Shield your PC against cyberattacks with FREE* Antivirus and Firewall Software

I hope it's OK to relpy to this post but I was very interested as I thought this would be good for anyone who is not already using a Firewall and or AV or was looking for a new free version.

I told someone about it and they warned me about the site's pirvacy policy I assured them that the information came from a very well respected forum and from Arie himself.
I would be grateful if this matter could be cleared up as it is more important that people know about the offer than risk their secruity because of a rumour about the privacy plus the fact they doubted the Microsoft references on the site. Thank you in advance.

 

I saw this in the Windows-Help Net newsletter, and checked it out...but what is the catch? I couldn't seem to find one?? The product is SO good I will buy it next year? I should dump Norton for it? What is the catch, Arie? Did MS make the EZ Armor program? Would love more info, just naturally suspicious because it sounds too good to be true...

Johanna

 

Many Thanks Arie - you have given me the backup info I need. I was so annoyed about the fact that anyone tried to dispute the info you had given that is why I decided to ask on the forum.

I fully trust BBS and your newsletter thus my reason for being very upset that I was putting anyone at risk by telling them about this offer.
Thank you so much again as I feel it is very important that PC users have a good AV & Firewall and this offer looked really good to me until I was wrongly advised against it. I will sleep a lot better tonight

 

10 bucks a year? I looked to find out how much it would be, and price was never mentioned. Does this program have ads in it? Does it report back to home on the user's computer activity? Do YOU use it on your computer?

I have to say, if all the promotional info is correct, this is quite a program, and a great price. I have become cynical and jaded, and I didn't mean to sound like a smart alec- thank you for the explanation, and for reminding us that we have alternatives for computer security.

Johanna

 

A year subscription costs $24.95. The $10 a year thing is for those that used Innoulate It and upgraded to ETrust when Innoculate it was no longer available. Even at the higher price it's not really as bad as it sounds when you figure the cost involved with a program like Norton. You have to pay for yearly subscriptions and then it seems every 2-3 years you have to buy the program again because of changes in windows or the antivirus program itself. Plus, ETrust is easy on the system. Don't even know it's running. I've use it since Innoulate It was discontinued and have never had any problems with it. Works great. Kinda sounds like a commercial; doesn't it?

 

That did it, Zander. I'm dumping Norton and giving it a shot. $24.95 is not unreasonable (actually a bargain compared to Norton), but price isn't as much of an issue with me as quality and credibility are. I'll let you guys know how it goes. (Like I ever shut up anyway!)

Johanna

Uh, Zander, do you work in the computer business? Computer Associates, perhaps?

 

Oops! Maybe I mispoke here. I see what they're offering for free is eTrust EZ Armor Security Suite which includes the firewall as Arie said I just checked
their website and it says it's $49.95 a year. That seems to be a bit steep. You could however try it and if you like it just purchace the AV after a year and go back to using ZA or some other free firewall. From what I understand the firewall part of it is just a rebranded version of Zone Alarm Pro.

 

Well I downloaded it and installed it today. You get the anit-virus and the firewall.

Zander is right. The only difference in the firewall and Zone Alarm Pro is the color. This one is blue instead of orange.

It has real time virus coverage, boot and files. The face is similiar to Windows Explorer so you can easily choose which files to scan or the entire computer. Download updates is simple. You can have the av to automatically check updates or do it manually. Doing it manually is simple enough. I connected and downloaded the updates in a matter of minutes. It was an easy connection and downloading was about 4.6kb's/sec. which is very good for this computer running a 56k modem.

It has a good feel to it. It don't restrict anything that I can tell. My pages seem to open slightly faster than before. It also takes care of pop ups and web bugs and such. I haven't had a pop up since I installed it.

But this is day one. I'm gonna keep it and I feel sure its going to be a keeper. But to be a freeby for a year, no complaints here. If it does what it is intended for I see no reason to look for another. Not for my personal use anyway.

But you will need to uninstall any version of a virus scanner and also Zone Alarm if you have it before this one will install.

 

Nope. I don't work for CA. Just a happy customer. On the web you always seem to hear just the bad things about a product. Just thought I'd change that and give this product credit where I thought credit was due.

 

The price is certainly right. From what I've been reading, the firewall is ZA Pro pre 4x version (w/o rulemaking).

Zander, can you confirm this?

Regards - Charles

 

charlesvar
Can't really help you on the version thing. I only have the AV and haven't seen anything regarding this. I probably won't get it as I've got until next May on my current sub and have a firewall in place. Besides, with what I'm using now, it's only costing me 10 bucks a year and don't know if that would carry over so..... Perhaps dopey can help you out.

 

The firewall and true vector security versions are 3.7.179. The driver version is 3.7.211.

 

John,

Thankyou for the confirmation on the ZA versions.

Regards - Charles

 

I too will give praise for CA's antivirus program. I installed it just before my 'first year free' Norton, that came installed on my system, expired. I updated Norton and scanned......nothing found. Downloaded EZ, installed, updated and ran..........3 viruses found!.......2 trojans and 1 worm. That was good enough for me.........out came all Norton, never to be installed again. EZ never let another virus in, and if I wasn't so cheap, I would have paid to keep it instead of going for the free AVG, even though it's doing a good job also.

 

Shield your PC

So, XP Home has a modest firewall, and MSN does screen email. In that case do I need any other protection? I have Norton, but can't really make out if it covers MSN or any other Web-based email. I tried AVG, but found out that it definitely does not. I have emailed Symantec, but if anyone here has any answer (or suggestion), please let me hear it!

I would happily take Arie's word for the quality of any program he recommends, but I do want to know whether I actually need something. I don't see any point to installing eTrust (or any other) software if I don't really need it.

I have always been a big fan of making sure my computer is protected, but now I begin to feel it may be more protected than I thought, and wonder about the wisdom of adding programs that may not be, after all, useful in my case. Th price, whether zilch, $10 or $49.95 isn't a big issue, if I get something worthwhile...

BTW - I use my computer strictly for personal purposes, and I'm not part of any network.

I thank Offline for sending me to this thread.

 

YES
You need a good internet security program- one with a two way firewall and AV to screen incoming and outgoing mail. Ideally, it should automatically update itself, and also give you the option of screening individual files and IM programs. I have heard nothing but good about the one Arie suggested, and I use NIS 2003 without any complaints. Others here prefer Kerio, Zone Alarm, Panda- there are lots of choices. Read up on the options to decide which one suits you best. But you

need one, without a doubt.

Johanna

 

Shielding

Well, MSN seems to do a good job of screening email. The problem is that MSN email isn't covered by AVG, etc. I don't know about Kerio, but ZoneAlarm was far to complicated for me.

So would eTrust cover MSN email?