Free antivirus from McAfee - HSBC bank

[Kwackerz]

Whenever you connect to the Internet, you expose your computer to the risk of infection from viruses. They can attack websites, email attachments, or a network of computers.

We've teamed up with McAfee® to offer all our Personal Internet Banking customers access to free Security software for 12 months.

We are continually reviewing and enhancing the security we offer you as part of our Internet Banking service. It's also very important that you, as an internet user, take the appropriate steps to help protect yourself. McAfee® Security helps to protect your PC and your information against internet fraud and intrusion from hackers

My overdraft fees obviously paid for all that. Hope all HSBC online customers appreciate my efforts..

[Gio]

Got it on my daughters computer, however its not good enough for business (got 256 bit protection there)

[mangocrazy]

Personally I wouldn't touch McAfee with a bargepole. It's marginally less bad than Norton, but that's about as good as it gets.

Gio, I think you're confusing encryption and anti-virus there...

[snapdragon]

My overdraft fees obviously paid for all that. Hope all HSBC online customers appreciate my efforts..

Oh I do K, I do my savings are subsidizing your lifestyle after all

[Kwackerz]

Well at least if Im spending it, THEY cant fritter it away on payrises, etc

[Gio]

Personally I wouldn't touch McAfee with a bargepole. It's marginally less bad than Norton, but that's about as good as it gets.

Gio, I think you're confusing encryption and anti-virus there...

Yeah, but its in the same package isn't it?

[Gio]

Personally I wouldn't touch McAfee with a bargepole. It's marginally less bad than Norton, but that's about as good as it gets.

Gio, I think you're confusing encryption and anti-virus there...

Yeah, but its in the same package isn't it?

[snapdragon]

Personally I wouldn't touch McAfee with a bargepole. It's marginally less bad than Norton, but that's about as good as it gets.
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So what other free antivirus/security sort of thing is there that you would touch mango? Got any reccomends?

[mangocrazy]

I'd recommend the Holy Trinity of AVG anti-virus, with regular usage of Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy. All have free versions and all seem to do what they say on the tin. There's always a bit of an overlap between viruses, adware and spybots, so I'd tend to go for a specialist 'killer' for each type of malware.

I'd also recommend a firewall like Zone Alarm, even if you already have a hardware firewall on your Broadband Router, and don't just rely on the built-in Windows firewall. It only registers incoming threats, not those that are already present on your machine and are trying to gain access to t'Internet.

AVG here:

http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-v ... ee-edition

Adaware here:

http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

Spybot S & D here:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

Zone Alarm here:

http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us ... rewall.htm

Hope this helps!

[Da_Ku_Joutei]

Just for choice sake http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

[Samray]

All good advice.
I use Mango's first 3.

[Aladinsaneuk]

agree with mango

I do not use a firewall bar windoze one, but i do know how to set my router one up.... so I am lucky :)