What Security do you use?

hannoja

Jaffa. wrote: »

Comodo has many options on their firewall But I cant find anywhere you can download it on there site without getting the antivirus with it :S

No I can't either. Either they've buried it well, or they're only doing it with Comodo Internet Security now, which at a glance looks like a free trial.. though shown as free on Cnet..

Looks like you can still get it (without AV) from Cnet. Or seems like you can simply disable the AV in CIS if you don't want it, according to Major Geeks.

I just had a quick search on the Comodo forums and I'm not sure it's as simple as just disabling it, judging by one or two people posting similar requests in the 'wish' lists.. especially since the comodo site states that the two are designed to work together.. There must be some more useful information 'out there' though. I'm too tired to start searching 'properly' now though.

Hth

adouglasmhor

Letter in a Linux magazine this month, writer goes into PC world to get an acer aspire netbook with Linux pre installed. PCW clerk then tries to sell him Norton to go with that on 20% off, talk about not knowing your stock.

aliEnRIK

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Letter in a Linux magazine this month, writer goes into PC world to get an acer aspire netbook with Linux pre installed. PCW clerk then tries to sell him Norton to go with that on 20% off, talk about not knowing your stock.

:eek:

Jesus! I'd have told him to change his job!

savemoney

I am using Comodo internet security on windows 7 x64 and windows Vista x64

hansi

It's a well known fact that PCW staff don't have any product knowledge whatsoever. That's why I don't shop there.

digital-one

Re: gavpowell

Im a security expert, I can assure you the firewall built into most routers is not effective against todays internet based threats. I have over 16 years internet security experience.
Todays threats are picked up from websites and opening emails with attachments,p2p worms and other junk flying around, this means the software is then on your computer, the router firewall did nothing to stop it.
With good antivirus and if the program is known to the antivirus vendor you have a chance the computer will alert you.
If you have no firewall, theres nothing to prevent the program going straight back out through the router, the router wont check which application just went through its wide open port.

A pc based firewall, antivirus, antispyware is BASIC but essential protection, the router ADDS protection, but alone its useless.

djrock

I agree with digital-one.

adouglasmhor

Thirded, anyone got any recommendations for security on a deb/ubuntu/mint family Linux laptop? The BSD lappy project is on hold at the moment.

Before anyone asks from the Ubuntu Community Documentation

there are many reasons you might want a virus scanner on your Linux PC:

to scan a Windows drive in your PC
to scan a Windows-based network attached server or hard drive
to scan Windows machines over a network
to scan files you are going to send to other people
to scan e-mail you are going to forward to other people
some Windows viruses can run with Wine.

Linux virus infections are theoretically possible

So it's belt and braces really but it's my travel alptop i am most concerned about, anything happens at home I will have resources on hand to sort it.

I use firestarter on it anyway and I've never heard of spyware for linux other than the odd firefox and long term cookie which I clear automaticaly on shut down.
For Linux the choices are versions of what we know already

AVG Antivirus

Panda Antivirus

F-Prot Antivirus

BitDefender Antivirus

avast! Linux Home Edition

And the Linux native ClamAV


for firewall

cyberbob

I just use a hardware firewall. My machines are either linux or mac so antivirus is a waste all it does is slow the machines down

There hasnt been a recorded virus for linux and the chances of a mac one are very low

[Deleted User]

digital-one wrote: »

Re: gavpowell

Im a security expert, I can assure you the firewall built into most routers is not effective against todays internet based threats. I have over 16 years internet security experience.

I'd say the same about Software firewalls, by and large they provide little more than 'peace of mind' rather than any real, tangible protection. By the very definition of a software firewall it's flawed from the outset.

Although slightly dated, the points discussed in this article pt1 and pt 2 are still relevant.

Todays threats are picked up from websites and opening emails with attachments,p2p worms and other junk flying around, this means the software is then on your computer, the router firewall did nothing to stop it.

There is a lot more that a person can do to mitigate the threat of such methods of entry, with perhaps the most important being to not be logged into an administrative account (I assume we are going to be talking about Windows here). Using all manner of programs that open up large port ranges to facilitate the acquisition of software of which the source cannot be verified as trustworthy is the complete polar opposite of computer security methodology.

With good antivirus and if the program is known to the antivirus vendor you have a chance the computer will alert you.

I can't disagree with this. Maintaining an up to date anti virus package is of paramount importance.

If you have no firewall, theres nothing to prevent the program going straight back out through the router, the router wont check which application just went through its wide open port.

If that's the case then it's nothing more than trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted.

A pc based firewall, antivirus, antispyware is BASIC but essential protection, the router ADDS protection, but alone its useless.

Standard user account, all security patches installed, regularly updated anti virus, hardware firewall and common sense are all that is needed. Adding a software package that the user has little understanding of and is poorly configured does more harm than good.