PC Guard activation problem

wally375 · 13-04-2008, 14:57

Hello all.

I hope this is the right place to post this question?

I have upgraded to 4mb and the full PC Guard application however when I try to activate it I get a session error reported. I have even tried going through selfcare and get a little further but it just hangs about halfway through. 1 call to the customer service desk told me it was a Microsoft issue and another call to an overseas call centre told me it's a PC Guard issue!

Anyone know how to work it as I now have no antivirus etc.

Any help much appreciated.

RUSTY · 13-04-2008, 15:32

try the free zone alarm @ zone alarm.com beats pc guard any time.

Toto · 13-04-2008, 15:59

Yeh, but free Zone Alarm doesn't come with an anti virus product.

**Stuart C** · 13-04-2008, 17:04

I'd recommend a few different apps to replace PC Guard (all free).

For Antivirus, I'd recommend Avast ( http://www.avast.org ) Antivirus. A lot of people recommend AVG as well, but I have found Avast to be reliable, and various independant tests say it is thorough.

For Anti Spyware, I'd recommend a combination of programs.

Spybot. This provides good detection of Spyware, and is effective at stopping it being installed.

Spyware Guard . Similar to the above spybot, can prevent installation of spyware.

Windows Defender is a good defence as well. It can protect both by blocking known spyware programs (even to the point of detecting suspicious behaviour by new programs), and scanning. NOTE: If you are using Vista, ,you already have Windows Defender running.