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)?
What your running sounds fine Oppo. I use both and to this date have had no problems with either. You can upgrade to the paid stuff with both if you want to mind. Try SPYBOT as well. Also free and good at sorting out stuff.
