I need advice for freeware

jumpy · 12-06-06, 04:41 AM

spybotS&D (spyware)
Adaware (spyware)
ZoneAlarm (currently I use ZA pro) (firewall)
AVG (gf has this installed on her machine, seems to do ok) (antivirus)
Black Ice (firewall)

I'd say go for ZA - only issue with the free version is that it will not allow you to 'gateway' other machines through you pc to the internet, hence me having ZA pro, which does. Also you can have some slow startup issues with ZA hogging all of your system resources, but if it doesn't run a boot this is no problem.
AVG seemed to perform perfectly adequately in its capacity as antivirus software.

12-06-06, 04:41 AM	#9
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	spybotS&D (spyware) Adaware (spyware) ZoneAlarm (currently I use ZA pro) (firewall) AVG (gf has this installed on her machine, seems to do ok) (antivirus) Black Ice (firewall) I'd say go for ZA - only issue with the free version is that it will not allow you to 'gateway' other machines through you pc to the internet, hence me having ZA pro, which does. Also you can have some slow startup issues with ZA hogging all of your system resources, but if it doesn't run a boot this is no problem. AVG seemed to perform perfectly adequately in its capacity as antivirus software. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life