Internet security?

i was just wondering what internet security suite is recommended.
i have recently had Norton but that slowed down my comp so much i tried to get the trial version on kaspersky but it didnt work so i havent any protection but im looking for 1 that wont take up much memory and works well.confused

 

Internet Security is more of a marketing term in my opinion. To keep your machine clean and running smoothly, you should have the following:

-An up to date Antivirus (preferable one with active scanning, email and messenger protection, and a backup database)
-Good spyware scanner and Anti-spyware tool. An active one helps, but as adware and spyware dont usually harm your system files, scanning frequently works fine.
-a firewall of some sort. If you have a router with a firewall, you probably dont need a tightly secured software firewall (as many slow down older machines).

Here are some free ones that I recommend. There are plenty of good ones, but these are my personal favorite:

-Avast Antivirus Free Home Edition
-Lavasoft Ad-Aware
-Spybot Search & Destroy
-Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall (used to be free, now $10)

I stopped using Kerio a while back (while it was still free), as I am behind a nice hardware firewall, and instead just enabled Windows Firewall.

If you have the above, or a similar combination, your bases for internet security should be nicely covered, provided you practice smart surfing (dont download unknown files, dont browse through shottily made, questionable websites, watch out for phishing scams etc...)

 

should i put all that u recommened on my comp and will the take up loadsa memory??

 

A good free firewall is Comodo Pro.

Here: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Stopped using Kerio due to the fact it failed a number of leaktests. Used Kerio for a long time.

Comodo does not use a lot of resources.

 

I've been using Sygate Personal Firewall for years. I've loved it and have had no problems with it.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Sygate_Personal_Firewall_Free_d3356.html

 

Looks like others have some good solutions to kerio

If you use the stuff I mentioned (with whichever firewall you choose), you should be well protected and not use up very many system resources. Admittedly, Avast is a little resource intensive (using roughly 40mb right now), but nowhere near as much as the more mainstream ones (Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro). Spybot's SDHelper uses under 4mb, and ad-aware does not have an active scanner (ad-watch) in the free version.