Re: [OT] Anti-virus / anti-spyware other essential programs?

[Vargster <vargster@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm half with you there, I've been using free AVG for 4-5 years, but I
recently switched to free Avast! after a review in PC Pro and few missed
nasties...  Avast seems to be doing the job, and has a smaller footprint
and
many fewer processes running on the box..

LOL or you could try Linux and forget about all this nonsense... :)


On Feb 6, 2008 6:34 PM, Andy Davies <dajdavies@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>   I switched to Nod32 when AVG failed to pick up a trojan last year...
>
>
> On Feb 6, 2008 5:56 PM, Martin Howell
<martin.howell@xxxxxxx<martin.howell%40grizelli.com>>
> wrote:
> > I'd vote for AVG, been using it for several years now with no
problems.
> > I would also recommend running some anti-spyware stuff as well -
I use
> > Ad-aware and Spybot, because they both seem to catch different
things
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > Ho Yin Ng wrote:
> > > I need to upgrade / reinstall and basically reformat all my
computers
> > > at home. Everything is going t*ts up.
> > >
> > > Main main computer only boots up when it wants to, I can't
get access
> > > to my NAS on others no matter what I do. Bascially it all
needs
> > > resetting!
> > >
> > > Since I am doing this I thought I might as well get all the
essential
> > > programs in on my computers.
> > >
> > > 1. Can someone recommend a good antivirus-spyware program?
Is the AVG
> > > malware any good?
> > >
> > > Anything else people would recommend as must haves? I was
thinking
> > > about getting something like drivermagic to manage all my
drivers and
> > > download updates, and perhaps Norton Ghost so when
everything goes
> > > t*ts up again I can just restore the systems?
> > >
> > > Running Windows XP.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Ho Yin
> > >
>
>


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