Best Internet Security Suite

[Meatball]

I have two hard drives in my computer, one XP Pro for games (no background tasks etc) and a recently added hard drive with the same XP Pro install on but that installation will be connected to the internet. What internet security packages would people recommend? I have always used Norton but I have realised what a resource hog it is so I would like to make a switch. I've been looking at ZoneAlarm internet security, what do people think of this?

 

[Meatball]

I've never found a need for a seperate software firewall, I find the Windows SP2 firewall and the built in firewall in my router to do the job.

For AV I run NOD32

NOD32 keeps getting recommended but I still would like a dedicated firewall with it. Any seperate firewalls that are good or can NOD32 come in a suite?

 

[Meatball]

Eset don't do a firewall program, so you will need to use one like Zonealarm or whichever is best at the moment.

I like the look of NOD32 but I prefer the look of Zonealarm Internet Security Suite. Does anyone have personal experience with these? If I buy the Zonealarm suite from the US for $49.95 (£28) will it work in the UK?

 

[Meatball]

windows firewall, avast, firefox, job done.

And why have seperate installs, it seems like an incredible waste of HD's, also the only good games are online anyway so what gives?

I don't play online games and I like my gamming pc to have no background tasks (I cut down the install with nlite and it has 15background tasks). I would just prefer to have it like that. People keep mentioning the windows firewall but doesn't that not filter outgoing traffic only incomming?

 

[Meatball]

Nod 32 is great and Sygate Firrewall is great ,very low on memory useage ..

I'll research into Sygate firewall, I do not really want to be spending over £40 for and Anti-Virus program and Firewall.

 

[Meatball]

Common Sense 2006 - Its amazing

That's good but when there's a security hole in XP there is not much common sense can do . I have so many to investigate, thanks for all the suggestions

 

[Meatball]

Hi I'm trying to buy Zone Alarm but it will not let me pay via Solo because it says the order must be made in GBP (and says select from a drop down menu) but I can't make it GBP because the only payment options are: US Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars?

 

[Meatball]

You must be on ZoneLabs.com? With American pricing? You can goto the UK site by choosing the UK option on the Global sites drop-down menu on the main page of ZoneAlarm.com. I think that is how I ordered ZA Pro by using the UK site and paying in GBP.

If you can't find the site, this is it. http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp?lang=en&ctry=GB&dc=56pus

ah thanks very much

Might seem like a silly question but the Zonealarm Antivirus package is that both Zonealarm anti-virus and Firewall? Its labelled like this on the UK page:

 

[Meatball]

Yep

Wicked I'll get that and Spyware Doctor. Thanks for all the help people