Free anti-virus and firewall software

[admin]

Free (6 months subscription to) Kaspersky Internet Security:

http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/4953

I'm using KIS at the moment, and it's pretty good, if slightly high in the memory usage stakes. My license is also a free 6 months one from about 5 months ago (give away in a PC magazine).

[atifsh]

i found avast 4.8 pretty good and fast, better then my older 2 products frm symantec.
whats better whole 1 year, then re-register to get one more hmmm nice. combination with S&D works for me....

[gonwk]

NetworkAdressTranslation
all routers have it, it's what you do with a router that's important
change the default password, use mac address filtering for wireless etc
malware has now moved into routers

Hi Chewy ... dude you always talk 3 or 4 levels above my head ...
Chewy can you point me to a website that can teach me (us) these "NAT" and other Router setup.

Thanks,

G!

[Chewy]

I could but they are above my head

the whole idea is if you are on a broadband cable modem or dsl one, if it doesn't have a router built into it(where you can connect 4 wired connections) then you need to add one between your modem and your computer

http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation

when yuu go to this site it shows your real ip address

a hacker or malware can try to get into you by going there

a router reassigns ip addresses and stops the hackers

looking from your computer outward

start>run>cmd

then type in

ipconfig /all

192.168.2.1

here's my gateway(belkin router)

and it gives me a virtual/private IP

192.168.2.4 right now

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/

study this site and come back and explain it to me, some of this stuff is worse than video

[gonwk]

Hi Chewy,

THANKS ... at least now I will be heading in the right direction.

G!

[tims4789]

I stick to AVG free. That has never failed me. I use comodo for a firewall.

[gonwk]

Search & Destroy TeaTimer & ...

Hi folks,

FYI, my OS is Vista Home Prem. SP1, 64-bit.

I believe that S&D TteaTtimer tells us if a program or a .EXE is trying to "Add Registry Entries" ... so then that might alert you to a possible Problem.

Q1: Is S&D TeaTimer same as or similar to Comodo Firewall? If not what is the equivalent to S&D TeaTimer?

Q2: If the two are the same ... then which one is better at the protection that I mentioned above ...
A) S&D TeaTimer or
B) Comodo Firewall

Q3: If I decide on using S&D and TeaTimer ... what other AntiVirus and Firewall would it work well with it.

Thanks,

G!

[dr_ml422]

I'm not 100% sure they're the same. Maybe work the same in regards to certain things. Tea Timer is always on, and does take a bit of ram, but some like it. Blu I think posted about using it, and being ok w/it. I chose to not check it off on setup. I use Spybot S&D w/Avira and just window's firewall. No problem whatsoever. I also added Malware Bytes to my arsenal. Now if S&D is compatible w/your system go for it. Avira's great. Small foot print if any. Malware Bytes on the $$$ also. Well it's free so that's a oxymoron I believe. I don't know your browsing habits, or how paranoid you are, and if this is for your notebook. If it is you better have a good wireless router setup like Chewy suggested. Safe hexing Master Gonwk. Vigilance best overall in addition to anything you use.

[soup]

Had one go around with teatimer, which was the last time it will be installed on any systems I own.

[dr_ml422]

Had one go around with teatimer, which was the last time it will be installed on any systems I own.

Ditto for me as well soup, and thanks to chewy for the heads up when I first went to install it.

[Chewy]

Teatimer is very powerful, and complicated registry protection, Blu seems to have mastered it. I was OK with it after I had hosed 2 or 3 computers, none of my clients ever mastered it. Firewalls don't protect the registry. Winpatrol does, and I wouldn't use it with teatimer. It seemed a little more stable.

[gonwk]

Hi guys,

Thanks DR_ML, Soup, and Chewy for your responses.

@ Chewy ... I am running WinPatrol ... and I like it ... the only thing about it sometimes it asks me about a function ... well, if I don't understand or know about the function then what am I tell it to do ... then I sometime just guess at the darn thing.

I wish WinPatrol had a database that I could pop up and check and see if the thing is koshere!

G!

[dr_ml422]

gonwk have you had a really bad hack into your registry that you definitely feel the need for all that security? A good router hooked up and configured along w/the s&d and w/e av along w/MB should do you right. Remember what chewy just posted. Blu has mastered the Teatimer, and we both can really agree that neither you or me or many of us are even close to what Blu can do. So just imagine the learning curve for that Winpatrol, especially if it's not really a immediate need. Conquer and divide.

[gonwk]

gonwk have you had a really bad hack into your registry that you definitely feel the need for all that security? A good router hooked up and configured along w/the s&d and w/e av along w/MB should do you right. ....

Hi dr_ml,
No ... I want to keep it that way!

BTW, how have you been!?!? Are you freezing your tush in your nick of the woods?

G!

[Chewy]

when winpatrol asks to allow something, just think, did I just install a good program or go to a badwebsite

remember a lot of programs ask for you to reboot, make sure you do so and then allow winpatrol