Security Suite?

[Cathy De Viney]

I have read lots of reviews on the various "security suites" available, and
all seem to have some good features and some that are not so good. So
rather than go with a "suite" I am interested in choosing a "best"
assortment...with the thoughts of "biggest bang for the lowest buck". I am
hoping that some of the experts here will help me with suggestions or
feedback. I have tried several and here is what I am leaning towards:

ANTIVIRUS
Bitdefender v9.0 Standard (3 years for $55.95)
or
AntiVir (free)

FIREWALL
Outpost Pro v3.0 ($40)

ANTI-SPYWARE/MALWARE
Webroot Spysweeper v4.5(2 years for $30)...already bought this one
and Microsoft Antispyware (free)...seems to run fine alongside Spysweeper

SPAM FILTER
MailWasher (free)

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Ian Kenefick]

I have read lots of reviews on the various "security suites" available, and
all seem to have some good features and some that are not so good. So
rather than go with a "suite" I am interested in choosing a "best"
assortment...with the thoughts of "biggest bang for the lowest buck". I am
hoping that some of the experts here will help me with suggestions or
feedback. I have tried several and here is what I am leaning towards:

Ah yes... reviews reviews. Well let me give you my opinion which I
believe is shared by many here

ANTIVIRUS
Bitdefender v9.0 Standard (3 years for $55.95)
or
AntiVir (free)

Kaspersky Antivirus Personal or NOD32 or F-Prot.

FIREWALL
Outpost Pro v3.0 ($40)

I couldn't disagree with you here.

ANTI-SPYWARE/MALWARE
Webroot Spysweeper v4.5(2 years for $30)...already bought this one
and Microsoft Antispyware (free)...seems to run fine alongside Spysweeper

None. Kaspersky Antivirus detects and removes all spyware. You can use
Ad-aware as a supplement for on-demand scans.

SPAM FILTER
MailWasher (free)

Thanks in advance for any help!

Depends on your config. What email client you use?

So far your best config is...

[1]A fully patched version of windows
[2]Kaspersky Antivirus Personal (for virus, trojan, worm, riskware,
adware)
[3]Outpost personal firewall

 

[optikl]

I have read lots of reviews on the various "security suites" available, and
all seem to have some good features and some that are not so good. So
rather than go with a "suite" I am interested in choosing a "best"
assortment...with the thoughts of "biggest bang for the lowest buck".

Wise move. Best in class stand-alone applications are worth the price.


I am

hoping that some of the experts here will help me with suggestions or
feedback. I have tried several and here is what I am leaning towards:

ANTIVIRUS
Bitdefender v9.0 Standard (3 years for $55.95)
or
AntiVir (free)

FIREWALL
Outpost Pro v3.0 ($40)

ANTI-SPYWARE/MALWARE
Webroot Spysweeper v4.5(2 years for $30)...already bought this one
and Microsoft Antispyware (free)...seems to run fine alongside Spysweeper

SPAM FILTER
MailWasher (free)

Thanks in advance for any help!

I'd recommend the Pro version of MailWasher. It's worth the money. The
Anti-Spyware applications are probably not necessary if your computing
regimen is low-risk. Not a big fan of most firewall software. If I had
to make a choice, BlackIce without the Application Protection enabled.
BitDefender is reliable. I'd recommend NOD32.

 

[Jeffrey A. Setaro]

I have read lots of reviews on the various "security suites" available, and
all seem to have some good features and some that are not so good. So
rather than go with a "suite" I am interested in choosing a "best"
assortment...with the thoughts of "biggest bang for the lowest buck". I am
hoping that some of the experts here will help me with suggestions or
feedback. I have tried several and here is what I am leaning towards:

ANTIVIRUS
Bitdefender v9.0 Standard (3 years for $55.95)
or
AntiVir (free)

FIREWALL
Outpost Pro v3.0 ($40)

ANTI-SPYWARE/MALWARE
Webroot Spysweeper v4.5(2 years for $30)...already bought this one
and Microsoft Antispyware (free)...seems to run fine alongside Spysweeper

SPAM FILTER
MailWasher (free)

Thanks in advance for any help!

Cathy, take a look at F-Secure Internet Security 2006, FSIS gives
anti-virus, anti-spyware, personal firewall, spam filtering and
parental controls in single integrated suite for $59.95 ( a 3 user
family pack is $119.90).

Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
jasetaro@SPAM_ME_NOT_mags.net
http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34

 

[RH710]

Cathy, take a look at F-Secure Internet Security 2006, FSIS gives
anti-virus, anti-spyware, personal firewall, spam filtering and
parental controls in single integrated suite for $59.95 ( a 3 user
family pack is $119.90).

Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
jasetaro@SPAM_ME_NOT_mags.net
http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34

Just curious,What ya'll think of F-Prot?.any good?

 

[Jeffrey A. Setaro]

Just curious,What ya'll think of F-Prot?.any good?

Yeah... It's good... It lacks some of the feature common in competing
products though.

Cheers-

Jeff Setaro
jasetaro@SPAM_ME_NOT_mags.net
http://people.mags.net/jasetaro/
PGP Key IDs DH/DSS: 0x5D41429D RSA: 0x599D2A99 New RSA: 0xA19EBD34

 

[Ian Kenefick]

Just curious,What ya'll think of F-Prot?.any good?

F-Prot does a great job at what it was designed to do. Detect and
irradicate viruses. I only see a flaw in it not having either plugin
or POP/SMTP/IMAP stream scanning.