[RESOLVED] Virus protection needed

[Milton]

My year long subscription to Norton is about over.Anyone have any suggested free virus protection downloads and or anything else that will help? I am running Windows XP Home Version and the browser I am using is the latest Mozilla Firefox.Do I need to download another firewall or is the XP version OK?
Thanks

[Society]

try AVG and see how it works.
http://www.download.com/3000-2239_4-10761481.html

[fink]

Do a search in this forum for "best antivirus" or "free antivirus" and you'll get a number of usefull hits. There's Avast, Antivir, AVG which are all free (I'd suggest Avast of all those but they all have fans)

As for a firewall the one in XP isn't great. Zonealarm is regarded highly, Kerio/sunbelt is good, Comodo is good too (I use it but some have had annoying little problems with it).

[PC Solutions]

Uninstall Norton through add/remove programs then reboot.
Then download and run the Norton Removal tool from
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...05033108162039
Reboot and watch your computer speed magically increase dramatically!

I use AVG and love it!
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

[catchup]

Any opinions on Kaspersky

[fink]

Yes, Kapsersky is in my opinion one of the top two. Nod32 is the other. Both not freeware though.

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...d.php?t=223577

http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...d.php?t=222705

[SpywareDr]

Free Firewall's

Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...ku_list_za.jsp

Comodo Group's Comodo Firewall
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Free Anti-Virus

Alwil's avast! Home Edition (Anti-Virus, free version)
http://avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

AntiVir's AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic
http://www.free-av.com/index.htm

Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti.../lng/us/tpl/v5

[Milton]

Thanks everybody for the help.I will let you know how things work out.

[LindaHewitt]

If you check around at Staples, CompUSA and other stores, you will find that they have advertised specials where you can purchase Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS) and get a 100% rebate, so your total cost for a one year subscription is the sales tax charges.

CompUSA had such a sale on Friday, November 23. Do a search here at VDR for Kaspersky and you will find links, so that you can find out if you can still make that purchase.

Cheers,

Linda

[Milton]

Thanks everyone for all the help ! I loaded AVG anti virus,Zone Alarm firewall and cleaned out Norton.An added benefit was a return to normal boot up speed.I have been having problems for some time with a very slow boot up.Once Norton was removed boot up returned to normal.