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Which of These is Best Firewall/A-V?


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retrac1324

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Which should I choose for my Firewall and Anti-Virus?

--Windows Firewall
--ZoneAlarm Pro
--Norton Personal Firewall 2005 [With LiveUpdate]

--AVG Anti-Virus 7.1.371 Pro
--ZoneAlarm Anti-Virus Pro
--Norton Anti-Virus 2005 [With LiveUpdate]
--Computer Associates [CA] Anti-Virus

Edited by retrac1324, 28 January 2006 - 01:35 PM.

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You can try Zone alarm Free and AVG Free to see if they are suitable

Turn off the Windows firewall after installing ZA
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Yeah, thats what I was thinking, Norton Firewall doesn't let you customize the programs access as much as ZA does.

Norton is also a 'resource hog' and slows down my startup. It also seems that AVG has quicker updates.
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