Comments on: What Security Applications Do You Use On Your PC?

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:40:06 +0000

Primary OS Linux (some flavour of, either Gentoo, Ubuntu or Fedora)
Browser – Firefox + Adblock
No virus / spam filtering – not really needed on Linux
IPTables firewall to stop inbound rubbish

Windows for gaming, doesn’t go near the internet – I find most security packages for windows far too bloated and slow (the bigger the name, the worse they are)

By: Tim Igoe

Tim Igoe — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:40:00 +0000

Primary OS Linux (some flavour of, either Gentoo, Ubuntu or Fedora)
Browser – Firefox + Adblock
No virus / spam filtering – not really needed on Linux
IPTables firewall to stop inbound rubbish

Windows for gaming, doesn’t go near the internet – I find most security packages for windows far too bloated and slow (the bigger the name, the worse they are)

By: chan

chan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:02:37 +0000

I use kaspersky AV 7 and spyware doctor from google pack

By: chan

chan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:02:00 +0000

I use kaspersky AV 7 and spyware doctor from google pack

By: Joseph Plazo

Joseph Plazo — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:50:50 +0000

I’ve been using McAfee for years till I realized how much it made my Pentium 3.2 Ghz feel like a 486DX4-100…. and how it made my core2duo 2Ghz feel like a Pentium 1.5Ghz.

-grrrr-

Switched to Norton 360 and Spybot. Things have been VERY zippy since then.

By: Joseph Plazo

Joseph Plazo — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:50:00 +0000

I’ve been using McAfee for years till I realized how much it made my Pentium 3.2 Ghz feel like a 486DX4-100…. and how it made my core2duo 2Ghz feel like a Pentium 1.5Ghz.

-grrrr-

Switched to Norton 360 and Spybot. Things have been VERY zippy since then.

By: Zath

Zath — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:40:28 +0000

I’m mainly using Zone Alarm (Free) and NOD32.

I’ve been using NOD32 for years now, very good indeed, doesn’t use much resource and works very well!

By: Zath

Zath — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:40:00 +0000

I’m mainly using Zone Alarm (Free) and NOD32.

I’ve been using NOD32 for years now, very good indeed, doesn’t use much resource and works very well!

By: al

al — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:48:30 +0000

I use:
comodo for my firewall and antivirus
CCleaner
Spybot search and destroy and
Spywareblaster

So far – so good and no probs

By: al

al — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:48:00 +0000

I use:
comodo for my firewall and antivirus
CCleaner
Spybot search and destroy and
Spywareblaster

So far – so good and no probs

By: seocontest2008

seocontest2008 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:05:25 +0000

I used kaspersky on my PC. It is robust and rapid

By: seocontest2008

seocontest2008 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:05:00 +0000

I used kaspersky on my PC. It is robust and rapid

By: Dennis BjÃ¸rn Petersen

Dennis BjÃ¸rn Petersen — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:45:09 +0000

I’ve used ESET Nod32 antivirus for a long time. It doesn’t use much memory and I only see it when/if it discovers a virus or similar threat ie. malware, trojan etc.

I can highly recommend it.

As a firewall I use Comodo Firewall. The recently launched version 3 now supports Vista as well. It’s a free firewall and comes very recommended.

By: Dennis BjÃ¸rn Petersen

Dennis BjÃ¸rn Petersen — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:45:00 +0000

I’ve used ESET Nod32 antivirus for a long time. It doesn’t use much memory and I only see it when/if it discovers a virus or similar threat ie. malware, trojan etc.

I can highly recommend it.

As a firewall I use Comodo Firewall. The recently launched version 3 now supports Vista as well. It’s a free firewall and comes very recommended.

By: Everton

Everton — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:44:54 +0000

I’m surprised to see so many people (so far) using Avast. Is it any good? I’m considering purchasing the Windows Home Server version.

By: Everton

Everton — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:44:00 +0000

I’m surprised to see so many people (so far) using Avast. Is it any good? I’m considering purchasing the Windows Home Server version.

By: Jalaj

Jalaj — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:58:33 +0000

I just have Avast Antivirus Home Edition installed that updates the database frequently.

By: Jalaj

Jalaj — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:58:00 +0000

I just have Avast Antivirus Home Edition installed that updates the database frequently.

By: Jalaj

Jalaj — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:57:46 +0000

Avast Antivirus Home Edition (FREE)

By: Jalaj

Jalaj — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:57:00 +0000

Avast Antivirus Home Edition (FREE)

By: gerrymoth

gerrymoth — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:14:15 +0000

I’ve got a dual boot laptop with WinXP and Ubuntu 7.10.

I use the Ubuntu for all my general internet access related daily activity, don’t need Anti-spyware, anti-virus, etc..

For the WinXp though I do use the following:
Firewall: Zone Alarm Firewall (FREE)
Anti-Virus: Avast Antivirus Home Edition (FREE)
Anti-Spyware: Ad-Aware SE Personal, Spyware Blaster, Spybot Search & Destroy (ALL FREE)
Cleaner: CCleaner (FREE)
Browser: Firefox with extensions NoScript and Adblock Plus

By: gerrymoth

gerrymoth — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:14:00 +0000

I’ve got a dual boot laptop with WinXP and Ubuntu 7.10.

I use the Ubuntu for all my general internet access related daily activity, don’t need Anti-spyware, anti-virus, etc..