Yes, go to www.zonealarm.com and download the pro-zonealarm firewall for the 15 day trial then after the 15 days just opt for the free basic firewall.
.Orger
free virus checker / firewall?
Hi all - The 3 month free period for McAfee's VC and F is about to end, and it's £44.99 pa to register - is there a free programme that's any good that I can use?
1K.Orger
Yes, go to www.zonealarm.com and download the pro-zonealarm firewall for the 15 day trial then after the 15 days just opt for the free basic firewall.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
1K.Orger
If you already have windows xp it has a firewall built into it
1K.Orger
Yes it does but I found that it still let a few spyware and viruses through so I opted for a dedicated firewall.Originally Posted by EDDIE
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
1K.Orger
spyware is a real pain sometimes think a spyware remover is more useful than a firewall Its amazing how they arent laws against people that send spyware and junk email
.Orger
Here are some links for software that I find indispensible
Anti Virus
Avast - www.avast.com - free AV programme (comprehensive and user friendly)
AVG - www.grisoft.com - free AV programme (good as a backup to main AV app)
Spyware Detection and Removal
AdAwareSE - www.lavasoft.de
Spybot S&D - www.safer-networking.org
CWShredder - www.spywareinfo.com
A firewall won't protect you from virii or spyware. Only dedicated software will afford that protection.
NEW ZEALAND
First to see the light
Banned
Since I started using Firefox my spyware remover hasn't had much to do at all.
I don't think there's much chance of a change in the law helping. For one thing the spyware
comes from many different countries and for another thing during their election campaign
the Labour Party sent out spam emails with links to a site that asked for your postcode
and left a tracking cookie on your computer.
I agree with this. By swithching to firefox the amount of spyware has been drastically decreased. I would recommened ad-aware for spyware and for a free anti-virus you should go for AVG backed up with McAfees Stinger exe for an emergency application.
.Orger
excellent, many thanks folk, I'll give some of these a bash. How do these cos. make money then if they don't charge for these services?
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