Personal computing discussed
MJZ82 wrote:linux.
mattbak73 wrote:I'm looking for a all in one anti virus. Need it to block and scan for virus' malware spyware Trojans ALL of it. I have over five programs and each one is free and covers their own corner of these things. I'm tired of running one scan at a time and updating over five programs every other day and the memory they take up. I want one solid program that will hold it all down. I need to be able to install one copy on multiple computers, not have to buy a yearly licenses, do real time scans and not slow the computer down and get free updates....what do you got?
hescominsoon wrote:The best anti-virus? NONE. i don't run anything on my desktops and haven't for years. It's almost 100% browsing habits with help from my firewall(Astaro).
Zenphic wrote:hescominsoon wrote:The best anti-virus? NONE. i don't run anything on my desktops and haven't for years. It's almost 100% browsing habits with help from my firewall(Astaro).
Surely you have an on-demand antivirus or antimalware? Otherwise you might have a trojan or keylogger without knowing.
mikeymike wrote:Zenphic wrote:hescominsoon wrote:The best anti-virus? NONE. i don't run anything on my desktops and haven't for years. It's almost 100% browsing habits with help from my firewall(Astaro).
Surely you have an on-demand antivirus or antimalware? Otherwise you might have a trojan or keylogger without knowing.
You might have one anyway. Anyone in my line of work will have seen enough machines that gave no obvious outward symptoms of malware, that's the whole point of a rootkit, for example. One might argue that automated security software gives the illusion of security.
I ran my home PC without anti-virus for years, with a permanent Internet connection too. What changed my mind about it was that these days I handle customer data, and also I plug my memory stick into my PC, transfer files, and plug it into countless customers' computers. I would look like a first-class idiot if I infected a tonne of customers' machines because I feel secure enough not to have security software actively monitoring my computer
The most common type of malware I'm removing from customers' machines in the last year or few are scam security products. Most security products I've seen let them walk right past, even blocking the front-end of the security product with only user-level privs.
I'm not necessarily arguing that no anti-virus is a good idea btw. Every little helps IMO.
Wikipedia wrote:Comodo Internet Security is currently ranked number 1 in Matousec's Proactive Security Challenge, and passing 100% of the 148 software firewall tests, and is the only firewall and host intrusion prevention system to consistently score number 1 or tie for number one (usually with Online Armor) in all independent tests; it has never left first place since version 3.14.13009 released in June 2008 [...]
C-A_99 wrote:MSE is a joke; it puts pointless and false alerts over programs that work just fine. I uninstalled it shortly and stuck with having only Avast. Avast also seems to work well in conjunction with Threatfire and ZoneAlarm firewall and all three are free.
C-A_99 wrote:MSE is a joke; it puts pointless and false alerts over programs that work just fine. I uninstalled it shortly and stuck with having only Avast. Avast also seems to work well in conjunction with Threatfire and ZoneAlarm firewall and all three are free.
C-A_99 wrote:MSE is a joke; it puts pointless and false alerts over programs that work just fine. I uninstalled it shortly and stuck with having only Avast. Avast also seems to work well in conjunction with Threatfire and ZoneAlarm firewall and all three are free.
C-A_99 wrote:MSE is a joke; it puts pointless and false alerts over programs that work just fine. I uninstalled it shortly and stuck with having only Avast. Avast also seems to work well in conjunction with Threatfire and ZoneAlarm firewall and all three are free.