Is This true About SECURITY SUITES?

Question

a friend of mine told me that the big security suites like norton, mcafee, trend micro etc. are way overrated and are better off putting together your own suite made up of mostly free programs ( he likes comodo firewall avira anti vir spyware terminator )
is this true, are the big security suites overrated and are the top notch free ones just as good??

Answer 1

dead on, i used Norton 360 for a while did scans all the time finding nothing, here i put some of the free programs on and they found over 4 dozen Trojans, most of which were high risk, they are all crap.

Answer 2

Most suites have one good part and the rest are mediocre. Usually the anti-virus program is the good part. Check out these firewall tests:

http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php



There's only two suites that have a secure firewall, Comodo and Kaspersky. In Comodo's case, the anti-virus is suspect. That leaves Kaspersky.



Now you can see why some people prefer to pick their own, using the best available.



As you can see, four of the very best firewalls are free. It's a little different with anti-virus programs: AVG free doesn't protect you from rootkits, AntiVir has no spyware protection. Avast protects you from viruses, spyware, trojans, rootkits and more but doesn't scan automatically, you have to initiate scans manually. It's easy.



The best free anti-spyware programs, SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes, don't stop the crap getting on your pc but will find and remove what might slip past your AV program. The free version of Spyware Terminator is good but doesn't offer the same level of protection as the version you can buy.



Hope that's some help.

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Securing Windows operating systems from Internet assault & increasing predation, is not a single application, or even a suite.

It's layers of protection, user habits, system configuration, real time protection; and most important, threat landscape awareness (because the internet is so fluid and dynamic, it changes almost hourly).



Stand alone suites (CareOne, McAfee, or Norton) give users 'feel good' security, and lull them into complacency, which often has very bad results.



Look through some of the suggested freeware here,

http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/security/fwsecuritytools.html

study up, and pick some of the frontline, real-time defenses. Create a restore point after each install, then run the system to verify that application's 'friendliness' with your system before adding other applications.

Make selections based on your skill level & system's other configurations...an application you can't work with is of little use.

Generally speaking: as a system's convenience, interactiveness, flexibility & complexity increase: security decreases.



Core defense applications might include (but not limited to):

Avast! (anti-virus);

Zone Alarm (firewall);

SpywareBlaster (snoopware prevention)

>>>The #1 defense against malware: Firefox, with 'NoScript' add-on.<<<



The key element or common principal is to keep the bad guys (all of them) out of your system in the first place.



Most novice users do not like hearing this, but nonetheless, it's true: using Windows requires you to become a security expert, it's that simple. Something they omit telling you when you buy this system...

Answer 5

I agree, I would not put Norton on my computer even if you paid me $1000



I have personally seen it cause lots of issues for client machines, taken it off, magically fixes some issues.



Free ones are good, some need to be run manually, so you might want to purchase them to scan things on schedules, like malwarebytes. But I just created a macro to run it automatically.



Every tech guy has their own favorites, we can debate till we are blue in the face as to which ones are best.



Here is what I use:

Zonealrm, because it has lot less pop ups than comodo, comodo frustrated me when I tried it.

Avast! Anti-virus, because I like some of the control features and it's a good one.

Malwarebytes

SuperAntiSpyware

Ccleaner.



Here is a site with all freeware - look in the categories you need - all software is reviewed. http://www.techsupportalert.com

Answer 6

I personally think it's true. I've paid good money for McAfee and Spyware Doctor. Neither of them caught the latest virus that infected my computer. It took me two days and four programs to find one that would remove it. And wouldn't you believe the only one that would, was a free download. I'm sticking with the free stuff.

Answer 7

Your chum is conversing bollocks to be completely hassle-free. application which comprise McAfee & Norton are sturdy in any respect classification's of laptop protection by way of fact they have been properly designed, stepped forward and supported. making use of induvidual protection suggestions might appear as if its going to furnish extra beneficial protection yet finally there will be neglible distinction, if something making use of an all-in-one suite would be extra safeguard as there are possibly much less flaws in this gadget to be exploited. making use of a properly everyday protection suite you wont bypass incorrect.