Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I've inherited a new pc over new year, a step up in terms of memory, power and speed over my previous one. What I need to know is what is worth putting on it in terms of software? Is XP's own firewall sufficient or should I go for something else? Best free anti-virus program? Some seem to think AVG won't be free for much longer but they seem to have an up-to-date free version on their site. Other recommendations for media players, firefox extensions and anything else useful gratefully received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 8893 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I've inherited a new pc over new year, a step up in terms of memory, power and speed over my previous one. What I need to know is what is worth putting on it in terms of software? Is XP's own firewall sufficient or should I go for something else? Best free anti-virus program? Some seem to think AVG won't be free for much longer but they seem to have an up-to-date free version on their site. Other recommendations for media players, firefox extensions and anything else useful gratefully received. I think some people got confused by AVG telling about one or two months ago that they won't provide update service for an older version (7.3 or something similar). When I updated to 7.5 I never got the message from AVG again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4ever 0 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I'm pretty sure the AVG not being free thing was a hoax/rumour only. I use a knock-off version of Norton 2005 (I know, I know) and it does me fine. I also like the Microsoft Antispyware program that is still free. My Firefox extensions are: IE View (gives a right-click option to open links in IE - handy for sites that don't work properly) Searchpluginhacks (allows deletion of search plugins on Firefox 1.5) Imagezoom (guess) Imageshack right-click (gives a right-click option to automatically rehost pics) Oh, and bookmark http://mycroft.mozdev.org/index.html for search engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I've used AntiVr in the past along with Zone alarm, I now pay for a Bullguard subscription for full tinternet security. free antivirus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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