Dual Boot Protection

Submarine · 17 Jan 2010

To have Vista x86 on one disk and W7 64 on another. How to best ensure virus protection and firewall?

pparks1 · 17 Jan 2010

Enable AV and the firewall in both OS's.

Kari · 17 Jan 2010

Both OS's need their own respective AV protection and firewall. When you boot Win7, it has no idea what kind of applications you have installed on Vista. It is like having two completely separate computers.

Kari

Submarine · 17 Jan 2010

So, I will need to separate licences?

pparks1 · 17 Jan 2010

Yes, if you are using licensed commercial software you will need 2 licenses for each install. Same thing with your operating system. You need a license for Vista and a license for 7.

Submarine · 17 Jan 2010

Thanks,

Lighting the flare: I have McAfee today, but find it a bit heavy. Is the latest version lighter or should I consider a competitor?

pparks1 · 17 Jan 2010

Submarine said:

Thanks,

Lighting the flare: I have McAfee today, but find it a bit heavy. Is the latest version lighter or should I consider a competitor?

Not totally sure. I use Trend on my work computer because that is what my company uses.

I use Microsoft Security Essentials on my own personal machine and I have used both AVG and Avast in the past and felt they were about even with other.

Kari · 17 Jan 2010

You could try Microsoft Security Essentials, free download here. It's quite light, completely free and, in fact, quite good. I'm using it on 4 computers and 3 virtual machines.

Kari

hackerman1 · 17 Jan 2010

hi !

pparks1 said:

Yes, if you are using licensed commercial software you will need 2 licenses for each install. Same thing with your operating system. You need a license for Vista and a license for 7.

that is not entirely correct, some Antivirus-programs & firewalls come with a license allowing it to be used on more than 1 computer, and others allow the software on 2 or more operating systems on the SAME computer, so it depends on what the license says.

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Submarine · 18 Jan 2010

Thank you all for the help!