Protection ... The lightest tools to be used

[MGadAllah]

Dear all:

We have many experts here around;

I'd like to know if it is possible to stay safe and protected while using free tools;

What can I use for: Anti virus, Trojans, Ad ware, Spy ware, ...etc, and finally a firewall.

And could it be balanced that these tools are being light too.

Is it an equation that can be balanced!?

Safe Protection + Light Tools + FREE $

Please advise

Thanks

Edited November 17, 2006 by MGadAllah

[Tarun]

AV: Avast

Firewall: Comodo

Anti-Malware: Ad-Aware, Spybot, AVG-AS, SpywareBlaster, IE-SpyAds, Firefox.

[MGadAllah]

Thanks mate

[Jeremy]

AntiVir is freeware as well and is better than Avast.

[MGadAllah]

AntiVir is freeware as well and is better than Avast.

Are you talking about AVG free?

[Jeremy]

No.

http://www.av-comparatives.org (Web Site)

http://www.av-comparatives.org/weblog (Web Blog)

Edited November 20, 2006 by Jeremy

[MGadAllah]

So you are talking about this, there are two products:

- Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic ... Yes it is free

- Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium ... Not free and I think you were talking about this one.

which one you were talking about mate?

Yesterday I was trying COMODO Anti-virus & Firewall, YES... they are free, but not very good as I was expected. Machine became lazy and slow very much.

I will try and feed you back

Thanks

Edited November 20, 2006 by MGadAllah

[noguru]

So you are talking about this, there are two products:

- Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic ... Yes it is free

- Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium ... Not free and I think you were talking about this one.

which one you were talking about mate?

Yesterday I was trying COMODO Anti-virus & Firewall, YES... they are free, but not very good as I was expected. Machine became lazy and slow very much.

I will try and feed you back

Thanks

He's talking about both I think. The version tested by AV comparatives is the premium version but the free version uses exactly the same engine and signatures. I use the classic (free) edition, it runs stable and is light. Imo worth trying

[MGadAllah]

well, I'm using AVG free + classic version; any thing else?

[bonestonne]

i tried out comodo for a while, but since i'm all old school my computer doesn't have much ram, so it slowed me down.

as long as you aren't the fullscreen power user, i find ZoneAlarm to be a good firewall. its got its flaws, just like every other program created, but it doesn't eat up a computer with already low memory.

[MGadAllah]

I'm 512 MB Ram