Free alternative to Norton Internet Security?

13 years ago

For an anti virus, I would use Avast
You can get a trial, I forget how long, but if you fill in a email address you can get a year free. I have yet to get an email from them.

I don't get to worked up about spam anyway, I get more spam from the USPS than anyone else. Harder to get rid of too

For a firewall I use Comodo, I have constantly checked it at shields up,
it just works.

They have an anti virus also, but I use avast, because I am pretty impressed with it.

I used to pay for zone alarm, but someone bought them out and I had problems, this is just as good free.

Jim

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jdpackaging

13 years ago

please go to www dot 360 dot cn, all are free

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lorenzmac

13 years ago

I second Roaddog, Avast is awesome. I would download Avast, Spybot search and destroy, and something like Ad-aware to make sure that your computer is protected from every kind of virus.

Avast is pretty much your main virus protection software whereas Spybot search and destroy and Ad-aware cleans up all the things avast has not picked up.

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jasonmorgan

13 years ago

I'm using zone alarm myself. It's not free but some things you shouldn't pinch your pennies on.

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JohnCalvinII

13 years ago

I use Microsoft Security Essentials on two computers and AVG Free on another. Both work perfectly. I have the Comodo firewall installed on them all and recommend it to everyone I know.

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Charine

13 years ago

I use AVG Anti-Virus Free and Zone Alarm Free Firewall. So far so good.

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miamipuaintraining

13 years ago

Frankly, I don't think you can find a free antivirus program, that's as good as the commercial ones. I would definitely go with a paid subscription to Kaspersky antivirus if you really want to protect your PC. I have tried them all, including Norton, and can tell you this one is doing the best job keeping my PC clean.

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rosalyn

13 years ago

I also use AVG on all of my computers and have never had a problem. AVG Free works just fine, but doesn't have the support of the paid version.

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MikeFriedman 13 years ago

Avast is great for a free tool.
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AllanWM

13 years ago

Has anyone used Eset Nod32?

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Kurt Abel

13 years ago

Avast is great. Been using it happily for years.

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OUTFOXED 13 years ago

you might wanna try Avira-I've used it for 3 yrs now and it's been very effective.
check it out at www.avira.com not an afilliate link.
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Regional Warrior

13 years ago

I use Avast as well and have found it to better then what you can get for the free programs out there, but It will all come down to choice so if you do want to go free then try them all till you find the right fit, so in about a month you should have what you like.

BTW if decide to buy a good one DONT go with NORTONS it is the most hackable one on the market

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Sue McDonald

13 years ago

Yes I use Avira and I have used it since I started Internet Marketing. My husband is a tech and he was told about it and it is great.

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Mountainbird

13 years ago

I used Avira free AntiVir and it's quite good. But now I'm using avast free Antivir and it seems to me the best of all.

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Amelle 13 years ago

I use Avast too with Ad-Aware and I have never had a problem. I also used AVG before and that was good too.
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cyberws

13 years ago

Using a free anti-virus software is like opening the doors of your electronics store in a riot. Unless it is CONSTANTLY updated it is useless. Cyber thieves and spammers work tirelessly every day to create new ways to scam you. I recently read about thousands - yes, thousands - of programmers at a central location in Russia who work 8-10 hours a day creating trojans, viruses, etc. Who can afford to keep up with this kind of flood unless they're getting paid for it?

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Regional Warrior

13 years ago

Originally Posted by cyberws

Using a free anti-virus software is like opening the doors of your electronics store in a riot. Unless it is CONSTANTLY updated it is useless. Cyber thieves and spammers work tirelessly every day to create new ways to scam you. I recently read about thousands - yes, thousands - of programmers at a central location in Russia who work 8-10 hours a day creating trojans, viruses, etc. Who can afford to keep up with this kind of flood unless they're getting paid for it?

Being that I am in the Cyber Security field the above mentioned free programs will work fine in what they are supposed to do, but on saying that you must allways keep them updated then you will have no problems

Make sure you do a quick scan at least once a day , and a full system scan once a week inclluding external drives and in the wost case check my sig.

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Mountainbird 13 years ago

Originally Posted by cyberws

Using a free anti-virus software is like opening the doors ...

Are you really telling that a paid anti-virus software works better?

Example: I still own 3 licenses of Kaspersky Internet Security but I don't use it any more. Why? Because the new version got so bad that I better use a free avast version instead of the paid version from Kaskersky.

Originally Posted by cyberws

Unless it is CONSTANTLY updated it is useless.

Yes, that's right. But almost all recommended free software are constantly updating.
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Adam Sussman

13 years ago

My main setup, which I am very happy with is:
Microsoft Essentials and Malwarebytes

I also run Spybot now and again.

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kabbalah

13 years ago

I use AVG the free version and Malwarebytes and have never had any problems thank g-d.

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Andy Crofford

13 years ago

It is hard to beat Microsoft Security Essentials. I used Eset NOD 32 for years and switched to this Security Essentials a while ago. Works great and is free.

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AllanWM

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Andy Crofford

It is hard to beat Microsoft Security Essentials. I used Eset NOD 32 for years and switched to this Security Essentials a while ago. Works great and is free.

Hello Andy,

Is Microsoft Security Essentials protecting your PC better than Eset NOD32? I was considering moving from Norton to Eset.

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