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PostAuthor: Paul » April 13, 2007, 12:35 pm

The words Norton and Confidential should not be in the same sentence !
I think I am not alone in my gross dislike of anything by Norton !

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PostAuthor: cookie » April 13, 2007, 4:45 pm

Are there more members using Comodo?
Some good or bad references?
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PostAuthor: Irish Alan » April 14, 2007, 5:56 am

cookie wrote:Are there more members using Comodo?
Some good or bad references?


My trial version of ZoneAlarm Pro just expired so I am now trying Outpost Pro for a free 30 day trial. When that expires I might try Comodo. Some reviews here:


http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1969225,00.asp

http://www.firewallguide.com/software.htm
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PostAuthor: cookie » April 14, 2007, 11:55 am

Thanks Alan, quickly checked the reviews and they seem rather good to me.
Before I had Kaspersky, but I got it for free for only 1 year.
kaspersky was very good, never a problem.
Not long ago I downloaded comodo firewall pro
For the moment I am happy, but always good to check if people had some problems with it.
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PostAuthor: Irish Alan » June 10, 2008, 11:10 pm

My anti-virus expires in 2 days so I'm resurrecting this thread as there are some newer members that can also throw in some input.

I liked Kaspersky and ended up paying for a 1-year licence but now in keeping with my belt tightening I'm thinking of trying something new and possibly free.

McAfee.
Symantec.
BitDefender.
Trend.Micro.
AVG.

Anyone tried:
ESET.
Avira.
Kerio or any new kids on the block?

Thanks.
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PostAuthor: laphanphon » June 11, 2008, 12:39 am

i like trend, but not free, though they may offer a trial period. you may be amazed what it will find after first scan. 30 + spywares, as opposed to free spybot, it think i was using at the time.
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PostAuthor: Irish Alan » June 11, 2008, 12:41 am

Thanks LA... How much for a 1-year licence?
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PostAuthor: laphanphon » June 11, 2008, 12:50 am

50 buck, for use on 3 computers, just got early renewal notice, 2 more yrs, for 57 bucks. have sales, depending where you are at, have thai rep/dealer. go to trend site, should have info. trend internet security,i think it is called.

1st time, way back bought in states, nice sale, then got vista, so needed vista friendly copy, which got in KK at IT CITY or data it, forget, 50 bucks, advertised vista friendly, vista approved, but at a time when vista was late coming out, and had to install via xp compatiblility function, then finally patched to use vista. nice, since can use on multiple computers, not sure if others offer that. on laptop and desktop, 1 left in case one harddrive crashes, which happened with an earlier version i was using on desktop, so just reinstalled.
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PostAuthor: Irish Alan » June 11, 2008, 12:59 am

$50 is only €32 ... Kaspersky is €60 so a big improvement. Thanks again La.
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PostAuthor: wazza » June 11, 2008, 1:23 am

IA

i use a free programme called Avast,
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PostAuthor: BlueDragon » June 15, 2008, 8:44 pm

Try using the new AVG free v8.0
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PostAuthor: panick » June 17, 2008, 5:50 pm

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