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Thanks for the tip. But I thought only the basic ZoneAlarm was free. Isn't ZoneAlarm Pro more comparable to Personal Firewall in terms of features? (Sorry for the newbie questions) >>
Not sure what the benefits of Symantec's firewall over ZoneAlarm free version. I have been using ZoneAlarm for a couple of years now even though I have several copies of norton and McAfee firewall products. I checked out the features of ZoneAlarm
Pro and don't feel I need any of the advanced features, but then again I don't really need ZoneAlarm any more since I have a router/switch.
I also use
AVG Antivirus over the competition. I used to use InoculateIT from Computer Associates, but they stopped giving it free. As with the firewalls (even more so), I have tons of antivirus programs from McAfee and Norton that I have gotten free after rebates but prefer to use AVG.
It seems that McAfee and Norton products make too many changes to the OS and are more likely to cause crashes and compatibility problems. Perhaps they have improved over the years. I also hate the nagging "upgrade" screens I get from Norton at work.
By the way, I ordered System Works, can't pass up a good deal. I am going to give the new Ghost a try. I have Drive Image but for some reason it doesn't work with SystemCommander partitions. Hopefully Ghost will work, otherwise I'll just add it to the stack of unused utilities.