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Timberwolf5578   03-20-2008 at 11:28:35 PM

Which one gives the least performance hit? Is it safe to turn off Internet Security (anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, etc) while playing online games? How about when playing offline games - isn't a broadband connection always connected to the internet even when the browser is closed, still making the computer vulnerable?

Any responses will be appreciated.

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ohiou_grad_06   03-20-2008 at 11:42:14 PM
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I would not turn them all off, also, yes broadband typically is always connected. What you may want to look into, download a free firewall like ZoneAlarm or something similar. Firewalls like that can actually learn, like if it sees you have a program trying to access the internet, it will ask you about it, and you can allow or deny access to each program individually. I'd also run an antivirus. Personally I like AVG antivirus myself.

free.grisoft.com

Should be their website to get a free antivirus scanner, legit and free updates. Something like a combination of those 2 programs and scan for spyware periodically, you should be good.

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Scotteq   03-21-2008 at 01:17:31 PM
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(1) I do not recommend turning off firewalls and anti virus protection in order do... well.. anything really. Though I could see the justification for doing that during a serious benchmarking effort.

(2) Don't use anything from Symantec. Their stuff is slow, resource intensive, and they like to screw their customers into buying new products when they still have licence time left on the old ones.

(3) AVG, Kapersky, and NOD all get solid marks. I don't think you'll ge tmany arguments on your choice of one of these.

I went with NOD - http://www.eset.com - and grabbed the whole smart suite instead of just the anti virus. Compared to the 360 suite from Symantec, it clearly uses far less resources and to date has worked flawlessly.


Message edited by Scotteq on 03-21-2008 at 01:19:34 PM
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BleepingCrazy   03-22-2008 at 03:47:05 PM
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zone alarm pro firewall and norton antivirus 2008 are a great combination to have.

I've tested avg, nod and the rest....on 2 different machines. basically nod couldn't find what norton could. and 2008 version is MUCH less system intensive than previous versions of norton antivirus.

zonealarm has a "game mode" to remember the resources your pc needs for gaming. then switch it back to normal after 20 mins or so and your good to go!

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Zoron   03-24-2008 at 03:41:36 PM
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I use Panda... it seems to pick up things that Norton can miss.

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donshak22   03-24-2008 at 08:28:07 PM
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the best internet security ive ever used and am currently using is Kasersky Internet Security v7. Its got web,mail,browsing,file,email, protection with a constant protection scanner running in the background. Its also got a learning firewall, put it in training mode and teach it 1 time how you want it to run (eg wat programs are kl and wat arent) then your set. Its brilliant because its allways running the security in the back and it doesent bother you at all. In regards to memory intensive when i check the running procceses in task manager, it is only using 1,025k (bout 1mb!)

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mazuk   03-29-2008 at 08:40:03 AM
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Don't use norton...i used to have internet security suite which was maybe the worst decision ever as it would block incoming/outgoing ports without telling me and turned its own firefall on even when i tried turning it off......just use avg and ad aware or windows defender free and sufficient enough to do the job.

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