Re: I need a Free Anti Virus Service?

Ranger93 <kolaboy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ive Read other Posts & there are a Lot of them.

There sure are.

Is Norton FREE?

No.

I had it When I Purchased My PRESARIO 2200. When I Was
Searching For Another PROVIDER I Thought I would TRY Peoplepc.com
They Have Their Own Security PACK. When I Downloaded the Software CD
It asked to Uninstall Any Other Virus Service I Have. So I Did !!!
BIG MISTAKE using PEOPLEPC.com. Ive had Connection Problems & Only
Had PEOPLEPC for 3 weeks.

now I Need an Anti Virus & Firewall Protection.

You have a firewall already - there's a basic firewall built into WinXP.
Make sure you're on SP2, though - just good advice in general. In SP2 it's
on by default. If you want something that blocks outbound traffic (which
Windows won't), you can look at ZoneAlarm....

For free antivirus, there are several options, but AVG is one of the more
popular ones. However, note that you get what you pay for. For your Norton,
even if it came with your Presario, it likely was an eval (or, it was one
that had a lapsed subscription after some point). I personally recommend
TrendMicro PCCillin for my small/home office clients; it's about $40 or so
per year. Like many IT people, I am not a big fan of Norton AV or McAfee.
Their stuff has become 'bloatware.'

For your connectivity problems, you should probably contact PeoplePC. I
don't use any ISP's software/CD, ever - I want to have control over what's
running on my computer, and I don't need an ISP's re-branded web browser, or
anything like that.

What Do You Recommend? Anyone HELP PLEASE !!!!!

See above.... And I hope you don't mind my mentioning it, but it's kind of
hard to read your post, what with the excessive capitalization of letters.
Write in proper English, and pretend you're writing an essay for a strict
teacher. You'll get more help that way. I truly mean this kindly and hope
you have taken no offense.



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