need-AV, AS & firewall advice

**Wox** · 04-12-2007, 11:47 AM

I'm not sure if the post belongs here.. well..

Anyways, I have a almost 3-years-old ThinkPad running XP Home SP2 here, and it doesn't have good performance(I think it's because of the crappy hardware). I used to use Kaspersky 5, and when the license expired I tried ActiveVirusShield, Kaspersky 6, AVG Pro and Nod32. AVS and K6 causes tons of BSoD's while Nod32 slows the comp down by 100 times. AVG is the only one that's light on system resources, but it sucks(False positives, update bugs). I now use AntiVir Classic, which sucks a bit too, but at least it has no bugs. For AS, I used to have AVG Pro, but it doesn't work on my comp anymore(unknown problem). I then tried CounterSpy and TrendMicro but they all trashed the performance. Comodo firewall is also one of the reasons my laptop is dog-slow. So now I need advice on which AV, AS and FW programs are good and light on system resources? They could be freeware, but don't have to be. Thanks!

Drew_ · 04-12-2007, 11:59 AM

I use Zonealarm pro for the firewall and Nod32 for the anti virus. I havn't noticed any slowdown with Nod32.

Zonealarm have a good free firewall aswell.

**Glaswegian** · 04-12-2007, 01:02 PM

Hi

Have a look here

PC Safety and Security--What Do I Need?

**PanamaGal** · 04-12-2007, 04:15 PM

How much system memory do you have?

**Wox** · 04-13-2007, 11:07 AM

Thank you all,
Drew_: Nod32 slowed down my system 100 times. Everything went well with AntiVir but it sucks at detecting stuff(and I hate the pop-ups about buying the premium crap).
Glaswegian: I read this before, but nothing good works on my laptop.
PanamaGal: 512mb. BTW, I think the processor is Pent M.

04-12-2007, 11:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Wox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 638 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	need-AV, AS & firewall advice I'm not sure if the post belongs here.. well.. Anyways, I have a almost 3-years-old ThinkPad running XP Home SP2 here, and it doesn't have good performance(I think it's because of the crappy hardware). I used to use Kaspersky 5, and when the license expired I tried ActiveVirusShield, Kaspersky 6, AVG Pro and Nod32. AVS and K6 causes tons of BSoD's while Nod32 slows the comp down by 100 times. AVG is the only one that's light on system resources, but it sucks(False positives, update bugs). I now use AntiVir Classic, which sucks a bit too, but at least it has no bugs. For AS, I used to have AVG Pro, but it doesn't work on my comp anymore(unknown problem). I then tried CounterSpy and TrendMicro but they all trashed the performance. Comodo firewall is also one of the reasons my laptop is dog-slow. So now I need advice on which AV, AS and FW programs are good and light on system resources? They could be freeware, but don't have to be. Thanks!

04-12-2007, 11:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Drew_ Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, England Posts: 53 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium/Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: need-AV, AS & firewall advice I use Zonealarm pro for the firewall and Nod32 for the anti virus. I havn't noticed any slowdown with Nod32. Zonealarm have a good free firewall aswell.

04-12-2007, 01:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 25,503 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 / Win 7 Pro My System Blog Entries: 10	Re: need-AV, AS & firewall advice Hi Have a look here PC Safety and Security--What Do I Need? __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. PC Safety & Security::PC running a bit slow?::Donate::Photographers Corner

04-12-2007, 04:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
PanamaGal Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Panama Posts: 1,240 OS: WinXP Pro SP2; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista Ultimate; Vista Business	Re: need-AV, AS & firewall advice How much system memory do you have? __________________ It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

04-13-2007, 11:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
Wox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 638 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: need-AV, AS & firewall advice Thank you all, Drew_: Nod32 slowed down my system 100 times. Everything went well with AntiVir but it sucks at detecting stuff(and I hate the pop-ups about buying the premium crap). Glaswegian: I read this before, but nothing good works on my laptop. PanamaGal: 512mb. BTW, I think the processor is Pent M.