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Name: mp703
Date: November 8, 2006 at 11:16:52 Pacific
Subject: Best home anti virus program?
OS: Win 2000
CPU/Ram: P2/120
Model/Manufacturer: Intel
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Hi,

Which is the best anti virus program for home use? What do I need to be safe? Anti virus, anti spyware or anything else?

TIA
Martin


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Response Number 1
Name: murr
Date: November 8, 2006 at 12:41:09 Pacific
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Click on the more button near the top.


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Name: Hoss78
Date: November 8, 2006 at 13:12:17 Pacific
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Name: najitech
Date: November 8, 2006 at 14:04:55 Pacific
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I am also using Avast! on my home PC, and have had no problems.


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Name: jboy
Date: November 8, 2006 at 15:30:55 Pacific
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http://www.computing.net/security/w...

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie!'... till you can find a rock


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Response Number 5
Name: sultan_emerr
Date: November 10, 2006 at 19:40:55 Pacific
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Spybot-S&D = safer-networking.org = http://www.safer-networking.org = Be sure to use the immunize feature, and as with everything else, keep it updated.

and Ad-aware = http://www.majorgeeks.com/download....

SpywareBlaster/SpywareGuard - Freeware = http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spy...
and
AnalogX Script Defender- Freeware = http://www.analogx.com/contents/dow...

The most important thing to keep in mind, regardless of which anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-spyware and firewall you use ( http://www.microsoft.com/athome/sec... ) is to keep it UPDATED, just as it is important to make sure you have all windows critical and security updates. + =
http://update.microsoft.com/windows...

http://dailyrotation.com = Tech news updates
http://www.30gigs.com = Free large email storage
http://www.dozleng.com = Calendar Of Updates
http://www.digitaljournal.com
http://www.hong-kon


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