Windows Protection Help Question

[5829]

Running XP Home SP3

For free software which do you recommend running. Or some other suggestions.

avg free
http://free.avg.com/

avast free
http://www.avast.com/eng/home-registration.php

comodo free
http://www.comodo.com/

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

AVG anytime.

[hotheat]

i've tried both avg & avast and both worked fine.

i have windows XP Pro.

[AYHJA]

AVG Free for me too Bro..

[Fapper]

i'm not using windows anymore, i've used avg (till version 8) and i agree it would be fine, but as any of the free others solutions gives you a fake feeling of shureness, if you install any of those and after a month you scan your pc with other you will detect (in particular) a lot of spam and plenty of malware not filtered. i dont know if this is made on purpose for the companies so you purchase the full license but be aware of that.

[NotFunny]

NOD32. ;) Less than $30 a year and worth ever penny IMO.

[5829]

Thanks for the feedback. The Comodo anti-virus is a new product for them. But they are supposed to have a good rep, at least for their firewall. So I was wondering how their AV would be.

I'll install AVG on this one and leave the Windows Firewall up. Just don't want to spend the money on this one.

I have NOD32 installed on another PC and I like it. Have you tried their new Security Package yet? I was wondering how it was.

[NotFunny]

Haven't tried the Smart Security package, just use the AV, I'm a little leery of these all in one solutions, one tends to lose control of things and I'll bet it has a far larger footprint, the AV's so darn light on resources!

[zaphodz]

I tried AVG free 8 but found it to be woefully slow - ie it increased bootup time and slowed down the computer significantly. Going back to AVG free 7.5 helped.

I'm a bit concerned about the direction AVG free is heading if version 8 will be required in a month or two's time. I'll probably investigate Avast when AVG free 7.5 is no longer supported by AVG.

I use xp sp3 32bit - mainly for gaming and 3D work. Otherwise for everything else I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 - it doesn't require an antivirus :)

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

Zaph! I miss 7.5. I lost my set-up awhiles back. Could I troulbe you & ask ya to rar & u/l your copy? Thanks.