have zone alarm suite 6.5 and like the kaspersky av better

i am new .my question is i like the zone alarm suite 6.5 but the av i dont like the im protection and the parental controls are a plus ..i would like have kaspersky,could you shut down the av on zone alarm and install kaspersky? or just install zone alarm pro and kas ,but we have a young teen who loves IM ,please help..

 

see this thread: ZA and KAV?

 

ZA has excellent firewall but it lacks of good AV and AS .

ZA suit has IM protection , this is nonsense , every product you have will protect your computer which includes the Instant messages , this IM protection is ZA is just a marketing stuff.

If you need to choose between Kaspersky and ZoneAlarm , I would recommend you Kaspersky , because it has much better AV/AS and overall protection than ZoneAlarm's suite . You can buy Kaspersky AV and use the free ZA firewall or buy Kaspersky IS instead
You can also have a look at other products such as NOD32 , which are excellent , too

Learn how to protect your computer here

As for the parental control , hmmm ,this is difficult , especially when there are teenagers . Please read these :
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/default.mspx

Use Microsoft Shared Access tool
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/faq.mspx

 

well an antivirus can catch malware sent through IM, but ZA's imsecure lets u encrypt your chat/im, turn off links, block spammers, etc.

 

As parental control i would definately take k9 webprotection (website: www.k9webprotection.com) , the best webfilter available (and it's free)

 

Would just like to second that this is a great little app for parental control

 

thanks , for all the replys...

 

If someone insists on IM secure, isn,t it available as a standalone product as well?