Hi every one. I must say what a great site,the people and the info make this the best site going.(imho).It seems so adult(?) compared to other sites i happened onto. Love it, possibly addicted as i now am to Mercedes.
Hey we all have our problems .
Now for my current problem.my virus-firewall protection expires in a few days,think its norton. anyways i have heard of free protection from some other souces.
Does it work as well as what i can buy?
Does it also include firewall protection?
Where can i get it from?
Any help would be greatly apreciated.
I now have windows 2000 me,which has worked great so far
Thank you
Rich

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88 300E White, sold 9-04
88 190E Black 2.3 sold
90 300CE White, Grey sold 12-24-04
92 400E White,Grey Sold 5-06
90 300CE 91K Signal Red,Black Sold 2007
1989 300CE Smoke silver,Tan Sold 1-08
1993 300E 3.2 M104 motor
1991 300CE White,Grey
1994 E420 beautiful car,gone to new home
1994 E320 Smoke an Parchment.Beautiful car

Better stay with Norton Anti-Virus.........My opinion only

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1984 300D Turbo 290,000 Miles
1999 Volvo V70 GLT

http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/

This AntiViurus software is rated as top of the line by the five magazines I used to take and some Tech TV shows. I opted to buy my version because it was so, so, so much cheaper than the others and it gives me automaitic updates etc.

Clearly the choice over Norton or McAfee!

I still use and recommend ZONEALARM PRO (it costs) for a firewall although they used to offer a free version, don't know if they do anymore. Still rated the best among all the firewall producers. It does not interfere with AVG and vice versa.

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Nello Tare

1982 300D (266,001 mi.) looking and running great

Previously owned:
1976 450 SLC
1983 300D
1976 300D
also
1982 Jaguar XJ6 (loved, but gone)

Hi, Rich -

Great advice on the two posts above. I myself use AVG, and it's a great piece of software. The only drawback is that their update server can become easily bogged down, and updates are occasionally not downloaded in a timely fashion.

ZoneAlarm is a great firewall - many of my Win98 clients use that, and it does the trick. Not sure what your Internet setup is, but if you have a router (wired or wireless) somewhere in your setup, that serves a big deterrant for hackers as your Internet IP is broadcasted, and you're behind the router's firewall, giving you an added level of protection.

Good luck!
Michael

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+AMDG+
2005 W203
Running as fast as I can to stay behind!!

Norton anti-virus or McAfee...............its the only software I actually pay money for.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Check out the Virus Bulletin website to see how various antivirus software stacks up:
VB 100%

I really like NOD32 for antivirus.
Use the default settings and you'll be fine.
Click for link to NOD32 website

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Bill Wood - Retired Webmaster
My Personal Website
1998 Mercedes E430
2010 Toyota Sequoia
My Photo Albums

I would renew your subscription and stay with Norton. Excellent updates and a rock-solid product. There is a reason one is free and the other not.

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Chris
2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

Thanks for the replys. I see a few schools of thought here. Have to go off to work but will look into both. I am leaning toward norton for the simple fact that it is a large proven product.
Thanks for the replys
Rich

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88 300E White, sold 9-04
88 190E Black 2.3 sold
90 300CE White, Grey sold 12-24-04
92 400E White,Grey Sold 5-06
90 300CE 91K Signal Red,Black Sold 2007
1989 300CE Smoke silver,Tan Sold 1-08
1993 300E 3.2 M104 motor
1991 300CE White,Grey
1994 E420 beautiful car,gone to new home
1994 E320 Smoke an Parchment.Beautiful car

Best Anti-Virus is no Anti-Virus. Instead, partition your hard drive into at least C: and D:, then install Mozilla, Netscape or Firefox on D:, followed by un-installing Internet Explorer. Also, use the e-mail software that comes with Mozilla, or stick with a Web based e-mail, but obviously running it under Mozilla. I've been running this way- totally unprotected for several years, and occasionally will run free on-line virus, ad-ware and spyware checks- always comes up clean. Added bonus- you don't get the performance robbing damage caused by AV and Firewall software.

Dave

OOGA BOOGA MAGUMBA

Thanks for all the replys. Well. after looking at the differant items available i went back with norton.
At 29.95 i thought it was such a deal and like some one said ,a rock solid product.
Well bought it and put in my renewal code, then what do you know but i cannot get on line anymore. called norton about the problem and for 29.95 more they will walk me through the repair that their product caused.
before i found out it was norton that caused the problem i spent hours with my dsl service trying to connect.
seems like if i turn off norton i can get on line
what a deal
well i got around this by using the web which does work with norton
also would have been nice if the norton people had a little better english skills as he had to repeat every thing 3-4 times.
oh well thanks for the help people
rich

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88 300E White, sold 9-04
88 190E Black 2.3 sold
90 300CE White, Grey sold 12-24-04
92 400E White,Grey Sold 5-06
90 300CE 91K Signal Red,Black Sold 2007
1989 300CE Smoke silver,Tan Sold 1-08
1993 300E 3.2 M104 motor
1991 300CE White,Grey
1994 E420 beautiful car,gone to new home
1994 E320 Smoke an Parchment.Beautiful car

cough cough, you cannot un-install IE from any microsoft OS. They are directly linked together, you cant do it..