Vista - ZoneAlarm or AVG?

both are bad

download avast home antivirus free
and use the buit in vista firewall

"webster72n" <webster72n@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Which program is better suited for Vista, free ZoneAlarm or AVG, or is there
a better one yet?

Harry.

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:58:15 -0500, "webster72n"
<webster72n@xxxxxx> wrote:

ZoneAlarm is a personal firewall, and AVG is an Anti-virus. They do
different things, so can't be directly compared.

Personally, I wouldn't use either of them. I recommend the built-in
Vista firewall rather than any third-party one like ZoneAlarm. And for
an anti-virus, I recommend NOD32 if you willing to spend the price. If
not, and you want a free anti-virus, I recommend either Avast or
Avira.

And over and above an anti-virus and firewall, you also need two or
more anti-spyware programs. I recommend that you install MalwareBytes
and at least one other from the following list:

SuperAntispyware
Spyware Blaster
Spybot Search and Destroy
Adaware.

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"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:et1nm41ppp8vgmv3id9cb6rll9iu0fjsmk@xxxxxxAVG comes with Spyware and the paid version does real time cleaning of
the spyware. Works well here.

Most AV software has trial version for
their non free products though. Best to test for yourself as they seem to
have
different results based on different hardware and expectations.

I agree though about the firewall - the
built in one works fine for me on both my XP and Vista machines.

They are two separate applications. Zone Alarm is a firewall and AVG is an
Anti Virus application.

Vista has its own built in firewall, so Zone Alarm isn't necessary. I use
the Windows built in firewall.

AVG is a good free anti virus application and one that I actually like.
Another free one is Avast, although Avast doesn't have such a user friendly
interface.


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"webster72n" <webster72n@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
ZoneAlarm has an Anti-Virus with Firewall included. They are also in
Beta for a 64 bit version.

Clark

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:56:22 -0600, Clark <no-spam@xxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, but when someone uses the name "ZoneAlarm" without specifying its
anti-virus product, they almost always mean the firewall product, and
that's what I assume the OP meant.

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> ZoneAlarm has an Anti-Virus with Firewall included. They are also inI think programs that TRY to be something else that they are never do
a good job. So I recommend using the program for what it is good at!

ZonaAlarm is a Firewall! They now want a share of the A/V market.

Avast, AVG etc ARE A/V programs but TRY to add Spyware scanners.

Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware ARE spyware scanners.
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Ken, the OP stated the 'free' version therefore, as you rightly assessed, he
would be talking about the firewall.

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On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:50:06 -0000, "John Barnett MVP"
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Thanks, John. So my assumption was right, even though I didn't notice
the word "free."

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