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    Light/good antivirus/firewall

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Supermiguel, Aug 21, 2012.

  1. Supermiguel

    Supermiguel Notebook Evangelist

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    I have been away from the windows world for about 3-4 years... Whats a good light and good antivirus? same for firewall?

    note: Dont really care about price
     
    Supermiguel, Aug 21, 2012
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    yuyi64 Notebook Consultant

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    For a setup that's light on system resources just use the Windows 7 firewall and Avira, Avast, or MSE (choose only one) for your antivirus.
     
    yuyi64, Aug 23, 2012
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  3. Deks

    Deks Notebook Prophet

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    I second yuyi64 suggestion.
    :)
     
    Deks, Aug 23, 2012
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  4. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Windows firewall + Avast! or MSE.

    If you want to go paid, Nortron has actually gotten decent, Kaspersky is rather resource heavy but good too.
     
    tijo, Aug 23, 2012
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  5. MidnightSun

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    I'll second tijo's recommendation of MSE coupled with the built-in W7 firewall. If you're willing (and feel the need) to pay, Norton Internet Security is a great suite: very, very resource-light, top-of-the-heap security, and extremely frequent and transparent updates.
     
    MidnightSun, Aug 23, 2012
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  6. Sanage

    Sanage Notebook Enthusiast

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    There are many good and powerful anti-virus program as:
    Kaspersky Internet Security 2012
    Eset Nod32
    Eset Smart Security
    Bitdefender

    Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 and Bitdefender is more powerful on virus detection, but they occupy much resources than Eset program. If you always play games on your computer, I suggest you take ESET anti-virus program.
     
    Sanage, Aug 24, 2012
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  7. Zioxy

    Zioxy Notebook Enthusiast

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    What she said.

    I used Bitdefender before, I didn't like it that much. It stops every single process you are trying to do and asks you if you want to allow it.

    I'm currently using Windows firewall + Avast! and it's good.
     
    Zioxy, Aug 25, 2012
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  8. MadHater

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    In my experience, Avast is lighter than Avira, and I'm also using it on an old and slow computer.

    However, people tend to recommend Microsoft Security Essentials as the the most lightweight AV around, so it's worth checking out.
     
    MadHater, Sep 2, 2012
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  9. jerry66

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    Trustport AV and Outpost firewall , the firewall has lots of great options , many more than the win firewall , if you like setting your own rules . It even has an auto rules creation if your not into setting your own
     
    jerry66, Sep 15, 2012
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    joeyboy, Sep 30, 2012
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  11. PinoyBoy

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    I've used MSE. IMO it's light weight and best of all: FREE! Only thing I hate about that darn thing is the full system scan takes nearly twice longer compared to my Norton Security Suite (provided free by Comcast).
     
    PinoyBoy, Sep 30, 2012
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    I've been using Microsoft Security Essentials for quite some time now and have never ran into any problems. I was a big Avast user back in they day but as of late their program is bloated and takes up way too much RAM.
     
    NitrousX, Oct 3, 2012
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  13. JWBlue

    JWBlue Notebook Deity

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    Avast free + Comodo free
     
    JWBlue, Oct 20, 2012
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  14. dj07

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    You can choose Immunet Plus Antivirus. It’s light as you want and the thing I love about it is Fast Standalone Antivirus which helps in cloud computing and deliver real-time protection to the computer. It also helps in thwarting bots, spyware, trojans, keybloggers etc.
     
    dj07, Oct 25, 2012
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  15. ikovac

    ikovac Cooler and faster... NBR Reviewer

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    Comodo.

    Cheers,

    Ivan
     
    ikovac, Oct 25, 2012
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