OK DU computer geeks help a brother out

[Giant Robot]

We got a new computer in December. Weeeee I have Vista now (and please no Mac/Windows wars). It came with a free two month subscription to Norton antivirus/spyware, which is ending here shortly. I really don't want to pay for a subscription, so I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for free antivirus/spyware software that I could use. What do you all prefer?

[KitchenWitch]

1. AVG antivirus has an excellent free edition

http://free.grisoft.com/

[TK421]

3. I love AVG....strongly seconded

:thumbsup:

[KitchenWitch]

2. For firewall software, PC Tools has a good free one.

http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

[Giant Robot]

6. Thanks for the advice KitchenWitch! n/t

[Tindalos]

4. I use AVG too

It's very small and unobtrusive compared to Norton.

Also Spybot for anti-spy ware.

http://www.spybot.com/index2.html

[DS1]

5. delete that Norton shit. mail Norton a brick wrapped in turd

download AVG free and you're done

[Giant Robot]

7. So how do you really feel about Norton?

[DS1]

8. Norton is a big sack of shit smashed down to CD size

absolute piece of shit. no question about it. total crap. hate it. hate the programmers. hate the management team. hate the salespeople. Post Norton-Norton is the post Turner-CNN.


shit

puke

useless

slow

waste of disk space

waste of processor cycles

waste of electrons


waste of plastic


kill it. KILL IT!!!!

[TK421]

9. We have Norton at my job...I keep telling them what a fucking waste

of time it is....it seems to me that it doesn't even FIX the problems it finds :shrug:

[DS1]

10. no, it just makes more problems

by filtering email without telling you, refusing to download things without telling you, blocking normal corporate traffic without telling you.

slowing everything down.

not actually catching any viruses.

slow ass piece of shit interface which makes adding open ports take far too long



I'd burn every copy if I had the choice

[Redstone]

12. You know what? I don't think I'll be buying any Norton products for Mrs R's computer.

You're not the first oone I've heard state such an opinion about them. I think they lost it in about 1998, actually, at least on the Mac side.

Redstone

[Redstone]

11. OK, I'm kicking this because I bought Mrs R a Windows computer for Christmas, and

I don't know jack shit about Windows, so I'll be very interested in the answers.

Redstone

[JCMach1]

13. AVG kicks ass

[Giant Robot]

14. Anti-spyware too?

[KitchenWitch]

15. I think you have to pay for their anti spyware

I use Spybot (free) and Adaware (free).

[DS1]

16. spybot search and destroy

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

also free


used it so long, I actually had to look up the name because it's never given me a single hiccup

[JCMach1]

17. AVG also makes a free vers of the spyware

at least I think it is still free.