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Free Antivirus? Firewall?

post #1 of 8
6/18/04 at 6:24pm
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Anyone know of a free anti-virus and/or firewall software out there? I here there is stuff comparable to what is available from places like Symantec but for free... just don't know where to look. Looking to protect my new CL56 .

Also any other good freeware/shareware. I already got OpenOffice... but am looking for some more cool stuff... preferably clean and light.

Thanks
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post #2 of 8
6/18/04 at 6:28pm
Install linux...everything is free ....a router is always a NAT, it will beat any firewall on the market. I'm not too familiar with free antiviruses though.
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post #3 of 8
6/18/04 at 6:33pm
AVG Antivirus. Zone Alarm for a firewall (if you don't have a router). Both are free.
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post #4 of 8
6/18/04 at 6:33pm
The free version of ZoneAlarm does a good job at controlling and identifying which/what program is accessing, uploading or downloading anything from the net/network.
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post #5 of 8
6/18/04 at 6:33pm
www.trend-micro.com

Great web based free antivirus program.
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post #6 of 8
6/18/04 at 6:49pm
yeah the free zonealarm was crap when i tried it a year ago.
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post #7 of 8
6/18/04 at 7:57pm
I recommend AVAST... it seems to do an okay job of things, and is free for home use. for a firewall... there's always hardware solutions (smoothwall)...
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post #8 of 8
6/18/04 at 8:59pm
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Thanks. I went with AVAST after reading some other reviews. Still looking at the firewalls. The consensus for a firewall is ZoneAlarm?
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