Comments on: Fun with computers http://walt.lishost.org/2007/09/fun-with-computers/ The library voice of the radical middle. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:23:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Francesco http://walt.lishost.org/2007/09/fun-with-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-29584 Francesco Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:34:02 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=631#comment-29584 Hi Walt,
I am a librarian in a small documentation centre in Rome (Italy). In our office we use Nod32 (www.eset.com) as antivirus and are very happy with it (we have win2000 and winxp pc’s). It works in background without any slowing of the machines.
(Sorry my bad english).

]]> By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2007/09/fun-with-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-29577 walt Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:33:35 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=631#comment-29577 I’ve heard good things about AVG. Thanks for the suggestion. (For us, McAfee has the advantage that my wife’s using it and finds it workable. I used Norton for years and years, but no more.)

]]> By: Hazel http://walt.lishost.org/2007/09/fun-with-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-29575 Hazel Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:41:51 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=631#comment-29575 Nothing wrong with ZoneAlarm — I do SOOOO agree with you but I allowed my technician friend (he sorts computers for a living) to set me up with the paid-for version of AVG “all in one” and it runs like a dream on my third-hand eight-year old computer still running on Windows ’98 as well as on the newer machine. And you can set it scan on start-up anything from once a week to once a day. I like it. Worth a thought maybe and saves money into the bargain.

]]> By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2007/09/fun-with-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-29573 walt Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:26:55 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=631#comment-29573 Christopher: There’s nothing wrong with ZoneAlarm AV. There’s nothing wrong with ZoneAlarm anti-spyware. And ZoneAlarm’s firewall is still the best on the market.

What is wrong, badly, is ZoneAlarm’s integration of AV and anti-spyware into a single product, when used on a computer that isn’t on 24 hours a day. Once that’s known, the fix is easy: disable automatic scans. I’ve been using Zone Alarm for months now. When it comes time to renew, I’ll probably switch to McAfee.

As for the last paragraph: What part of “Comments involving Apple will be cheerfully ignored” wasn’t clear? I have no desire whatsoever to switch platforms, and find Mac enthusiast evangelism, well, tiresome.

]]> By: Christopher Harris http://walt.lishost.org/2007/09/fun-with-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-29571 Christopher Harris Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:09:11 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=631#comment-29571 OMG!!! TURN OFF THE ZONE ALARM ANTI-VIRUS!!!

That thing will kill any computer. After I tried installing it, figuring I would save time and money by combining all my security purchases/renewals into one, my computer instantly hit a dead stop. It took me five or six boots (same trip hunting for a wired keyboard) to finally get that thing turned off.

If you are looking for virus scan, I highly recommend the open source and free ClamWin online at clamwin.com.

And don’t be so fast to ignore Apple. I am loving my switch to Apple with Windows accessed via virtual machine.

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