Safe pc

[CupofCoffee]

Got a new pc for my birthday and I am thinking of spending some money for good security software. But I am looking for a bundle that includes all the tools I need to make my pc safe. It should include a firewall, antivirusprotection, antispyware and so on.

What programmes would you say are the best ones for this job?

[Hawq]

Well if you dont mind seperate apps for each thing then for the grand total of £0.00 you could use avast antivirus & ZoneAlarm to cover virus & firewall duties, I use them & theyre great.

[Cap'n 1time]

I do all my online shopping with a bootable linux distro like damn small linux. http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

I dont believe in running all this crap, killing my processor so that I MAY protect your PC from script kiddies.

[Zion]

The new windows anti virus pack seems good

[Dull Blade]

from google, you can get a free 6 months subscription to Norton anti virus for free, and it is legal. http://pack.google.com/ it's free, no hassel and you get a whole bunch of great free google soft ware.

My Most Used sites

1) DCemu.co.uk

2)google

3)Ebay / auto trader.

Enjoy

[Kaiser]

I use AntiVir Guard. Its free and has kept viruses away from my computer for over a year.-->http://www.free-av.com/
Ad-Aware personal is another free program. This one deals with spy-ware and works wonders for me to -->http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/

[RedKing14CA]

Ad-Aware SE personal is GREAT and FREE, just search for the home page, that is for SpyWare/Adware...

Avast anti-virus is AWSOME too and FREE (www.avast.com) just download hoem edition..

Fire wall.. windows xp? lol

[yaustar]

Hardware Firewall (via a router or another PC)
AVG Free Edition
Sygate Firewall Personal Edition/Zone Alarm Personal Edition
Spyware Guard
Spyware Blaster
Firefox/Opera
Comon sense.

[Fender]

Since you are asking for a pack - aka security suite - you might want to check out Norton Internet Security 2006.

It has what you ask for, antivirus, firewall, inbuilt spyware and adware protection, as well as a regular spam blocker for your e-mail and a popup blocker for your web surfing.

Everything integrates nicely into one program window, and once installed won't hassle you at all. Updates happen automatically, too, so you're always on the safer side of things.

[acn010]

most of the security that was listed in this thread, you can download them on download.com and yes, some are free and excellent for my pc
i got ad-aware SE personal, no adware3. i recomend you to have more than 1 antispyware and i recomend these 2 that i listed (no adware3 is not free, you can find serials or keygens for it)
panda antivirus is my currentantivirus program

[CupofCoffee]

Thanks for all the tips guys; I tried some of the free stuff and checked out Norton Internet Security, since I really wanted a package solution. And I stuck with Norton, since it does just what I need.

And I kinda do mind running separate apps - mainly because I heard they would sometimes interfere with one another.)

[quzar]

The only security I've ever used is common sense.

[NoQuarter]

1timeuser has a great policy,use bootable linux!
Also it's better to keep windows offline IMHO.

[little green man]

Since you are asking for a pack - aka security suite - you might want to check out Norton Internet Security 2006.

What he said!

I have it installed, too, and have no reason to complain. It installs just fine and then mostly lives a quiet live in the system tray without bothering me.

[FrierTuck]

hmm, for a truely safe pc, dont use the internet, use sneakernet, have your friend print out web pages for you, download files on his pc, scan them, and then thumbdrive them, for e-com use his pc without him knowing lol

[CupofCoffee]

Great solution, FrierTuck. I should just make my friend give his PC to me altogether and then use two: One on- and the other off-line.

Failing that, and since Norton has served me well thus far, I thought I'd also ask if anyone has had a chance to try out Norton Internet Security 2007. Any great new features I should want to have?

[Destroyer699]

I have Norton.
It has caused more problems then it has fixed.

[Video_freak]

The new windows anti virus pack seems good

Wait, do you mean SP 2 or something else? :confused:

[splodger15]

Do not use Norton Internet Security as it slows computer down

[NoQuarter]

try knoppix