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[Request]Anti-virus software for Vista

Canonfan · 2007-11-12 13:17:31

Hi everybody, I bought the McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 but it doen't work for Vista. Any good deals out there? Cheers.

12-11-2007 2:17pm

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Canonfan

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Hi everybody,

I bought the McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 but it doen't work for Vista.

Any good deals out there?

Cheers.

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#2 12-11-2007 2:32pm

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Avast and AVG are free and they freely work on Vista. I hv been running Avast since day one I have Vista. Works perfectly fine.

Marty

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#3 12-11-2007 2:33pm

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You can download a 90 day trial of Microsoft Onecare here it's then $49 a year for upto 3 PC's.

invest4deepvalue.com

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#4 12-11-2007 3:07pm

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you need McAfee version 8.5, can you bring it back?

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#5 12-11-2007 4:03pm

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Do not use McAfee. You cannot delete it from your computer once you install it, and there are much better, and free, antivirus programs out there.

Nod32 is a great antivirus, very easy on the RAM, and has a nice and simple interface. You'll need a seperate firewall program though....

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#6 12-11-2007 5:56pm

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Never buy an anti-virus progam. Use free ones like Avast and AntiVir.

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#7 12-11-2007 5:59pm

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nod 32 awesome but comodo firewall also great free

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#8 12-11-2007 6:09pm

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Thanks for the reply guys. I can't return the McAfee because I threw away the box.:(

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#9 12-11-2007 7:01pm

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Ninja_scrotum wrote: »

Do not use McAfee. You cannot delete it from your computer once you install it, and there are much better, and free, antivirus programs out there.

Nod32 is a great antivirus, very easy on the RAM, and has a nice and simple interface. You'll need a seperate firewall program though....

Agree get rid of that crap McAfee,and put in a free antivirus like avg,nod32 or Avast,although Avast is a bit of a resource hog imo...

Get a few free spyware programs too like spybot search and destroy and a decent firewall like comodo or outpost...

Spend your hard earned on something nice,not crap like norton,McAfee etc

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#10 12-11-2007 7:05pm

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Kaspersky works very well with vista ,no cpu usage and it works in the backround silently.:)

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#11 12-11-2007 7:17pm

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i find avg great though hard to find a free firewall on vista, most are still in development

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#12 12-11-2007 7:20pm

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TheDriver wrote: »

i find avg great though hard to find a free firewall on vista, most are still in development

Windows firewall on vista isnt that bad in fairness,especially when you mess around with it a bit..Im using outpost firewall on vista at the moment and its going fine

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#13 12-11-2007 7:20pm

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Zonealarm have a free firewall for vista ,i think it's listed under personal usage.

Here ,I hope this link works http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?dc=34std&ctry=IE&lang=en

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#14 12-11-2007 7:37pm

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I wouldn't waste my money paying for Anti-Virus software, AVG works great and it's free, and free updates daily. I've never used Avast, but that seems to get good reviews too

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#15 12-11-2007 9:46pm

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Cheers lads, I wish I saved my money for Turkish beers.

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#16 13-11-2007 12:20am

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Kaspersky has 50% off some products if you still want to buy, link to thread.

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#17 13-11-2007 3:11am

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Zonealarm have a free firewall for vista, i think it's listed under personal usage.

Zonealarm - piece o' crap. Hogs the Cpu and Ram. Crashes a lot. Try "Look n' Stop". Sounds lame, but it actually scores pretty high on firewall comparison tests. Beats the **** out of zone alarm anyways.

I forgot to mention in my earlier post that nod32 antivirus actually costs money! Avast is a good free program, but for extra features, and professional feel, I would go for nod32. Resarch all these on google. Don't just go on these posts.

Kaspersky

This is another good antivirus system I would recommend.

I have tried nearly every single program out there. I only use the most powerful defense i can find, because I often visit websites that are absolutely DRENCHED in viruses. NO NOT PORNO SITES!!!! Warez sites etc.

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#18 13-11-2007 3:23am

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Have Bit Defender myself. It's also one of the few I've found that has good 64bit support, if you go down that route.

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#19 13-11-2007 3:38am

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www.pctools.com

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#20 13-11-2007 10:29am

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I'm using AVG free on Vista, no problems.

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#21 13-11-2007 3:41pm

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AVG FREE i find to be the best, being using it for long time without any problems, just make sure you use some spyware progs as well mate, they can save your ass big time, and also run a prog called crap cleaner every couple of weeks and defrag after you have run it ! will keep ur machine in tip top shape !

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#22 16-11-2007 10:37am

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What do people think of Sygate as that is what i use?

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#23 16-11-2007 11:07am

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junkster12345 wrote: »

AVG FREE i find to be the best, being using it for long time without any problems, just make sure you use some spyware progs as well mate, they can save your ass big time, and also run a prog called crap cleaner every couple of weeks and defrag after you have run it ! will keep ur machine in tip top shape !

Avg is reliable,but I jumped on the chance to purchase kaspersky for another machine, a machine I was using AVG on.

I've been using kaspersky since may and it's the only anti-virus software ,that I actually forget I have. I have an avira subscription aswell which is not bad either.

Avg is a little slow and its scanning is a grinder.

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