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   Registered Member #1 Joined: Tue Dec 26 06, 06:52PMYour Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2060 | Howdy All, Thought I take 10 minutes or so out to cover the topic of 'PC Security' and pass on a few applications that can make your PC safer. 1. FireWall Firstly lets start off with the 'firewall' an application that controls what programs can talk to the outside world. I've used Zone Alarm free version for years now and had a single issue. To download it for free use this link: http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp (Its the lower link) 2. AntiVirus If you're unlucky enough or plain stoopid enough to go looking for trouble, you can pick up nasty things off the net in a few minutes and you need something that can deal with them. Again this is a program I ahve used for years and works a treat. AVG Anti-Virus. To download it for free use this link: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/downloads-products/us/frt/0?prd=aff 3. Nasty or unwanted Web Files Clear out nasty web files using LavaSoft's Adware Personal, after its first deap scan which can take a while, its smart scan feature is quick and simple, again I've used this for years and clears a shed load of crap out. To download it for free use this link: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php 4. Common Sense Yep I wish it coudl be installed as an application, however the wet-ware (thats you!!) needs to be restrained on what you're downloading, if you go looking for trouble (serials, keygens etc) then it'll take only a few moments for you to wind up in trouble Anywayz, if you have a suggested program that is FREE, please post below!! Matt
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fdffff   Registered Member #140 Joined: Sat Apr 21 07, 08:22PMYour Location: Pet store in Kent Posts: 1293 | I swear that Zone alarm has a 15 day trial.. hmm. Well anyways thanks for the links  I'm using Norton at the moment, its preinstalled when i use the built in system restore thingy, so i don't have to pay for the updates This isnt much but it looks pretty good, although i would stick with Zone alarm.  Avast Home edition.  | ||||
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  Registered Member #305 Joined: Fri Aug 03 07, 01:35PMYour Location: Uk midlands Posts: 398 | yeah good idea i use spybot seachr and destroy pretty good sypware and adware remover and its FREE | ||||
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I will eat your soul  Registered Member #143 Joined: Wed Apr 25 07, 09:24PMYour Location: Serbia - Belgrade Posts: 10611 | I use Windows firewall + Windows defender, so far so good. As long u dont seacrh for porn, keygens, serial, cracks you will be ok with this. I had Zone alarm + Kaspersky it was horrible, it lower my processor speed for 30% sumtimes more. So I use updates and patches from Microsoft and it work fine for me.   | ||||
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EX-Team MX  Registered Member #228 Joined: Thu Jun 28 07, 09:29PMYour Location: NIreland Posts: 127 | Adaware!! keeps mine nice and dandy   | ||||
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Cunning Stunt  Registered Member #67 Joined: Wed Feb 07 07, 10:14PMYour Location: UK-Harlow Posts: 48 | Been using that AVG along side windows firewall since i last completely wiped my harddrive about 5-6 weeks now. second choice was windows defender. totally happy with AVG no complaints so far I Picked A Bad Time To Quit Drinking | ||||
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LAAAAAAAGG!!!!!!  Registered Member #178 Joined: Wed May 30 07, 09:52AMYour Location: Chorley Posts: 563 | ive had avg and zone alarm going, got ad aware and found 59 problems ty moggie  | ||||
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Registered Member #13 Joined: Sat Dec 30 06, 05:29PMPosts: 261 | 1 firewall, 2 virus protections ie ( hendrix and stuee), and they say at least 2 or 3 spyware protection, but only 1 of each running to protect your comp, go here | ||||
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Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯  Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9952 | i was using avg anyway but adaware and spybot are great, didnt even know i needed them, thanks [ Edited Sun Sep 16 07, 06:44AM ]   | ||||
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The Chav Man. Registered Member #357 Joined: Mon Sep 03 07, 05:42PMYour Location: London Posts: 104 | I have a Mac so I dont use any anti virus but only recently when I installed XP (bootcamp runs windows native on a intel mac..) I had been running windows for a week weeks and reliased I needed anti virus so I downloaded AVG.. pointless story I surpose.. My sister didnt have an anti virus and she went to uni with her laptop.. within a week and she had around 150 viruses. So the moral of the storys are... always use anti viruses... I surpose I am 52% addicted to Counterstrike. What about you?   (Flame all you like) | ||||
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Registered Member #305 Joined: Fri Aug 03 07, 01:35PMYour Location: Uk midlands Posts: 398 | i also found it handy to run a registry scan but without being illegal im not sure of any free ones out there  | ||||
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51r J3991l0 Registered Member #257 Joined: Tue Jul 10 07, 02:36AMPosts: 439 | I'm a bit freaky on the amount of Anti-Spyware I use. All my recommendations R free and basic, with most giving the option to upgrade to more expensive version. I use Adaware and Spybot like sum other but I can also recommend: spywareblaster - easy, free & doesn't hug resources threatfire - very new recommendation (infact only dwnloaded it last night) but it seems good & can be used ASWELL as UR normal antivirus. Check the webby 4 more details. I have used this in the past and found it quite good also: AVG Anti-SpywareI hope these help. As I said they R just sum of the ones I have used but I'm sure I'll report back if more R needed. MX| Little Red |UKMD wrote ... i am not affraid to tell you lot that i like to wear womens undies! especially ladies thongs on back to front! Bling Bling|MҲ| wrote ... wots spam? ... except a reason to care that little trees have eaten all the pies and the bluebirds that mate backwards and if toffee was a minister of the crown, we would be the bishops fish and chips. | ||||
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Stuee Registered Member #55 Joined: Thu Jan 25 07, 11:29PMYour Location: Glasgow Posts: 946 | Any1 who is with virgin can get PCGuard for free off them ( if they have the medium or above package) its pretty good spyware and anti virus. Anytime i run adaware or spybot i get 0 files found since install of it.  |UKMD|Riley wrote ... except for when Stuee gives me a hard-on talking Scottish on TS | ||||
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alexmrb Registered Member #415 Joined: Wed Oct 03 07, 04:58AMYour Location: King's Lynn Posts: 1502 | I have Norton Anti-Virus + firewall aswell as windows, and also use adaware and spybot s+d. So I think I'm pretty safe.......so far anyway  | ||||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9952 | do ad aware, avg or spybot look for keyloggers? | ||||
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aba de booshalidge Registered Member #147 Joined: Tue May 01 07, 03:51PMPosts: 1026 | i use AVG and AVG anti-rootkit. both free. and windows firewall. never had any problems for about 6 months with these. previous was norton anti virus. which is a waste of time. use's up cpu. slow start up etc. other programmes related to it running in back ground! keyloggers r quite simple virus'. im sure adware or spybot would pick it up. not 100% sure tho big man!    | ||||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9952 | st3fan^ wrote ... keyloggers r quite simple virus'. im sure adware or spybot would pick it up. not 100% sure tho big man! big man?? i think i like the sound of that........  | ||||
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| aba de booshalidge Registered Member #147 Joined: Tue May 01 07, 03:51PMPosts: 1026 | bit of meat or big man... u chose | ||||
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| alexmrb Registered Member #415 Joined: Wed Oct 03 07, 04:58AMYour Location: King's Lynn Posts: 1502 | Hmmmm...I sense a male bonding session between Jim and St3fan  hehe | ||||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9952 | st3fan has been my partner in spam while rileys been off playing with the tories! (oooh eerrr) hes just discovered the joy of spam after 4 months here. late starter. | ||||
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| aba de booshalidge Registered Member #147 Joined: Tue May 01 07, 03:51PMPosts: 1026 | late bloomer never used to bother b4, but i thought i might aswell get involved! dont take long to post some spam on here! so if i aint actually playing u ladys still know im around. | ||||
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Nananana Eksmannnn Registered Member #474 Joined: Sun Oct 28 07, 12:41AMYour Location: Tarporley,chester,United Kingdom Posts: 777 | I advise you all to use CCleaner to clean up any s**t on your computer Got my mate to do it and it got rid of 2gigs worth Here is a link http://www.ccleaner.com/  | ||||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9952 | Your an unknown operating system may need a tune up. Click "Next" to recommend improvements. i'll wait till theres a vista update but ta anyway. looking for a free (yes free, preferably without having to use a torrent as the idea of that scares me) program that would sort my registry for me in vista? fix or remove all broken links and the like. | ||||
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| aba de booshalidge Registered Member #147 Joined: Tue May 01 07, 03:51PMPosts: 1026 | was guna say... no vista patches?! dont know anything about vista. read in some forums that its a bit werid still. will just wait till i buy next pc. was using 2000millenium edition untill 2 years ago! | ||||
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 Registered Member #533 Joined: Mon Nov 26 07, 01:59PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 610 | i use avg with spybot windows defender aint had a virus 4 3 yrs i also use a program called tune up utilities to keep junk clean does reg scan etc and it free it says trial but once trial used u have to just wait 4 timer  | ||||
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  Registered Member #587 Joined: Thu Dec 13 07, 06:50PMYour Location: Holmes Chapel, England Posts: 8 | Avg is the best free one out there    | ||||
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Ex Mx :] Registered Member #242 Joined: Sun Jul 01 07, 11:27PMYour Location: Tibro,Sweden Posts: 1302 | I think for people who running Norton Anti Virus Should take it away as its sucha big program (!!!) . Im using one called 'F-Secure' I got it free as my broadband dealer gives it to me free as im a local customer .. And the updates are free ... Have a look at : I used avg one time and i forgot turn off F-Secure , so my pc crashed as u should NEVER have 2 antivirus programs at the same time .. So no more avg for me I think its enough with the thing major uses ' : Windows Firewall And Windows Defender , I used it on my last computer , and i didnt even get one virus !! Thats pretty amazin as i were downloadin almost all the time .. Well anyways .. Good Luck with te anti virus programs And i would like to wih you all : A very nice christmas  | ||||
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omnia causa fiunt Registered Member #141 Joined: Tue Apr 24 07, 10:00AMYour Location: London, UK Posts: 5402 | I keep a python in my PC case and a Doberman chained to the router - works for me   | ||||
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| Ex Mx :] Registered Member #242 Joined: Sun Jul 01 07, 11:27PMYour Location: Tibro,Sweden Posts: 1302 | Hows that working , is it free one ? Where can i download that program ? | ||||
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  Registered Member #661 Joined: Tue Jan 08 08, 10:06PMYour Location: Assebroek, Bruges, Belgium Posts: 57 | I use nod32 but it's not free... I do believe you can get a trial but meh something that IS free is HITMAN PRO.. It's basically a bigass macro that installs, downloads, updates and runs a bunch of the best anti virus, anti spyware, anti anything -programs worth checking out imo... but please note: the whole process of running Hitman Pro can take a while so meh.. I use it when I'm going out, when I'm back it's done and my pc is mintfresh !! LINKIE  | ||||
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 Registered Member #601 Joined: Thu Dec 20 07, 03:00PMYour Location: Carmarthenshire, Wales Posts: 50 | I found COMODO Firewall to be a bit better than Zone alarm, and its totally free it has a nice feature tht shows actiuve processes that might be hidden to you, even in task manager. also another nice program is Win Patrol, shows active programs, start up programs, scheduled tasks etc, very good for spotting and locating malicious programs.. its free, but some features need you to get a licence key | ||||
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|UKMD| Simpology AKA Verbal Diarrhoea Registered Member #709 Joined: Wed Jan 23 08, 11:43PMYour Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 42 | I'm confused, wheres the link to download the common sense gone :/ I'm a little sniper short and stout, here is my deagle here is my scout Simpology - weak and silent but insanely voilent (fear the usp!) | ||||
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Horror Rock/Punk till I die! Registered Member #488 Joined: Mon Nov 05 07, 02:13PMYour Location: Market Drayton Posts: 246 | Jim CCleaner does run on Vista and has done for around 5 months or so. Just download the correct one for Vista and it also sorts your registry out in the registry tab. Bloody great piece of software!  | ||||
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burn all N0obS Registered Member #445 Joined: Tue Oct 16 07, 05:54PMYour Location: Acworth, Georgia!! Posts: 2724 | i have found a better spy/malware program than spybot. feckin got a evil virus over the weekend, sort it out with a program called bit defender 10, and its free  | ||||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9952 | link? | ||||
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| burn all N0obS Registered Member #445 Joined: Tue Oct 16 07, 05:54PMYour Location: Acworth, Georgia!! Posts: 2724 | O J!m u are so demanding its also got a ati virus built in that runs alone aside any other virus scanner u got on the machine | ||||
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| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sky blue ¯\(º_o)/¯ Registered Member #351 Joined: Thu Aug 30 07, 12:23PMYour Location: cheltenham Posts: 9952 | this is a helpful thread for n00bs. back when i was a n00b (said as if im not one now) it took me hours to find the google page, let alone do a search on it | ||||
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| burn all N0obS Registered Member #445 Joined: Tue Oct 16 07, 05:54PMYour Location: Acworth, Georgia!! Posts: 2724 | it asks for a email address this is to send a a key to downlaod | ||||
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| Horror Rock/Punk till I die! Registered Member #488 Joined: Mon Nov 05 07, 02:13PMYour Location: Market Drayton Posts: 246 | http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ That's the link to CCleaner. Should be all versions. Let me know if it isn't | ||||
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titosfuneral Registered Member #783 Joined: Sat Feb 16 08, 09:44AMPosts: 1546 | If your machine starts to crunch... check you haven't got Windows defender installed along with any other adware program (Spybot, adaware atc etc) and... DEFENDER HATES AVG FREE Keep 'em on seperate machines!   .Tito\\\'s Law. - You can\\\'t fall off the floor | ||||
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