I would think that most readers polled are just picking the firewall based on either it is the only one they have ever used, and/or it was the...
Wow, my befsr81 is 5 years old now and still runs strong when I use it, currently I use my 2wire router because of the hpna support which I need...
No slowdowns here with my router, but I always seemed to get a slowdown with with a software firewall, even if it was ever so slight a slowdown.
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IMO I think a hardware firewall/router is the only way to go. If one has things on their computer accessing the internet that they don't know...
I would try a router if I were you. Software firewalls are for outbound protection, whereas routers protect you from inbound attacks. I would be...
I am currently running Avast on all my home computers, and thought the other might be better since it is a pay antivirus, except for getting it...
etrust ez antivirus or avast free?
Where can I download this version of escan? Every link I find takes me to the new version.
Not allowed to use the computer at all.
I hope this is the right area to post this, but what can I do short of logging off windows 2k(and using a password for logging back on) to prevent...
I'll ask my wife if she will do it, Spanish is her native language. No guarantees that she will have time to translate the page though.
Never heard of it.
Well I have given Avast another try, and must say that this time all is running well. I must have had something else last time I tried that...
Well I don't know what to say, other than it did indeed slow my computer down, especially web browsing, and opening of programs. I have no...
It is a bloated, slow, memory hog IMO. It slowed my pc down to a crawl, slower than f-secure :o The only good part about it is it's free IMO....
Beta version
It just does not update, and sends a link for an error to my desktop. I click the link and it opens a blank log. It does update fine if I manually...
Don't feel bad, I can't even get it to silently update, which sucks IMO.
Didn't work at all for me, got a download error link icon on my desktop, I opened it and it was blank, any ideas?
So in the task scheduler, I put this "C:\Program Files\AVPersonal\INETUPD.EXE" /EXP /NW where it says run? What goes in start in:, comments:,...
What exactly do I do, I have never used windows scheduler? I have windows 2000.
Where do I put this info so to have it silently update in the background without any interface from me? Windows task scheduler, or the antivir thingy?
Re: Whick FREE firewall is light on resources??? Netveda
I think it is a fine firewall, light, has the features you want, and does not interfere with my gaming when I do play.
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