Should I Use Firewall If I Have An Antivirus Without Real Time Security?

1. Biohaza1 Says

   You should ALWAYS have a firewall as well as anti-virus. (Unless of course you have a very good hardware firewall, but we won’t get into that)
   Pair security essentials with comodo and you should be fine.

2. Mike Long Says

   http://www.av-comparatives.org/
   Avira is your best choice, lightest before ESET, best detection rate, fast scanning
   The others in order:
   Avast – Heavier, decent scanning, good detection
   ESET – Very light, very good detection, fast scanning
   Panda – Very good detection, light, slow scanning
   Microsoft security essentials – slow scanning, very light, decent detection
   Also another stand-alone program (so one time scanning, instead of complete real time scan) is Malware bytes Anti-Malware, that program is still at the top, will detect anything else your anti-virus fails to detect, and it won’t be detected by viruses, so it won’t be shutdown and disabled
   EDIT: You don’t always need a firewall, with a bit of common sense Windows Firewall actually does just fine. As long as you got a good anti-virus and a bit of common sense (as in don’t click and sign up for stupid stuff) and delete cookies etc, your protected…
   Firewalls and anti-viruses can’t protect you against stupid mistakes, such as entering your card details into a random site, and not deleting your cookies.
   Its up to you AND your anti-virus to keep you protected.

3. DivideBy Says

   A firewall is important, antivirus is not. Viruses are easy to avoid and you only get one if you make a mistake. Whereas you can get hacked at any time and it’s not something that relies upon you making a mistake.
   Windows Firewall is sufficient. Better yet if you have a router, just use that (if you’re not using wifi, disable the wifi but use the router anyway just as a firewall) and disable Windows Firewall.

4. Willy Says

   You should be able to run any of those AVs with no problem, here’s the minimum system requirements for NOD32 http://www.eset.eu/support/system-requir…
   You need a firewall but the default Windows f/w is OK(-ish) and easier to use than Comodo.
   Any mainstream AV will protect you against (nearly) all malware, not just viruses, so a separate anti-malware program isn’t essential. But a lot depends on your surfing habits.

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