What is the best anti-virus and firewall for what we do?

**Pint** · 03-27-08, 08:23 PM

Gentleman,
Ladies,

I am going to be getting a new fire-wall and anti-virus. What is the best current product out there for use on a high end machine that is compatible for what we do? Weigh in I want some opinions!

Pint

**~~Cecil900~~** · 03-27-08, 08:25 PM

http://www.avira.com/en/pages/index.php

Best thing out there. And its free.

**Arreo** · 03-27-08, 08:30 PM

AVG is really good.

Zone Alarm is pretty much the best firewall. But it requires you to know what you are doing with it.

**~~Cecil900~~** · 03-27-08, 08:31 PM

http://www.free-av.com/

Thats the free version, which i use. It does everything you need.

**MaKe_OuT_33** · 03-27-08, 08:51 PM

just google avast antivirus.

its what i use and its free. no problems so far.

**Arreo** · 03-27-08, 09:14 PM

Bottom line is, any of the "big name" anti viruses are perfectly fine for anything you are going to run across in normal usage. Even the free versions of the programs is perfectly adequate.

That being said, if you are the kind of person who likes to peer into the darker corners of the internet then you might want something more robust. Like a solid firewall.

**DJ Ms. White** · 03-27-08, 09:16 PM

Nod32

**Arreo** · 03-27-08, 09:40 PM

Also, get Spybot S & D
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Searc...g=pop.software

It rocks at getting things that antivirus won't touch like tracking cookies and other random malware.

Really just go to download.com and read the reviews there. They are much more in depth then we could ever be here.

**Viktor_Olin** · 03-27-08, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Nod32

I second that. But I'd stick with NOD32 version 2.7; I had nothing but trouble with the new version 3.0.

Actually, on my dedicated gaming PC, I run Avira AntiVir Personal (free), but I had to alter some privilege settings on my PC to disable the popups that promote the paid version.