So, my windows firewall is on, but I want my avast internet security to be my main firewall. Normally when people change antivirus, the firewall of the antivirus is automatically changed to the main one isn’t it? When I disable the windows firewall, it doesn’t say that the firewall now is the one from avast. [...]

my friend is wondering whether turning off the firewall is ok. he needs to because he has a minecraft server running and windows firewall needs to be switched off for people to get into it. he has avast and other anti-virus programs and is careful of his internet surfing. should it be okay off?

Mcafee siteadvisor says there are 7 red downloads on the site online-armor.com ? Can anyone please test those downloads and report back to me so that I can confirm its safe. Thank you in advance.

I have a mac book pro os lion. do i need to install more protection like norton ,mcafee or sophos? i do not really want to install anything that i do not have to. i travel 2 or 3 times a month. i do not go on suspect web sites. i want to protect personal [...]

It says don’t run at the same time.

Well, my suscription of McAfee Antivirus Plus just ended and the menu just blocked. Now the firewall just blocked a program that I need but the firewall menu is just blocked, I can’t access without a subscription! What can I do?? It’s just blocked!

I got avast and it came with a firewall. I’m wondering if I can have it on with Windows firewall.

I have a dell xps laptop, there were some obvious virus issues that Adaware, and Malwarebytes took care of (where mcafee couldn’t) and I thought that the issue was resolved. But now my Mcafee firewall still won’t stay on (I turn it on and it goes right back off) and I’m sure that there’s still [...]

I used to subscribe to Norton and Bitdefender, both of which cost me around 40-50 bucks a year. Now I use Avast + Zonealarm free firewall and they work perfectly fine for me. So my question is: what’s the advantage of paid av programs over free ones?

Hey guys, had a computer question and would appreciate some advice. I noticed upon installing Norton 2012 I noticed that Windows Firewall setting’s were being managed by Norton. Is this okay? Should I change any settings or perhaps find a new anti-virus program?