11 Great Free Security Programs

bob3160 · 2007-07-30T22:01:06.000Z

From a recent article in PC World 15 Great Free Security Programs
I’ve compiled what I consider are 11 Great Free Security Programs.
The 11 I chose can be found at:
http://mysharedfiles.no-ip.org/11GreatFreeSecurityPrograms.html

system · 2007-07-30T22:05:02.000Z

thanks bob-use everyone except…
File Shredder 2
AOL Active Security Monitor-don’t want anything AOL-HELL on my computers ;D
and LinkScanner Lite…
have siteadvisor,WOT and finjan-that’s enough 8)

Lisandro · 2007-08-03T02:41:02.000Z

I only do not have (use) AOL Active Security Monitor 2.0.0.18… Does it worth?

system · 2007-08-04T13:58:04.000Z

comodo & AOL don’t belong on your list!!!

bob3160 · 2007-08-04T14:07:10.000Z

rdmaloyjr post:4:

comodo & AOL don’t belong on your list!!!

You are entitled to your opinions. ;D
I’m entitled to disagree.

system · 2007-08-04T14:30:54.000Z

bob3160 post:5:

rdmaloyjr post:4:

comodo & AOL don’t belong on your list!!!

You are entitled to your opinions. ;D
I’m entitled to disagree.

True. It’s your list, so you can put whatever you want on your list.

But, the title “Great Free Security Programs” excludes them.

But, its still your list, so you can put whatever meets your opinion. ;D

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DavidR · 2007-08-04T15:09:24.000Z

Great is a subjective description and is no different to an individual choice of the 11 programs on the list.

There are many, many forum users who are using the comodo firewall feel it is a good free firewall despite your reservations about comodo in general, which you still haven’t shown any evidence to support that view. So people will make their minds up based on how the firewall performs for ‘them.’

I don’t use comodo firewall not because I don’t feel it is bad, but because I have a lifetime license for Outpost pro firewall. If however, I did become dissatisfied with Outpost then I would most certainly try comodo based on its reviews and results in firewall leak tests.

system · 2007-08-04T15:30:47.000Z

I use Comodo Firewall for 6 months now without any issue at all!!! Cheers Comodo!!!

system · 2007-08-04T20:05:52.000Z

gdiloren post:8:

I use Comodo Firewall for 6 months now without any issue at all!!! Cheers Comodo!!!

I too, have been using Comodo for 6 months, no issues at all, I am more than happy with it.Fantastic

system · 2007-08-04T20:16:22.000Z

nice to see bob that you rated the 2 “best” programs first and of course “no.1” is Avast!-any arguments or disagreements on that choice-lets hope not : ???

Avast Ye Mateys!!

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system · 2007-08-04T20:23:06.000Z

No question, no doubt, avast! is the best! It is #1.

system · 2007-08-05T06:55:27.000Z

DavidR post:7:

… There are many, many forum users who are using the comodo firewall feel it is a good free firewall despite your reservations about comodo in general, which you still haven’t shown any evidence to support that view. So people will make their minds up based on how the firewall performs for ‘them.’ …

+1

Been using CPF for 2 years now and with good results. I am very happy with it. Much better than my previous firewall Kerio.

rdmaloyjr post:11:

No question, no doubt, avast! is the best! It is #1.

Not when it comes down to detection, avira is the best of the free AV’s on detection rates. The lack of an email on-access scanner, more FP’s than avast! and the simple fact avast! is much more customizable is what is keeping me with avast! .

Lisandro · 2007-08-05T13:48:57.000Z

Darth_Mikey post:12:

Not when it comes down to detection, avira is the best of the free AV’s on detection rates.

Is there any way (besides the mess with service names, etc.) to use Avira as a second, non-resident, scanner?

bob3160 · 2007-08-07T20:53:53.000Z

This has just been updated.
Following AOL’s latest blunder, I’m no longer recommending their security suite. >:(

system · 2007-08-07T20:58:18.000Z

which was posted here… http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=29778.0
what’s next AOL-HELL ??? :

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system · 2007-08-08T05:30:03.000Z

Tech post:13:

Is there any way (besides the mess with service names, etc.) to use Avira as a second, non-resident, scanner?

Ups i didn’t notice your post till now, sorry !
Tech i haven’t tried that because i firmly believe in not trying to mess with 2 AV’s at the same time, i got burned in the past once(thank god i did a system drive backup before) and will not go that road again.
However i am running both XP and Vista on this machine and i have avast! on my xp installation and avira on my vista installation so i can scan my partitions with both AV’s.

Lisandro · 2007-08-08T12:38:45.000Z

Darth_Mikey post:16:

However i am running both XP and Vista

I have XP and Kubuntu.
I have avast on both… maybe I can consider to research for Avira in Linux (I’m not sure they have a version (free) for Linux).

system · 2007-08-08T12:43:00.000Z

I actually put on one WinXPSP2 computer AVIRA PE Classic as resident (for detection), BitDefender 8Free (on demand) and clamwin FREE or “turtleWin” as I like to call it (on demand and for the email plugin in Outlook (supposed to scan infected email but- and it’s unclear-after emails are in your pc)). Should they conflict if I use the on demand scanners only after having deactivated the resident in Avira, one at a time? I don’t know how long I’m gone keep that configuration…!!! Web pages have been created recently that put forward Avira and Kasperky as better detection than Avast and they’re generally saying that Avast is on a downhill trend ???.
I just talked to a colleague and she says that if you catch something that the other AV don’t see and use the quarantine, it’s ok;but, if there are two AV that detect the same virus or malware in the quarantine of the other, there’s gone be conflict and your system could freeze and eventually be damaged. So quite frankly, is it just a matter of leaving the resident or not… :-\

Lisandro · 2007-08-08T13:01:28.000Z

gdiloren post:18:

If there are two AV that detect the same virus or malware in the quarantine of the other, there’s gone be conflict and your system could freeze and eventually be damaged.

A good program, with a good Quarantine, encrypts its content and avoid detection by other security programs.

system · 2007-08-08T13:07:01.000Z

Thanks, then I’ll give that configuration a trial but I already miss Avast’s features on that PC though!! :-\

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