thecombo101's config

[jamescv7]

Good choice as Waterfox known to be the fastest version so far using the engine of Firefox itself.

 

[malbky]

Are you planning to buy Norton? IF then buy it as you wont regret it. Just check newegg they have some great deals.

 

[shalnark11]

Get Superantispyware Free And If Your Norton Expires Get Avast 7 AV Free And Lastly Get A Decent Firewall Or Try Tinywall

 

[thecombo101]

Since I currently have a limited budget, I'll have to decide between getting a free AV or a cheap paid one (like NOD32, Webroot, etc.). Any recommendations? I'm searching for an AV with little to no slowdown and the fact that I game quite a bit. So not really for Comodo right now...

Oh, and I'm using CCleaner with CCEnhancer now.

 

[loveboy_lion]

If you are a gamer and want to buy antivirus then i would recommend ESET and you wont be disappointed but i would recommend you to try ESET Trial before you actually buy it
Thanks

 

[Ink]

I would consider ESET Nod32 if you were to purchase an AV.

Other AV choices I would suggest:
Either Avira Free and/or Kingsoft AV 2012 (Light, Companion, Cloud AV).

Which ever you feel comfortable with and doesn't disrupt your gaming.

 

[thecombo101]

Removed: Norton Internet Security (Trial)
Added: ESET NOD32 (Trial)

 

[thecombo101]

Now dual booting with Linux Mint 13. I find the Cinnamon desktop environment to be quite nice.

 

[thecombo101]

Removed: ESET NOD32 (Trial was expiring)
Added: Avira Free

 

[McLovin]

Do you use the Windows Firewall as a firewall? or?

 

[thecombo101]

Yep, I'm currently using the default firewall.

 

[thecombo101]

Added: ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall (For testing purposes) and Zemana Antilogger Free.

 

[NSG001]

Added: ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall (For testing purposes) and Zemana Antilogger Free.

ZA free suite:
Be interested to know memory working set on this lately.
Was initially using in excess of 100mb i think.
Thanks in advance

 

[thecombo101]

The only noticeable slowdown so far is the boot time, but it's tolerable. Everything else is still good though.

zatray.exe is sitting on an average of 6MB while ForceField.exe is at about 2MB. It's a bit lighter than I expected.

 

[thecombo101]

Removed: ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall
Added: AVG Anti-Virus Free and ZoneAlarm Firewall (I've become a fan of ZA firewall )

So I decided to keep the firewall and thought of switching to Avast, but I think that the latest build of Avast is too buggy for me to use so I installed AVG instead.

 

[NSG001]

Out of curiosity Why did you remove the ZA AV (Kaspersky engine) ?
Detection wise Kaspersky always seems to outperform AVG.

 

[thecombo101]

Honestly, ZoneAlarm's antivirus isn't bad at all, it's just that it's not enough to stand out from the others (Avast's streaming updates and shields, AVG's Identity Protection, Comodo's Defense+). But it's good for people who don't need bells and whistles and just want simple security. The only con I really found was the once a day autoupdate.

 

[NSG001]

Thanks for your response.
Yes the once a day updates would certainly deter me

 

[McLovin]

Something that I think every AV should be doing is updating their databases at least every 2-3 hours.

 

[thecombo101]

Removed: AVG Anti-Virus Free
Added: avast! Antivirus Free (Thank you avast! for the bugfixed build. )