Vista own Firewall is very good, and quite sufficient for what you need.
Below are some compatible security Programs you might want to use with Vista.
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
Avast Anti-Virus is Vista compatible (32bit and 64bit Versions), FREE,
auto-updating, and a low resources user of your computer.
And, only have 1(one) Anti-Virus installed / running on your computer at any
one time..
Conflicts may occur if you have more than 1(one).
http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6 is a very good, FREE Anti-Spyware Program.
Download, install, update, and immunize your System with it.
Then SCAN with it.
Update it, and scan your System once a fortnight.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareBlaster 4.1 is a non-intrusive, FREE Anti-Spyware Program that runs
in the background (no scanning by you!).
SpywareBlaster prevents the installation of many so-called spyware, adware
and malware programs by disabling the CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX
controls, and also prevents the installation of any of them via a webpage
Update it once a fortnight, and let it do its work in the background!
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
Malwarebytes is as the name says, a Malware Remover!
Download, then update, the FREE version from one of the sites listed below:
Download from Download.com
Download from MajorGeeks.com
Download from GT500.org
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
"Dajan" wrote:
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> Hi
>
> I used zonealarm in XP do I need it with vista or is the default programs
> enough
>
> Thanks
>