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Guyz,

My neighbour has got a brand new Win 7 64 Pre-installed HP Laptop with 4GB RAM & 320 GB HardDisk. NIS is preinstalled for 2 months.

He has asked me for free security software. He is a complete novice, doesn’t even knows what the term malware means, knows & heard only one term virus & nothing, such a novice he is when it comes to computer & security. He is a college going 18 years student & I must mention very naughty so may surf all those nasty sites.

Now what should I suggest him? I have decided few, your suggestions plzz

  1. Windows FW & MSE
  2. Windows FW & Avast
  3. CFW & AV with D+ Disabled.
2

I would suggest him to use Avast+ window FW because there are so many people in my country are using Avast. And I have many friends who are novice, they have no issue with Avast.

3

Def go for Avast and WIN firewall… That should protect him from basic malware…

4

Well configured CIS does not show many alerts and it’s very effective. Unfortunately Avast and MSE could be not enough to protect his system (18 years student ) :slight_smile: I know this from my own experience, I got many calls to infected systems of my friends with Avast and even NIS installed.