[cuttlefish]

I see it is about AUD90.00 per year for 3PC's and reckon that is a bit rich for what you get!

I have been used AVG 2007 to date, got sucked into downloading the 2008 free version and now have their nag screen popping up all the time wanting money from me for the full version!

Getting a bit sick of AVG being the memory hog it is and wondering if members have other progs that do ther job just as well?

[TOGG]

I use NOD32 myself so I have no idea about Live One Care's antivirus capability, but its firewall component doesn't do well in the Matousec tests; http://www.matousec.com/projects/fir...ge/results.php

[MikeSwim07]

I would recommend Avast or Avira free anti virus. They are both free and in my opinion better than AVG.

And No, LiveOneCare is not worth 90$

[PCcruncher]

I have switched from AVG to Avast, I like it better.

[SIR****TMG]

Now were all Happy for you

[Bonnieclark]

MikeSwim07...
I think that's $90 Australian, not U.S. It's more like $50 U.S. Still too much, though.

[MikeSwim07]

Oh Yeah. 50 US is still way too much.

[Rich-M]

Originally Posted by cuttlefish

I see it is about AUD90.00 per year for 3PC's and reckon that is a bit rich for what you get!

I have been used AVG 2007 to date, got sucked into downloading the 2008 free version and now have their nag screen popping up all the time wanting money from me for the full version!

Getting a bit sick of AVG being the memory hog it is and wondering if members have other progs that do ther job just as well?

IMHO it is a total ripoff. I have my own forum and we have a Paltalk Chatroom weekly for live tech support, and one night one of my Admins who used Live One Care on 5 pc's took in a message that infected her pc and required an image restore to fix. That night she listened to me and downloaded Nod32 and trashed Live One Care and never had an issue again.
Don't confuse Nod32 with Avg, Avira and Avast, the method of reaction is completely different. The former repulses the issue so it never gets in. The latter lets it in and does battle. Now logically, is the $29 Nod costs worth having to infect your pc and then pull the infection out? Makes no sense. Let the people who are too poor or won't pay for protection live with those things, be smarter yourself! Thje best things in life are actually NOT FREE!

[speed_hog]

I have 4 of my 6 main PC's running all the time doing different things
and have the same setup on all of them
i use avira antivirus free
comodo firewall free
winpatrol free
spybot search & destroy free
I have never had anything get past this setup and hurt any one of my PC's
I also use site advisor by mcafee, extension for Firefox, helps you steer clear of the risky sites
http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ff.html
they have for IE if you must use it
Good Luck

[Rich-M]

Originally Posted by speed_hog

I have 4 of my 6 main PC's running all the time doing different things
and have the same setup on all of them
i use avira antivirus free
comodo firewall free
winpatrol free
spybot search & destroy free
I have never had anything get past this setup and hurt any one of my PC's
I also use site advisor by mcafee, extension for Firefox, helps you steer clear of the risky sites
http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ff.html
they have for IE if you must use it
Good Luck

Point of fact though is nothing you are using will keep anything out though. That is what we must be careful as your protection is your skill, not these products and less experienced users could easily be overrun your way.

[speed_hog]

Very good point Rich-M, I use to get malware and such all the time LOL
had forgotten that,
You learn from experience what and where to avoid...

[jsparky77]

I wouldnt even use Live OneCare let alone pay for it. If you were going to get a paid one though, i would recommend Kaspersky or Nod32. From the tests ive seen, these two have scored the highest results

As for free ones, i would recommend Avast, Avira AntiVir or a-squared

[speed_hog]

I forgot one important factor I am also using a linksys Router
which of course has a Hardware Firewall built in.

[chiliwormeater45]

$50 for an anti-virus is way too much, when there are really great free anti-viruses.

I use Panda antivirus 2008 which costs me $30 a year but it's really great. Includes a very detailed online scanner, which works very well. If you want a free anti-virus try:

AVG but this isn't that good but it works and is free. I used to get lots of viruses when I had this, so it was never really good enough for me.

Avast - Heard lots of good things about this one, but I've never tried it.

Norton Security Scan (included with google pack and spyware doctor). Worked very well for me, for a little while.

[TechOutsider]

Live OneCare is .. bc.

$20 can buy you 3 licenses of N360.

http://nortontoday.symantec.com/feat...32039204726477

Zero impact.