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Firewall, AntiVirus, and Antispyware

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ChAoTiCpInOy

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Looking for some firewall, spyware, and virus programs that are free and easy to use. Need to install it on a novice user's computer.

Software -> Security

-Schadenfroh
 
Take a look at the Best Antivirus thread

Look into AntiVir Free Edition
  • ~10mb memory use with real-time protection enabled,
  • A high detection rate (comparable to Kaspersky)
  • AntiVir Personal Classic is free to home users (Antivir, according to detection rate tests, has a much higher detection rate than any of the other free (to home users) antivirus products, surpassing CLAM, AVG Free Edition, and aVast)
  • AntiVirus Detection Rate Test Thread
  • Instructions on how to disable AntiVir's Popup

While it has excellent real-time protection, it does lack pop3 scanning. If anything tries to execute, the real-time protection will most likely catch it (assuming it is running & configured properly & the main program can detect it).

A limited user account and a properly updated system (check for various program updates with Secunia) can go a long way in preventing exploits from hitting you.

You can have the full protection of AntiVir Personal Premium Edition (including the pop3 email scanning) of one of the best antivirus products in the industry (see detection rate tests here) for less than $30.

Alternatively, Kaspersky Internet Security(3-pc license) is FREE after MiR right now and it offers more features
 
Antivirus -> Avast or AVG
Antispyware -> Spybot Search & Destroy or SuperAntiSpyware
Firewall -> Zone Alarm or Comodo

All are free and all are good enough 🙂
Enjoy!
 
While its always hard to add anything to the always excellent advice of Schradenfroh, I might add that having the extra protection layer of some process control program with a host file does give you a back up to-----While it has excellent real-time protection, it does lack pop3 scanning. If anything tries to execute, the real-time protection will most likely catch it (assuming it is running & configured properly & the main program can detect it).

The point is a process control program will intercept and seek user permission before it allows something that slips by to execute---something like process guard, win patrol, cyberhawk, or spyware terminator are just four in a much longer list of available choices.

Even though there is almost no agreement among experts on what is the best security set up, its the novice that is most in danger because its the person that sit in the chair that is always the greatest vulnerability in any computer. So user education is probably even more important than the software used.

Fortunately this forum has excellent advice from people like Schranfroh, John, and Mech Bgon who all have compiled excellent guides. Its always important to review any programs you use because some are rouges that are worse than useless. And install malware so make sure whatever you choose is not a rouge.
 
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