Eset Smart Security

panais · 22 Apr 2010

CarlTR6 said:

panais said:

Corrine said:

Hi, panais.

Please stick to one thread with your questions. It is much less confusing that way.

CarlTR6 answered your questions here: What's the Best Anti-virus?

As to the extra question, ESET Smart Security is a suite, making it an "all-in-one" program. However, it is still recommended that you maintain a second anti-malware software. Since you already have MBAM, you can keep that for occasional scanning as well.

Ok,thanks.

Panais, rather than buying a security suite, which you do not need in my opinion as what you are currently running is more than adequate, I recommend that you invest in a router, even if you have only one computer. A router's built in hardware firewall offers much better protection and security than any software firewall. This would be a much more sound investment of your money. There are plenty of folks here that can help you set up a router if you run into trouble.

And you can run a software firewall along with the router's firewall.

I enable my router firewall and i have also enable comodo firewall,is that ok?
Or they are conflict each other?
You can see all my security in the attachment.
I hope they are enough!

CarlTR6 · 22 Apr 2010

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CarlTR6 said:

panais said:

Ok,thanks.

Panais, rather than buying a security suite, which you do not need in my opinion as what you are currently running is more than adequate, I recommend that you invest in a router, even if you have only one computer. A router's built in hardware firewall offers much better protection and security than any software firewall. This would be a much more sound investment of your money. There are plenty of folks here that can help you set up a router if you run into trouble.

And you can run a software firewall along with the router's firewall.

I enable my router firewall and i have also enable comodo firewall,is that ok?
Or they are conflict each other?

Yes, it is fine to run a software firewall along with the router's firewall. They should not confilct. I run Comodo firewall along with my router's firewall.

You can see all my security in the attachment.
I hope they are enough!

Your security should be quite good with this setup.

If you need help with setting up your router firewall, please feel free to ask. You want it to be in stealth mode with no open ports.

You can test your router security here: ShieldsUP Scroll down the web page and click on the ShieldsUP link. Run the first three tests. This will give you a good report of your internet security.

Dinesh · 22 Apr 2010

i quit using eset when it terribly failed to remove some usb drive viruses. Once upon a time, i was a die hard eset fan. Now I use avast!

CarlTR6 · 23 Apr 2010

I am glad you like it. Welcome to the forum, Jason.

smiths22 · 24 Apr 2010

Dinesh said:

i quit using eset when it terribly failed to remove some usb drive viruses. Once upon a time, i was a die hard eset fan. Now I use avast!

Funny, im doing exactly the opposite, i got tired of avast internet security blocking and crashing itunes search function, so i uninstalled and im giving a try to eset smart security.

While usin smart security im getting this results:
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GRC Port Authority Report created on UTC: 2010-04-24 at 05:38:10

Results from scan of ports: 0-1055

0 Ports Open
103 Ports Closed
953 Ports Stealth
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1056 Ports Tested

NO PORTS were found to be OPEN.

Ports found to be CLOSED were: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42,
43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50,
51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58,
59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66,
67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,
75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82,
83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90,
91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98,
99, 100, 101, 102, 103

Other than what is listed above, all ports are STEALTH.

TruStealth: FAILED - NOT all tested ports were STEALTH,
- NO unsolicited packets were received,
- A PING REPLY (ICMP Echo) WAS RECEIVED.

So eset firewall is not enough, is it?

CarlTR6 · 24 Apr 2010

I don't get in to arguments over personal preferences. Dinesh was posting about a bad experience with ESET anti-virus, not the ESET firewall. Personally, I don't like security suites for several reasons; but that is just my opinion. I prefer stand alone programs. And there are many good free anti-virus and and firewall programs out there; I simply don't see a reason to waste money on purchasing a suite.

So eset firewall is not enough, is it?

The short answer is no.

That is not because it is not good; it is because software firewalls can be hacked and gone around. Certainly software firewalls offer much more protection than no firewall. A hardware firewall built into a router and configured properly is much better than a software firewall. They are much more difficult to work around.

That said, I have both. But I use my software firewall to monitor outgoing connections.

CarlTR6 · 24 Apr 2010

Double post.

jasonstathum · 27 Nov 2010

hi , ESET is the best no one is like it its simply the the best i am also using it.

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