At least with Zone Alarm you will know what programs on your computer
are trying to access the Internet. It does require some judgment on your
part because you will have to decide what gets permission and what
doesn't. The neat (or scary thing you find out is how often all of the
Microsoft programs want to "phone home", for their unexplained reasons.
Also, I've used Adaware and Spybot but they just didn't seem to find the
spyware as well as Spy Sweeper did. Plus, Spy Sweeper was able to
effectively clear up some installed spyware that the others found but
couldn't do anything with. I don't know if it's the best, but it worked
for me when I needed it most. Plus, being a paid subscription, it runs
automatically and updates definitions everyday. Spy Sweeper prompts you
whether or not to keep any newly installed program. If you ever have the
misfortune of being infested with spyware, you'll wish you had gotten
the best protection installed ahead of time. After the fact is probably
too late.
Just my opinion...
Richard P.
rlsimon wrote:
I switched from Norton 2003 to Avast and it seems to work well. I have
dialup via ATT via proxy accelerated ...do I need ZoneAlarm really? For
spyware, I run Adaware periodically. Spybot doesn't ever seem to find
anything, but has the "immunization" feature.
Mike
Stephen Brownfield wrote:
A coworker of mine just bought a new Dell computer (with Vista) and
her
free Norton Anti-Virus (spyware blocker etc) has expired. She turned to
me to ask me if she should renew it or get something else and if so
what. I told her I couldn't answer it because as she knows I'm a Mac
man and that would be a different answer. I however told her that I
would check with the list. What do you recommend? It is a family
computer. They are a family of 3. Their son is about 12.
Thanks
Steve
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