what kind of Protection are you using?

[blackradon]

So, just wonding what kinda anti-spam,anti-virus etc etc you guys are using on you computers? Ive heard noton isnt the best out there, is it ? Any help/advice would be awesome..

thanks,

[bart]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

i don't use anything.

[cam_wmh]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

NOD 32

Got it off of OiNK. the majority of the "indy-music-loving-techno-geek" population there used it. seems to get the job done, with minimal resources used.

[LiQuus]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

coming from over paid IT guy... here are some tips..

anti-virus-

free/legal for home usage if you are not good with computers - get avg free from download.com

free/legal for any users if they are familiar with what NOT to click on - get clamwin - look for it on google
clamwin is great but doesn't do live scanning..

free/legal spyware protection - ad-aware and spybot should do it..

paid for -

just virus/spyware protect - nod32 is great.. so is trendmicro,

for complete protection that includes everything under the sun - get avg internet security - this will slow your computer down... but not as bad as norton or mcafee suite... if you have norton or mcafee, remove it..

also avg suite (also look for it on download.com) is good for cleaning out infected computers since full version comes with 30 day trial.. install. clean system, uninstall...

for pirate -
get symantec end point suite... easy to pirate thanks for no serial key or license files - does not do spam filtering though..

hope this helps.. just my $.02...

[The_Jerbel]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

skin on skin

[Kordain]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

anti-virus- get avg free from download.com
free/legal spyware protection - ad-aware and spybot should do it..

Thats me all over. but i stop anything from running in th background and jsut scan any files i download before i open them and run adaware & spybot about every 3 months

Also im behind a router which offers some protection as well!

[RONDAL]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

Avg

[James]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

if you have norton or mcafee, remove it..

corporate versions are actually really good (either)

best option; rebuild your computer frequently haha.

edit: corporate versions are typically the best to pirate FYI, same deal with no cd key requirements, but better cause you dont get a bloated ass client

[Canadian Turbo]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

Avg

x2

[RSS]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

Personally the AVG they use at work here sucks and i would never put it on my home computer.

Adaware and spybot i use both at home and at work.

[stefan]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

AVG has been good for me. Also used Anti-Vir, also not bad.

[LiQuus]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

FYI, Norton is not Symantec... they might be same company but completely different software.. Symantec corporate edition is actually pretty good... Norton sucks... McAfee is just crap all around (just a personal view)...

[stefan]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

I use the symantec enterprise suite at work. it is quite good. The norton home stuff always seemed to have excessive overhead... never liked it much.

[Aleks]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

I prefer bareback......it just feels better...

FOr my Computer I use AVG both anti-virus and anti-spyware versions. Has worked awesome! Has caught all sorts of stuff coming in, scans emails, and saved files as they come in....its really good!

[timdog]

Re: what kind of Protection are you using?

over paid IT guy. dang, i am in IT but am definitely not over paid. where do you work?