XP64bit Antivirus/firewall???

paultwyman · July 8th, 2008

Hey,

Just got XP64 and am having trouble finding a firewall/antivirus that will work with it.

Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations?

manta · July 8th, 2008

Avast...and its free

AJLynn · July 8th, 2008

Arrrr matey. Avast! be the good shit.

paultwyman · July 8th, 2008

Arrr, cheers me hearties. I shall have a look at that there booty.

Ky Lane · July 8th, 2008

I use AVG.

shaneis · July 8th, 2008

If you're going to use AVG, do the webmasters of the world a favour and don't install the AVG LinkScanner option as it's increased global traffic significantly http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/03/1411254. An alternative is McAffee's SiteAdvisor (for Firefox and I.E.) http://www.siteadvisor.com/

A good (and free) software firewall is Comodo http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/overview.html

Ky Lane · July 8th, 2008

Cool, disabled it.

Billabong · July 9th, 2008

BitDefender all the way

There is also Nod32 and Kaspersky's. All 3 are the top rated antivirus

bsm3d · July 20th, 2008

Hi,

With XP64 edition I found NOD 32 V.3 very fast and stable, a good web traffic control and compatible with internal XP Firewall (As I have Router with Firewall I only use XP firewall in addtion).

The think i like NOD32 is, when surfoing if a website have a worms or somethings inside, NOD disable the worms and give me the hand to continue surf on in secure mode.

You can also think to install Spy Bot search & Destroy, free and very good to protect your computer about Spyware and Rootkit.

tayrona · July 20th, 2008

Agree with Benoit... I was using AVG and after installing xp 64 bits, had troubles, active perfil changed, problems with kernel files.... after instaling nod 32...... I am flying... very nice!

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paultwyman Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 75 Name: Paul Twyman	XP64bit Antivirus/firewall??? Hey, Just got XP64 and am having trouble finding a firewall/antivirus that will work with it. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations?

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manta Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 1,174 Name: william york	Re: XP64bit Antivirus/firewall??? Avast...and its free __________________ DESIGN FORWARD http://www.mantastudios.com

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AJLynn Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Beantown Age: 29 Posts: 4,426 Name: Andrew Lynn	Re: XP64bit Antivirus/firewall??? Arrrr matey. Avast! be the good shit.

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paultwyman Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 75 Name: Paul Twyman	Re: XP64bit Antivirus/firewall??? Arrr, cheers me hearties. I shall have a look at that there booty.

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Ky Lane Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 31 Posts: 924 Name: Ky Lane	Re: XP64bit Antivirus/firewall??? I use AVG.

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shaneis Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 690 Name: Shane Neal	Re: XP64bit Antivirus/firewall??? If you're going to use AVG, do the webmasters of the world a favour and don't install the AVG LinkScanner option as it's increased global traffic significantly http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/03/1411254. An alternative is McAffee's SiteAdvisor (for Firefox and I.E.) http://www.siteadvisor.com/ A good (and free) software firewall is Comodo http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/overview.html Last edited by shaneis; July 8th, 2008 at 10:25 PM.

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Ky Lane Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 31 Posts: 924 Name: Ky Lane	Re: XP64bit Antivirus/firewall??? Cool, disabled it.

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Billabong Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Age: 37 Posts: 480 Name: Brandon Hall	Re: XP64bit Antivirus/firewall??? BitDefender all the way There is also Nod32 and Kaspersky's. All 3 are the top rated antivirus __________________ www.billa1.com

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bsm3d Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Namur Posts: 5 Name: Benoit SaintMoulin	Re: XP64bit Antivirus/firewall??? Hi, With XP64 edition I found NOD 32 V.3 very fast and stable, a good web traffic control and compatible with internal XP Firewall (As I have Router with Firewall I only use XP firewall in addtion). The think i like NOD32 is, when surfoing if a website have a worms or somethings inside, NOD disable the worms and give me the hand to continue surf on in secure mode. You can also think to install Spy Bot search & Destroy, free and very good to protect your computer about Spyware and Rootkit.

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tayrona Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Colombia Age: 34 Posts: 239 Name: Diana Escorcia	Re: XP64bit Antivirus/firewall??? Agree with Benoit... I was using AVG and after installing xp 64 bits, had troubles, active perfil changed, problems with kernel files.... after instaling nod 32...... I am flying... very nice! __________________ Tayrona http://www.gaestudio.com/

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