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General Category => Tech Clinic => Topic started by: Pureblood on October 19, 2006, 12:03:14 PM

Title: Ok my macafee subscribtion ran out.
Post by: Pureblood on October 19, 2006, 12:03:14 PM

My macafee subscribtion ran out now i don't have anything on it. All used from macafee was it's firewall and anti virus thing. Do you have any suggestions on free items?

Title: Ok my macafee subscribtion ran out.
Post by: guestolo on October 19, 2006, 12:15:38 PM

You bet Pureblood, If the Firewall is no longer active, ensure for now the XP firewall is enabled

I like either of these free AV's
AVG 7 by Grisoft
OR
Avast Home Edition by ALWIL

I have Avira's AntiVir (FTP download mirrors not reliable) on another computer I have, I don't think the free version has an email scanner
It's a very good AV, but you would have to ensure you scan email attachments manually before you open them
It's good practice to do that anyways, so this way, I find AntiVir just as good

ONLY use one AV, more than one can cause conflicts and system Instabilities
I'm sure you know that

You can find links to these free tools HERE (http://\"http://www.thetechguide.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=15894\")

There are also links to free Firewalls on that same page
Have a peek, many users going with either Kerio or ZoneAlarm

Save the installers to desktop
Remove all of McAfee's>>Reboot
Install your new AV>>reboot if required
and then your new Firewall>>reboot if required
After installation of new Firewall, by default it  should disable XP's firewall
You also only want one Firewall running

I hope that helps

Title: Ok my macafee subscribtion ran out.
Post by: Pureblood on October 19, 2006, 12:25:27 PM

Ok thank you very much i will completly remove mcafee when i get home then download these tools. Thank you so much.

Title: Ok my macafee subscribtion ran out.
Post by: Pureblood on October 19, 2006, 02:55:48 PM

What about my routers firewall. Is that good enough?

Title: Ok my macafee subscribtion ran out.
Post by: guestolo on October 19, 2006, 05:25:22 PM

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