Norton 2010 got me infected

Wishmaster- The feature in Comodo Firewall Pro that improved the security of my computer the most was its Proactive Defense + HIPS detection that gave me the confidence that I would have even better protection than with UAC in that now no process can run on the desktop without my prior permission and the best part being that it only asks for a permission once and then remembers it. This is what has kept Comodo at the top of the Matousec Proactive Security Challenge with a 100% detection rate for so long while Norton 2010 makes such a poor showing with a 40% pass rate on the same 148 part series of tests.



~Maxx~
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codyw said:

I tried that with it always asking but it got to be a nuisance. However, that is my plan in the event I ever do get slammed with a bad virus that way, when it attempts to call out, it won't be able to and will have to ask for permission.

If you first scan your computer to make sure that it is clean then when you set up the Firewall with HIPS you can use Training Mode and it will learn all of programs you are running without any pop-ups and make safe rules for them so you will not get pop-ups for them again. I rarely if ever see a pop-up running in Safe Mode except when installing new programs. It is a good security feature which makes sure that the operator who is installing the program.

The Firewall stops much more than viruses that try to call out and not just Spyware but almost every program I have ever installed has made a request to phone home during the installation and some of them even before starting the install, but without the Firewall making the program ask for permission you would never know that it had made outside contact over the internet! There are also plenty of Microsoft programs that call Redmond every day like Windows\System32\rundll32.exe and Explorer. Windows Media Player and Sidebar also get chatty and try to call home whenever they are used.

~Maxx~
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codyw- I hope that NIS 2011 works out for you. I once used NIS, but as its Matousec Proactive Security Challenge score of 40% shows there is much better computer security software out there and some of the Suites are absolutely free!

~Maxx~
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malexous said:

There are many tests from other organizations where Norton is at the top.

It all depends on who you want to believe. PC Magazine which is supported by advertising revenues not only placed Norton at the top of their testing, but went so far as to make an elaborate effort to try to prove that all freeware computer security software is inferior to pay to use shareware programs like Norton.

I know for sure is what works very well on my computer though and that is running my browser in Sandboxie 3.38 x64 and clearing all downloads at Virus Total before allowing them to be transfered onto my 500 GB Verbatim remote drive. Using Sandboxie has kept my computer from having so much as even a single detection of malware for almost 2 years!



~Maxx~
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