Best Anti-Virus, Spam, Firewall package

[m raks]

As title, looking for an up to date software to d/l or purchase.

Any suggestions?

[BliarOut]

For home use the free versions of Zone Alarm and AVG will do the job admirably

[mr_yogi]

I'll second free Zone Alarm and AVG and add in spybot - Search and Destroy to the mix

I also bought the OEM version of Symantec Internet Security for my GF's laptop to keep her happy which I thought was a bit of a bargin at £27 delivered

[Plotloss]

I use

AVG
ZoneAlarm
Spybot
AdAware
Microsoft Defender
CloudNet

All sitting behind a hardware firewall.

Those b*stards can keep out!

[fish]

I don't think that is excessive enough...at one point at home I had two corporate hardware firewalls both NATing etc....

I decided it was a bit over the top and now ony have one plus Zone Alarm etc etc.

[Plotloss]

fish said:

I don't think that is excessive enough...at one point at home I had two corporate hardware firewalls both NATing etc.... I decided it was a bit over the top and now ony have one plus Zone Alarm etc etc.

Indeed and residential network security certaintly in my field is now a serious budgetary consideration...

[recalluk]

Anti Virus ... I prefer Avast to AVG but both do the job for free admirably. Just Avast comes with telephone support, AVG doesnt. If you have a broadband router, turn the stateful firewall on.

Software firewall, Zone Alarm is pretty much the defact standard these days, even in free form.

[egomeister]

Plotloss said:

CloudNet

I can vouch for plotloss's choices as I use them all myself except this one. What is CloudNet? - not come across it before...

[Tonsko]

In theory one hardware firewall should be enough, as long as it can do stateful packet inspection. Coupled with ZA, you should be fine. Can't really do anything if you end up being DOS'd though

[Bodo]

all in one - www.ubuntu.com

[Plotloss]

egomeister said:

Plotloss said: CloudNet I can vouch for plotloss's choices as I use them all myself except this one. What is CloudNet? - not come across it before...

It's a collaborative spam blocker.

So if someone reports a mail as spam, you dont get it...

[Plotloss]

Bodo said:

all in one - www.ubuntu.com

Its very good isnt it.

I'm very nearly converted, got me sandals and everything...

[Bodo]

Plotloss said:

Bodo said: all in one - www.ubuntu.com Its very good isnt it. I'm very nearly converted, got me sandals and everything...

I like it still use Suse though.

did you go for the hand knit pullover or the lumberjack shirt?