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To: roamer_1

All Free, Excellent WIN protection:

COMODO Firewall
AVAST! Anti-Virus
Malwarebytes
Spybot S&D.
Firefox browser.

I’ve used this combo for years and put in on all my family’s computers (non-techies) and had virtually no problems. Every once in a while something will slip though - usually a new hijacker or something, and it gets cleaned up quickly.

No cost, daily updates, excellent protection over the years.


67 posted on 03/29/2011 3:54:31 PM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: paulycy
Thanks for your reply.

COMODO Firewall

I REALLY liked comodo firewall from it's beginning until they added the whitelisting... After that, it became too confusing for my clients... And Windows firewall has improved enough that I don't install an after-market anymore.

AVAST! Anti-Virus

I am sorry, but I have never understood the unswayed loyalty folks have for avast... I have never found the product to be particularly effective - and I tested it every winter until this last one. In the past, AVG was my recommendation in free antivirus, but it has grown fat and does not detect like it once did... Now, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is my top choice. It is very lightweight and very effective... And I have always recommended AntiVir Personal, though it has no e-mail scanner, so would not recommend it unless the client only used webmail.

The rest of your picks I am in 100% agreement with.

81 posted on 03/29/2011 6:38:39 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit.)
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