Computer wizardry required...
Posted: Wed 06 Aug, 2008 5:21 pm
Posted this over on MF, but any opinions from this side of the fence welcome:
Just ordered a new laptop; can someone recommend me some decent free protection?
Running AVG anti-virus and ZoneAlarm firewall at the moment. I've heard AVG is good, but also been recommended Avast...any opinions? Also, ZoneAlarm does have an anti-virus function which I have turned off (as AVG is doing that)...I'm sure I would have done this for a reason (it was years ago), is the ZoneAlarm anti-virus not as good?
Alternatively, anyone got better firewall and anti-virus programs?
Should I have anything else running as well? I've heard adware and spyware are both good things to have, true or waste of time/resources? If true, any recommendations?
I'll be running Vista (at least initially) if that makes any difference. Anyone know of any problems reformatting a dual core computer and installing XP instead (it's on 32-bit Vista, not 64)?
Many thanks...
Just ordered a new laptop; can someone recommend me some decent free protection?
Running AVG anti-virus and ZoneAlarm firewall at the moment. I've heard AVG is good, but also been recommended Avast...any opinions? Also, ZoneAlarm does have an anti-virus function which I have turned off (as AVG is doing that)...I'm sure I would have done this for a reason (it was years ago), is the ZoneAlarm anti-virus not as good?
Alternatively, anyone got better firewall and anti-virus programs?
Should I have anything else running as well? I've heard adware and spyware are both good things to have, true or waste of time/resources? If true, any recommendations?
I'll be running Vista (at least initially) if that makes any difference. Anyone know of any problems reformatting a dual core computer and installing XP instead (it's on 32-bit Vista, not 64)?
Many thanks...