Complete protection

A[L]C · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:52

Hi all,

Would you say the following software would offer pretty good protection for a non-pc literate user and his 13 year old daughter?

Kaspersky
Ashampoo Firewall
Ad-aware
Spybot

? Any thing you would change?

Steve09 · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:53

Norton Internet Security 2006 and they can't go wrong

A[L]C · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:57

stevechapman said:
Norton Internet Security 2006 and they can't go wrong

doesnt norton really slow the machine down

masterk · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:59

Cant really recommend Norton myself, the above software you mentioned is perfect for them i would say.

Steve09 · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:59

It does, but I would say only around a 5% decrease in speed.
I have it and I can't see any decrease in speed from when I didn't have it to be honest.

david334 · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:06

Norton suck's tbh

Norton is a thing of the past :rolleyes:

Use NOD32 instead of Kaspersky

David 334

Tony Williams · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:07

For an anti virus, may I suggest NOD32, Ashampoo Firewall is pretty decent from what I have heard.

Steve09 · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:08

Why do people think Norton sucks?
It has kept me totally safe over the past 2 Year's and my PC has not decreased in speed like y'all say it make's it

doran1801 · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:14

i think norton is good for novice pc users, as long as they like being told to do something all the time. I would prefer something that just got on with things in the backround, without popping up to tell you that you have forgotten to wipe arse at a most inopportune time like when playing a game

my recomendation would be AVG or bitdefender if you need a complete package

david334 · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:17

doran1801 said:
i think norton is good for novice pc users, as long as they like being told to do something all the time. I would prefer something that just got on with things in the backround, without popping up to tell you that you have forgotten to wipe arse at a most inopportune time like when playing a game

my recomendation would be AVG or bitdefender if you need a complete package

NOD32 Does that it gets on with things

Steve09 · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:17

lol Doran, the only time when mine pop's up with anything is when it has finished downloading updates, but it never affect's me when I am playing a game

Tony Williams · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:18

I like NOD32 because it is very small in resource usage, NOT a bandwidth hog so you don't even know it's there.

Selekt0r · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:24

I'd add another vote for NOD32.

I'd also recommend K9 Web Protection if he wants to install some content filtering software to prevent his 13 year old from encountering any of the less savoury content the internet has to offer.

I've used it on my kids PC's for a couple of years now. It blocks inappropriate content very effectively, has lots of configuration options so you can block sites depending on their content (e.g. porn, gambling, violence etc.), and has very few problems with false-positives (i.e. blocking a site which is actually OK). Best of all it's free.

A[L]C · 20 Sep 2006 at 13:25

Selekt0r said:
I'd add another vote for NOD32.

I'd also recommend K9 Web Protection if he wants to install some content filtering software to prevent his 13 year old from encountering any of the less savoury content the internet has to offer.

I've used it on my kids PC's for a couple of years now. It blocks inappropriate content very effectively, has lots of configuration options so you can block sites depending on their content (e.g. porn, gambling, violence etc.), and has very few problems with false-positives (i.e. blocking a site which is actually OK). Best of all it's free.

Cool,

Thanks for that. Whats the best free av? The AOL kaspersky right?

edit: also, does K9 work with firefox?

Greenlizard0 · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:00

Everybody's got their own opinion so here's mine. I can't afford to shell out for software and as much as I'd love to subscribe to NOD32 I use AVG free edition, Spybot Search and destroy and CCleaner for keeping my system sharp

Energize · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:35

stevechapman said:
Norton Internet Security 2006 and they can't go wrong

Right you mean.

doran1801 · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:39

stevechapman said:
lol Doran, the only time when mine pop's up with anything is when it has finished downloading updates, but it never affect's me when I am playing a game

i installed once and found that i was constantly getting messages from it. From telling me to enable windows updates to telling me to do a scan. I would prefer to do both of those thing when i decide to

Steve09 · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:40

Energize said:
Right you mean.

Can you read?

Steve09 · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:41

doran1801 said:
i installed once and found that i was constantly getting messages from it. From telling me to enable windows updates to telling me to do a scan. I would prefer to do both of those thing when i decide to

Obviously had it set up wrong

AtreuS · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:46

Compared to a proper AV like NOD32 or Kaspersky, Norton is laughable. The only reason norton is popular is that the big chains push it so hard due to the big deals they do.

I had a client's machine in last week and i removed norton 2006 ( fully updated ) and put kaspersky trial on and did a full sweep ( also did a full sweep with the norton ) and kaspersky found 5 virus's that norton had not detected. Useless TBH.