antivirus & firewall

[buzzking5]

i was wondering if some peeps on here could advise me on the best free antivirus & firewall please and that does not use to much of the resources on my computer, any help please i would be gratefull...thanks

[caveman_nige]

For a firewall i would recommend Zonealarm
Free Firewall by ZoneAlarm

as for AV thats down to personal opinion.. I have used AVG free in the past and found it to be a reliable product
AVG Free - AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

[SubnetMask]

I'd strongly recommend against AVG. Since about version 8, it has gone way downhill. The "Link Scanner" component is notorious for having issues (pegging CPU Usage @ 100%) and the only way to fix it is to uninstall. Microsoft's Security Essentials is far suprior and free as well. Are there better products than Microsoft's? Probably, but AVG is bottom of the pile now, in my experience.

[dasteph]

try avast av free the only downside is you have to renew the licence key every year which is sent in a email when needed.
the firewall i use only on vista and windows 7 is windows7 firewall control which when used in 7 is that you can you use the windows inbuilt firewall and the firewall control together without any conflicts also it is easy to config and use.

[Lyrrad]

I use and pay for AV NOD32. For me it has been a worthwile spend

For a free firewall I use COMODO and think it's hard to beat http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/d..._firewall.html

Just make sure you don't run COMODO AV at the same time as any other that you may choose. I find the AV part of COMODO too abtrusive and too complex to tweak.

[faum72]

Avast home is real good and is one too try

[freefa11]

avast

avast is bye far the best free protection its the durex of the anti virus world if you serch around on line there is a german independent testing company that reviews loads of soft ware avast has been in the top five for about 3 years the others n the top five you have to pay for
norten was at the botem of the list

[jerry9032]

not suprised norton was at the bottom of the list i had a bloody nightmare with them last year, i use kapersky at though you have to pay for it, easy to set up and friendly to use never had a problem with it

[portbhoy]

Avast is the best but it's a bit bloated, Aviras a really good lite one pc tools firewall plus is a nice lite firewall too I'm currently using microsofts security essentials it's been pretty good so far fingers crossed