What is the Difference from antivirus and internet security software?
im still deciding what to buy norton 2009 or kaspersky 2009….
but kaspersky has 2 flavors and norton has 3?!? kaspersky has internet security and anti-virus and norton has gaming security, internet security and anti-virus whats up with these? and what should i get?
i browse the internet a lot and download a lot too…. sometimes i play online but not that much…
thanks
Just download http://www.avg.com, it is free anti virus and internet security and it is safe to use.
There are no difference between this two. Every Anti-Virus software has already been emerged with the internet security software. If you are talking about internet security software means they scan the internet if there’s a cookie, virus, malware, worm and spyware the same as for the Anti-Virus Software.
Kaspersky is rated #1., but the Norton has the features you need the most like e-mail scanning, photo scanning, instant messaging scanning and games…….But if i was to have a say so in the matter..I would go for Kaspersky myself….(no bias decision) I base that on AV Comparisons.org reports on Kespersky and Norton….take a look yourself…
you dont have to pay to have decent security,just go to the link below,ned computer@pctechnician at work,ps recommend antivir antivirus installed its free.
Save some money and choose some of these apps:
Anti-virus:
1.avast! Home Edition 4.8
2 Avira AntiVir Personal 9
3 AVG 8.5
4, Threatfire
5 Panda Cloud Anti-virus
(use only one.If you go with AVG,use Threatfire too)
Anti-spyware:
1. Ad-Aware
2 a-squared
3 Malwarebytes-Antimalware
4 COMODO BOClean
5 SUPERAntiSpyware
6 Windows Defender
7 Spybot Search and Destroy
8 Spyware Blaster
9 Spyware Terminator
(use 2,3,or even 4)
Firewall:
1 Windows Vista
2 COMODO Pro
3 ZoneAlarm
4 Online Armor
(use only one)
available free for personal use at:
CNET http://www.downloads.com
Major Geeks http://www.majorgeeks.com
FileHippo http://www.filehippo.com
Softpedia http://softpedia.com
Anti-Virus software is just software that scans for viruses and worms only. If you are connected to the internet then I would suggest an Internet Security Suite as it contains an Anti-virus program, Anti-spyware program and a Firewall plus a few other features such as parental control and privacy control.
I would suggest Kaspersky Internet Security Suite based on my preferences but if you’re looking for something easy to use, and is set up right out of the box I would suggest Norton or Mcafee.
I know there are a lot of editions out there and depending on what you want (complete pc security, pc security + pc maintenance, just an anti-virus which I DO NOT recommend getting alone) you can compare the editions of Norton at: http://shop.symantecstore.com/store/symnahho/en_US/ContentTheme/ThemeID.1795800/pbPage.NIS09wide?ipd=InterstitialChall&ipln=true
And Mcafee at: http://us.mcafee.com/root/product.asp?productid=comparison