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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

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Internet Security Suite for FSX PCs

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Wombat_VC

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I am getting frustrated by the lack of user control for McAfee 2010. Any suggestions for its replacement? Obviously, I need something that is friendly to FSX under Win7-64.
 
You do not need a complete suite all you need is a good anti virus software that will not kill your FPS.

NickN has suggested ESET nod32

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ALL USERS... www.eset.com ONLY the AV, NOT the SECURITY SUITE

NOD32 only or there is NO way to tell if your security software is biting you in performance.
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The firewall in Win7 gives you better protection than past windows firewalls. You can create inbound and outbound rules as needed which is all you need for firewall protection.
 
1. The internet firewall in current versions of Windows is all you need, esp. if you're behind a router.

2. "Microsoft Security Essentials" is free (not nag-ware), transparent (it just does its job), and light on system resources. Recommended by Aerosoft and others. I've been running it on my main machine for about six months.
 
Nod32 is known as the games friendly AV.

I personally use AV Vir. The pop up you get doesnt bother me as the security is so good. Saved my butt many times so far
 
I'm running Kaspersky Internet Suite 2010 , Spybot Search and Destroy, Malwarebytes, Common Sense 1.0 and a router firewall on my Vista Ultimate 64bit systems and XP Pro SP3 notebooks................all have remained cleaner than a nun's conscience. I'd used nearly every other AV available over the years but have settled on the above as my personal favourites.:)
 
Eset Nod32. I'm running W7 ULT_64 w/Nod32_64, and it'd the first a.v. program I haven't had to disable to ensure good gaming fps rates. I still stop it though along with a lot other MS, program processes out of habit.

plug_nickel (Al)
 
dswo said:
1. The internet firewall in current versions of Windows is all you need, esp. if you're behind a router.

2. "Microsoft Security Essentials" is free (not nag-ware), transparent (it just does its job), and light on system resources. Recommended by Aerosoft and others. I've been running it on my main machine for about six months.
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I agree with David. MSSE and the Win 7 firewall works great here.
 
Ditto on the Windows firewall (Vista and 7) being adequate. I also use the free version of the SphinxSoftware Firewall Control Panel for it...which is just a easier to navigate GUI for the firewall. Makes it easier to set/block specific ports compared to digging around in the firewall's stock config dialogs.

Other goodies:
AVG anti-virus, MalwareBytes, hardware firewall.
 
On the recommendation and prompting of my friend (who is a programmer and IT technician) I also use Microsoft Security Essentials. Very easy to use; I like simplicity!
 
A router firewall and Avira's Antivir is all I need. Haven't had a serious, unwillingly caused virus infection in years.
 
I use Pctools AntiVirus / Spyware ...never had a problem..it has a game mode But I've never used it nor needed it...
 
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. Looks like the NOD32 AV gets the most mentions, followed by the MSoft combos. Will look into them.
 
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