# Temporary antivirus/firewall solution... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 24, 2006, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562 "2006-02-24T11:01:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/1 "2006-02-24T11:01:02Z")
Some of you may have already seen/heard about this; Norton has applied a patch to it’s 2006 security suite that fixes the most recent activation exploit (bug). So far today I’ve tried: :tdown: Freedom (from Adelphia) ![http://www.ubrf.org/forums/images/smilies/tif.gif](http://www.ubrf.org/forums/images/smilies/tif.gif) Zone Alarm (not impressed) ![http://www.ubrf.org/forums/images/smilies/tif.gif](http://www.ubrf.org/forums/images/smilies/tif.gif) AVG (meh, it’s okay… not great, but not all that bad.) Can anyone a recommend **solid** antivirus/firewall solution? ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/2 "2006-02-24T11:10:21Z")
my firewall is sygate pro I will use nothing else! ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/3 "2006-02-24T11:13:40Z")
> [@tpgsr](#): > > my firewall is sygate pro I will use nothing else! Sygate puts out a free one also which isn’t bad ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/4 "2006-02-24T11:15:08Z")
> [@tpgsr](#): > > my firewall is sygate pro I will use nothing else! LOL same here :tup: Been using it for the past 2 years… when I formatted my pc the last time, I gave zone alarm a shot and lets just say, it stayed on my machine for a few hours before going back to sygate. just a heads up though, they used to offer a free version, but dont anymore. if you look for “sygate personal firewall download” in google you should find it no problem. oh, and I use AVG… been using it for a long time now and hasnt let me down yet. In fact, I was running Norton before I went to AVG and AVG picked up 2 virii that norton never seen (yes, it was up to date) ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/5 "2006-02-24T11:17:57Z")
dling sygate personal firewall + serial… any other recommendations? keep 'em coming. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/6 "2006-02-24T11:20:35Z")
AVG is one of the best AV programs out there, good luck finding one better. and please dont say norton. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/7 "2006-02-24T11:20:55Z")
make sure that it is personal firewall pro [http://www.ddetail.com/sygate.zip](http://www.ddetail.com/sygate.zip) ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/8 "2006-02-24T11:25:52Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > AVG is one of the best AV programs out there, good luck finding one better. > > and please dont say norton. i have to say it does pick up a descent amount of stuff. the user interface could be set up a liiiiiiiiittle better… mostly the problem i’m having with it right now is that the e-mail scanning says ‘not installed’… :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/9 "2006-02-24T11:30:03Z")
> [@tpgsr](#): > > make sure that it is personal firewall pro [http://www.ddetail.com/sygate.zip](http://www.ddetail.com/sygate.zip) woo hoo, thanks for the link. :tup: that was a lot faster than p2p. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/10 "2006-02-24T11:32:24Z")
> [@SilencingMachine](#): > > woo hoo, thanks for the link. :tup: > > that was a lot faster than p2p. 😃 anything else you need lol ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/11 "2006-02-24T11:47:15Z")
> [@SilencingMachine](#): > > i have to say it does pick up a descent amount of stuff. the user interface could be set up a liiiiiiiiittle better… > > mostly the problem i’m having with it right now is that the e-mail scanning says ‘not installed’… :gotme: are u using the free ver or the regged ver. the email part has never been an issue for me, always installed without any hitches, but im using the enterprise ver. im not sure if the free ver. does the email scanning. ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/12 "2006-02-24T11:49:08Z")
> [@tpgsr](#): > > anything else you need lol i’ll be sure to ask you first. 😉 > [@BuickGN](#): > > are u using the free ver or the regged ver. > > the email part has never been an issue for me, always installed without any hitches, but im using the enterprise ver. im not sure if the free ver. does the email scanning. this is a reg version, but it says ‘email server edition’ or something… maybe i’ll have to look for another. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/13 "2006-02-24T11:51:06Z")
i have a copy if u want it, its pretty small ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/14 "2006-02-24T11:51:46Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > i have a copy if u want it, its pretty small for sure. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/15 "2006-02-24T11:58:10Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > are u using the free ver or the regged ver. > > the email part has never been an issue for me, always installed without any hitches, but im using the enterprise ver. im not sure if the free ver. does the email scanning. yeah, the free version has email scanning :tup: 🙂 kevin, hook me up man ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/16 "2006-02-24T12:00:33Z")
> [@SilencingMachine](#): > > :tdown: Freedom (from Adelphia) holy shit this is like the worst thing you could EVER put on your comp doesn’t scan the boot sector or registry, either ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/temporary-antivirus-firewall-solution/8562/17 "2006-02-24T13:04:33Z")
> [@ghettostyleTA](#): > > holy shit this is like the worst thing you could EVER put on your comp > > doesn’t scan the boot sector or registry, either lol is it that bad? I was gonna use it when I first joined adelphia, but decided against it