08-02-2006, 02:05 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 49
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Recommendations for Desktop Security Apps?
Recent McAfee update has caused AS not to work for me/many people (software thread). Had bad luck with Norton, as well.
Any suggestions for Firewall, AV, Spam or other malware protection? I believe its time to move away from the big market driven players.
Thanks, yardcat
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08-02-2006, 03:43 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,959
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Give the CA 12-month free trial a go. It's worked well for me.
And for spyware protection, Windows Defender is worth a look.
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08-02-2006, 04:30 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 49
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Thanks Darius,
I will certainly look at those possibilities. I am steadily getting myself into deeper and deeper do do, (see McAfee thread in software) thanks to this rediculous upgrade of theirs.
-yardcat
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08-02-2006, 04:51 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Those are the ones I use as well. However, if I let Windows Defender run with the default settings, it creates 4 or five system checkpoints a day. Is it supposed to do that?
Atm, I've set Windows Defender not to run automatically, and I try to remember to manually start/update/run it every few days.
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08-22-2006, 12:49 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 2
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You should try out Panda http://www.pandasoftware.com/ it's really good. They even have an online scanner where it can scan your computer for viruses from their website.
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