Need advise about anti-virus and firewalls.

Need advise about anti-virus and firewalls.

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Need advise about anti-virus and firewalls. paul dallaire 07-08-2005
Posted by paul dallaire on July 8, 2005, 11:48 pm
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HI! I need some advise on which anti-virus program to buy and firewall.

I have heard of mcafee virus-scan 9.0 and its suit with built in firewall is
it good firewall?
There is also Zonealram which also had a suit with built in anti-virus. is
the anti-virus good.

I know that mcafee is a good anti-virus and zonealarm is a good firewall but
I just want to know your opinions on there suits which contain both
anti-virus and firewalls.

Is it better just to install the suits as there are both good or should I
choose mcafee for the anti-virus and zonealarm for firewall?

Paul :)




Posted by =?Utf-8?B?QWFyb24=?= on July 9, 2005, 12:56 am
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Paul,

I think the answer you are looking for applies in what you need. In my
opinion, I think if you are going to protect one computer, then MacAfee would
be fine. If you are looking for more large scale, Symantec Antivirus
Corporate Edition would be better.

The firewall built into MacAfee is ok. I prefer Zone Alarm over McAfee
because it is overall easier to use. MacAfee tries to oversimplify, which I
think makes it lose some of its functionality.

To answer your question I would go with either McAfee or Symantec for
antivirus, and Zone alarm for software based firewall.


"paul dallaire" wrote:

> HI! I need some advise on which anti-virus program to buy and firewall.
>
> I have heard of mcafee virus-scan 9.0 and its suit with built in firewall is
> it good firewall?
> There is also Zonealram which also had a suit with built in anti-virus. is
> the anti-virus good.
>
> I know that mcafee is a good anti-virus and zonealarm is a good firewall but
> I just want to know your opinions on there suits which contain both
> anti-virus and firewalls.
>
> Is it better just to install the suits as there are both good or should I
> choose mcafee for the anti-virus and zonealarm for firewall?
>
> Paul :)
>
>
>
>

Posted by Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE on July 9, 2005, 5:49 pm
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> HI! I need some advise on which anti-virus program to buy and
> firewall.
>
> I have heard of mcafee virus-scan 9.0 and its suit with built in
> firewall is it good firewall?
> There is also Zonealram which also had a suit with built in
> anti-virus. is the anti-virus good.
>
> I know that mcafee is a good anti-virus and zonealarm is a good
> firewall but I just want to know your opinions on there suits which
> contain both anti-virus and firewalls.
>
> Is it better just to install the suits as there are both good or
> should I choose mcafee for the anti-virus and zonealarm for firewall?
>
> Paul :)

I certainly would never install anything from McAfee or Norton.

I use the Windows XP SP2 firewall and the free version of AVG anti-virus:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

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