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schweet
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_ 		21. February 2007 @ 23:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey

Recently I had a 240gb hd installed on my pc and the guy who did it told me to remove my AV (Norton), and just rely on Zone Alarm firewall for protection; he said to just deny anything that's suss, and removing norton will make my pc run a lot faster.

No AV at all? Is he crazy or is there truth to this?

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spudgun77
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_ 		22. February 2007 @ 00:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ide use an Anti-virus - just not norton! theres plenty of free ones out there such as AVG, Avast, Active Antivirus (and a couple more too) which are much less system hogging than norton. A firewall will only monitor ingoing and outgoing connections on your computer and will not monitor for viruses. Zone Alarm free comes with an antivirus feature but I think this is only to monitor if your AV software is running or not.
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_ 		22. February 2007 @ 01:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
definitely use a av from experience AVG is a good one if you want a free one otherwise i can strongly recommend nod 32.
I read about comodo firewall on here and after only one day think it is better than kerio and Zone Alarm both i have used for a couple of years each. There is a great thread int he sticky section that gives a whole heap of advise and i learnt a lot from it - suggest you read it and it will help
good luck
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schweet
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_ 		23. February 2007 @ 21:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No worries, thanks for your replies.
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