ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARE

Tracetibs · 23 May 2006 at 19:39

HI

I USE THE INTERNET AT HOME VERY FREQUENTLY & I'M IN NEED OF AN EXCELLENT ANTI VIRUS ETC

IS IT BEST TO JUST BUY AN ANTI VIRUS SOFTWARE ON IT'S OWN, AN INTERNET SECURITY SOFTWARE ON IT'S OWN, OR BOTH? AS I USE THE INTERNET FREQUENTLY WILL AN ANTI VIRUS ONLY SOFTWARE PROTECT MY PC, OR WOULD THE INTERNET SECURITY PACKAGE BE BEST?

OR ARE INTERNET SECURITY PACKAGES A WASTE OF TIME? AM I BEST TO BUY ALL SEPERATE PRODUCTS IE AN ANTI VIRUS ASWELL AS A FIREWALL, ASWELL AS ANTI SPAM ETC????????

IS IT POSSIBLE TO RUN BITDEFENDER STANDARD 9.0 & ZONE ALARM FIREWALL TOGETHER?

CAN ANYBODY TELL ME IF THESE 2 PRODUCTS ARE ANY GOOD?

PLEASE EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I NEED! ALL I DO KNOW IS THAT I WANT MY PC TO BE AS PROTECTED AS POSSIBLE!!! PLEASE HELP!!

THANKS

Tracetibs · 23 May 2006 at 20:36

my apologies for shouting, didn't mean to be rude, was unaware of this!!

thanks for the reply! a bit concerned tho cos i've been warned away from free anti virus softwares as apparently they don't give the best protection???

thanks again

Tracetibs · 23 May 2006 at 20:40

Old No.7 said:
Whoa .... no neeed to shout mate (joking)

For anti virus then I can't recommend NOD32 highly enough. Zone alarm just seems a pain in the arse to me so I stopped using that ages ago
Spybot is a cool program so I would recommend that, and I've found that Sygate Personal Firewall Pro is pretty neat so that also comes recommended. I also use Pest Patrol and AdAware also

Al

which anti virus is best, bitdefender satndard 9 (heard this is good) or nod32????

Tracetibs · 24 May 2006 at 21:53

thanks guys, think i'm gonna give Nod32 a go as you all say it's so good!

thanks again!!