firewalls and pop up blockers?

[WayFast84]

Does any one have any good free pop up blockers, antivirus's and firewalls I can download, I had norton, and I paid like 80 bucks for it, and it went away :( Im not paying another 50 bucks for it again

[JL8Jeff]

ZoneAlarm works pretty good for a free firewall. I used it for a few years.

[GP99GT]

i dont use any antivirus or pop up blocker....just firefox

[bubba428]

Does any one have any good free pop up blockers, antivirus's and firewalls I can download, I had norton, and I paid like 80 bucks for it, and it went away :( Im not paying another 50 bucks for it again

I cheat...I uninstall it when it runs out then re-install it. the computer never knows

[Knipps]

i dont use any antivirus or pop up blocker....just firefox

:nod: i also use an add on that blocks the annoying ads on most websites

[shane27]

I had norton, and I paid like 80 bucks for it :owned:

[Untamed]

I have ZoneAlarm and use AdAware.

[WayFast84]

i think its taken car of, i found a wonderfull sight that allowed me to delete the damn pop ups, and had a list of programs not to install, and a list of good firewalls, adwares sharewares and antivirus's to download

[WayFast84]

edit, i just went on nastyz28 and it all started again!!!!!!!!!!!!! errr. Now when ever i go on any sites i get this crap again..

[NightRydaSS]

Does any one have any good free pop up blockers, antivirus's and firewalls I can download, I had norton, and I paid like 80 bucks for it, and it went away :( Im not paying another 50 bucks for it again

i don't use software based firewalls (execpt the one that XP has). hardware based it better, like a router. it changes the IP Address of the Pc (default 192.168.x.x) so that it can't been seen from the outside world. Software can be hacked, it is MUCH HARDER to hack a router.

Watch for "free" pop-up blockers, Ad-Ware removes, ect. They are "free" for a reason. Adaware is good tho. As far as anti-virus, i use Norton. You don;t need to go nuts with their suite deal. the privacy crap and other things they include just cuase more problems and kill your pc's performance. All you need is a good anti-virus and a spy-ware remover (which most anti-virus's detect/remove spyware now anyways), as well as common sense when using your Pc

I have been working with Pc's for yrs, and i have seen/tried it all. don't get sucked into the "security hype" that is goin around

[GP99GT]

if you really need them, spybot S&D and adaware...and stop being such a nooblet on the internet and clicking those porn ads

[WildBillyT]

In many cases it isn't a firewall/port blocking problem at all.

A lot of the spyware/adware installs itself as a browser help object. It will get uploaded into your registry and will put phantom DLL's in your Windows/System directory which you can't delete (because they will always be running). If you boot to safe mode and start hacking away at your registry it will re-download the spyware upon first clean boot. If you get something like this basically you are F'd with a capital F and it's easier to reformat.

[Savage_Messiah]

chill with teh pr0n

[WayFast84]

hahah, none here, it started on nastyz28 on IE, I since stopped using IE completly and only when I click on links on aim use IE. after using IE by accident I went to do adaware and I had something like 130 cookies. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!

i have spybot search and destroy. adaware, commodo firewall and super anti spyware.

[Brando56894]

I cheat...I uninstall it when it runs out then re-install it. the computer never knows

half the time that doesnt work, somehow the programs record when it was installed and then figure out what date the trial ends on. i still have yet to find where these values are hidden.

as for security the best firewall is a hardware firewall, it takes the load of your computer and as said previously its alot harder to hack. as for anti spyware apps try hitman pro, it runs about 5 or so spyware programs automaticly. it works great as long as youre not running vista :lol:

as for non-free programs, who ever said you have to pay for them :twisted:

[WildBillyT]

half the time that doesnt work, somehow the programs record when it was installed and then figure out what date the trial ends on. i still have yet to find where these values are hidden.


In your system registry as registry keys (type regedit from a run bar). If you know how to work with your reg you can get around things like that, but if you mess up it is BAD NEWS.

[Brando56894]

ive searched for them, and it still doesnt work. for example, diskeeper has one of those 30 day time limits. i deleted all of the keys relating to diskeeper and the any folder relating to it. reinstalled it and the protection was still there :?

[Tru2Chevy]

Matt - ignore Norton....use a high rated free antivirus like avast! antivirus....www.avast.com

- Justin

[WayFast84]

k thanks, I also went on ie and blocked third party cookies, and also on firefox, I cleaned ad aware, im gonna scan again soon to see if they are gone for good.

[Brando56894]

according to this (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2135053,00.asp) AVK 2007 is the best AV

[Savage_Messiah]

where the hell can one find this avk

[Tru2Chevy]

where the hell can one find this avk

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=avk+antivirus&btnG=Search

:google:

- Justin