible version. For the moment I'm using Spybot S&D (free) for antispyware.

    I used to use Norton Internet Security (back in 2004) but it caused a crazy amount of slow down on my system and was very reluctant to uninstall too. I've heard it's improved a lot since but I'm in no way tempted to put it back on my PC.
     
    sasanac, Nov 9, 2007
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  7. soldier0316

    soldier0316 Notebook Evangelist

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    Eset smart security is good and effective.
     
    soldier0316, Nov 9, 2007
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