JoeyMcM93 Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Hey guys, I've had the McAfee VirusScan Plus for the 60 days and I can't renew it without buying it. I honestly don't have the money to buy one, so whats an alternative to using McAfee? Also, this just started today, but I keep getting an alert message in Firefox saying onLookupFailed 55 1. It only occurs on certain sites, and MVPmods is one of them. Any thoughts? RAM, I know you know a lot about computer maintenance, so if you have any good ideas for an alternative security system, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger147 Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Here's what I use: AVG Anti-virus http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 Zonealarm Firewall: http://www.download.com/3000-2092-10039884.html Both are free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanbascos Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Ha! I have AVG too. Really, there's no reason why anyone should pay money for an anti-virus /firewall software if the free ones work just as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 I've recently started using AOL AVS, which is built on the old Kaspersky updates and it's pretty good. I was incredibly reluctant to use anything labelled AOL, but it doesn't seem to be too bad at all. Seems to be doing a decent job, and I've been using Norton since 2001. My system seems just a little bit faster as well with AOL AVS rather than Norton installed. You can get AOL AVS from here?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyMcM93 Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 Thanks guys. I'll try em out. Any advice on the lookup thing if Firefox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjbushido Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 i use AT&T Yahoo Security (anti-spy and anti-virus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger147 Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Thanks guys. I'll try em out. Any advice on the lookup thing if Firefox? I use Firefox also, but I've never had that happen. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Apparently, you're not alone on the "onLookupFailed 55 1" error you're seeing. A quick Google search indicates it's an issue with McAfee SiteAdvisor. Try disabling that and see if the error occurs again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyMcM93 Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 I disabled SiteAdviser but is still popping up. I'm looking in to it now. Thanks Mark. EDIT: Nevermind, I got it. I just had to update my SiteAdviser because it wasn't cooperating with my new version of McAfee. Also, to settle the security question, I forgot that my Comcast internet service came with a free subscription to McAfee. So I'm just going to use that. Thanks for the help guys, especially you Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angryrat Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Avast! is another free a/v program, like AVG. http://www.avast.com/eng/programs.html The nice part about the free programs is they don't take up nearly as much CPU power as Norton or McAfee. Those two in particular, along with Kaspersky are CPU hogs. Yahoo! (YOP) isn't bad either. I've been using it a few years now since it is free with DSL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 I disabled SiteAdviser but is still popping up. I'm looking in to it now. Thanks Mark. EDIT: Nevermind, I got it. I just had to update my SiteAdviser because it wasn't cooperating with my new version of McAfee. Also, to settle the security question, I forgot that my Comcast internet service came with a free subscription to McAfee. So I'm just going to use that. Thanks for the help guys, especially you Mark. No problem, glad you got rid of it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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