Security Tool Bag

[joel406]

Thank you malexous. Avast has been going down hill from what I am seeing and I would'nt wish any Norton product on anybody.

Again

ESET
Malwarebytes
A squared
Superantispyware

With that setup my home has been infection free for 8 years. And I have 3 Children that surf unresricted. Total safety.

However I do almost always forget to mention that my network sits behind 3 routers. All have their firewalls running.

I think its overkill myself but my network runs and hums and I get everyting I want.

 

[kucing13]

i personally use avira free from the time im using XP until i've changed to 7

 

[malexous]

I would'nt wish any Norton product on anybody.

I would have agreed two years ago but in 2008 they completely re-wrote the 2009 version and have improved their product even more with the 2010 version. I only tried it again on the recommendation of my brother but I'm glad I did.

I recommend Norton.

thanx for the thread. that what i've said, avoid "too many" mate

I posted the link more for seag33k, to agree with/back-up your good point.

 

[kucing13]

oh, i get it..

 

[seag33k]

People experience with all these products is very helpful! I just installed the Avast Internet Security, I like the all in one design. It appears all of the major vendors have a similar solution. I'd like to use something similar with a few additional Malware tools. Maybe an additional one running live and a few on demand to provide another layers of scanning. As long as I am at home, the untangle server does much of the protection, but when I am not at home I want the additional protection Gdata looks like they may have a good product based on the AV comparative reports!

 

[JMH]

Thanks for reporting back.
Shall we consider this thread closed?

 

[seag33k]

Sure, I will be trying a few others as well to see which one I'll end up buying. Thanks for the help!! I'll probably posting other questions for recommendations on other software next

 

[JMH]

Sure, I will be trying a few others as well to see which one I'll end up buying. Thanks for the help!! I'll probably posting other questions for recommendations on other software next

You are welcome.
Enjoy using Win 7.

 

[malexous]

I thought I should reply here as not to hijack someone else's thread.

How does Hitman Pro compare to Emsisoft Anti-Malware? I am running the trial and noticed that when monitoring system usage compared to Avast & Comodo, it is more taxing on my system.

Are you running Emsisoft real-time? Hitman Pro is purely on-demand, for now. It only scans for active threats but it is very good at it, in my opinion. (Long read. Edit: Not as long as I originally thought.) You can read exactly how it works in the Command-Line Reference: Downloads - SurfRight

Yes I am running Emsisoft in real-time mode. Seems like a bit of overlap with my AV software. Guess I am leaning more on the paranoid side of things, but hate to see my new laptop beginning to show signs of being somewhat sluggish when I first login.

Emsisoft Anti-Malware has an anti-virus engine so I wouldn't recommend using it with Avast!

I'm paranoid too but even when only using an anti-virus and Firefox (IE 6 was a different story) and regularly going to the "darkside" on XP (Windows 7 is less vulnerable) we didn't get infected for years.

Some people run LUA, SRP and SuRun only (no real-time anti-virus, anti-malware, etc.) They don't get infected because they are advanced users and would have to let something run for it to infect the system.

Avast! and ComodoIS (with Defense+ enabled) are enough, in my opinion but I prefer using something like Sandboxie instead (less pop-ups and isn't developed by Comodo).