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| | Hi all, I'm currently running windows Vista Premium. I'm looking for a good antivirus+firewall. Which is actually reliable and not paranoid at the same time. The Internet security software I run at the moment ( Panda Internet Security 2007 ) is not very good at all. I mainly use my pc for playing games nowadays. But this is hampered by a extremely annoying firewall which hates Punkbuster. Which sadly runs on most online games that I play. Could anyone recommend a Good Antivirus+firewall which is vista compatible?. I have such a game getting games to work online sometimes I feel like pulling my hair out. I'm even contemplating buying a new HD and installing Windows XP on it.
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| | I have Windows Live Onecare running which is Microsoft's own firewall/antivirus/phishing solution. I have had no issues with it but I guess the sceptics will always diss anything by Microsoft. I first heard about this when I first got Vista but at the time it was only available in the United States so I couldn't purchase the full version. By chance I saw it on the shelf in a PC World a few months ago and have been using it ever since. It also runs on Windows XP Service Pack 2.
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| I use AVG by Grisoft, mainly because it's free, but that doesn't mean it's crap, it get's updated daily and does exactly the same job as most paid for programs and it's dealt with the odd occasion where a virus has managed to sneak onto my PC. As for firewalls, sorry can't help you there, not used one for years since having routers with them built in, although I noticed AVG do one too, although not free.
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| Chas (17/09/2007)
I use AVG by Grisoft, mainly because it's free, but that doesn't mean it's crap,it get's updated daily and does exactly the same job as most paid for programs and it's dealt with the odd occasion where a virus has managed to sneak onto my PC. As for firewalls, sorry can't help you there, not used one for years since having routers with them built in, althoughI noticed AVG do one too, although not free.
I'm EXACTLY the same, stick with my router for firewalling and use AVG for my antivirus needs. I'm running Vista Ultimate and have no issues 
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| there are so many anti virus out there,like nod32 kasp, etc which are all godd progs in there own right i sweared by zonealarm ,but it was so intense and when pc gaming it was a problem but everythinh else was fine im like the rest of the guys have router and ihave avg suite with its own firewall and i play guildwars alot and not a problem
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| i use , Windows Firewall , and NOD32 and i swear by this it gets updated everyday ... and i used to use kaspersky before i accidently deleted it ...
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| | AVG from Grisoft is a cracking little tool, as said above, and the best bit of course is it's free!!! i couldn't get on with that Onecare thing at all, i d/loaded the trial version and it made my lappie freeze all the time, i had to do a system restore after deleting the bugger. might be designed for Vista really, despite being advertised as SP2 friendly...
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| | I used to use nod32 on my old XP machine, and it seemed excellent. Was not sure weather or not it was actually Vista compatible. Or maybe my version wouldnt be?. Used to use zonealarm pro firewall, which I myself thought was a excellent tool, the only ports I used to have to allow were for xbox live, until I brought a router that is. All games ran perfectly after youd set all the allowed connections. Are both these programs windows vista compatible?. I did once try AVG, but my pc started running strange, stuff was closing down auto etc etc. I uninstalled and installed nod32 at the time and found I did actually have a virus. Which Nod32 dealt with. Which makes me abit wary of using AVG.
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| AVG.
Very good AV solution, and free.
Windows Firewall is fine, although a bit fiddly, and free.
Spybot S&D and Adaware finish the set, also both free.
Windows Defender... does this do anything??? I don't know, which is why I use the two malware tools above.
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| Pa1N (18/09/2007)
... Was not sure weather or not it was actually Vista compatible. Or maybe my version wouldnt be?.
Are both these programs windows vista compatible?. I did once try AVG, but my pc started running strange, stuff was closing down auto etc etc. I uninstalled and installed nod32 at the time and found I did actually have a virus. Which Nod32 dealt with. Which makes me abit wary of using AVG.yeah it is compatible with vista , i have it running on Vista Home Premium
i think you may need a patch ... not sure , probably best to just ignore all of this post ... lol although you could just put your nod32 on vista , it should work , it does on mine lol
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