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What is Internet Security and which are best softwares available for this purpose?
I am confused about Internet Security. So please guide me with utmost honesty (Please don’t fool me because I am naive about Internet Security). I am a housewife (who used to once work as a Foxpro Programmer. But later I quit the job and started taking care of my home and family). So although I am a good foxpro programmer (and not entirely naive about using a PC) I don’t know much about internet. Lately, I have started using Internet. Now, I have come to know that viruses, worms, spywares, malaware, adware, etc. can attack my personal computer even if I open my emails. In order to prevent this from happening I should have anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc. installed on my personal computer. I have also been advised to install something termed as ‘firewall’. Besides, there are so many products (McAfee Anti-Virus, Norton Anti-Virus, E-SET Safe, Trend Micro, Quick Heal, AVG, Kaspersky, etc.) And if I visit these companies’ websites I see they have multiple products that they are manufacturing. For example, I installed AVG Free for home users. But the company also sells a paid version of that Anti-virus software and also selling something termed AVG Internet Security. Similarly, McAfee sells something termed Security Center. Now, I am all confused. I have several questions:
Question #1: Which is the best Anti-Virus software currently? I am confused about which of these softwares should I buy? For example, should I buy McAfee Anti-Virus or Norton (which one is better? I don’t know and so I can’t make up my mind). Now, McAfee and Norton are just two examples. In reality, in the market place in anti-virus category itself there are several products. So an expert may tell me that I should neither buy McAfee or Norton; but instead choose Kaspersky because it is best anti-virus currenty around. So I feel you should guide me seriously about which is the best Anti-Virus software available as of now.
Question #2: What is Internet Security? For example, several of these companies have their Internet Security Softwares. Now, does that mean that if I buy Internet Security Suite of a company it will give me full protection from Viruses, Spywares, Worms, Trojans, Malaware, Adware and what not and will this Internet Security Suite also install its firewall or whether for a firewall I will have to search for another company? Which is the best Internet Security Suite/Software currently available.
Question #3: What is a firewall? What purpose does it serve? Now, my Windows Vista also has a firewall (that perhaps got installed when my PC came pre-installed with MS Vista Home Basic). Now, is this Vista firewall not enough as a protection? And which is the best firewall software currently?
Thanks & Regards,
Anita Mallya.
Antivirus applications are useless and don’t offer protection, because they operate retroactively instead of proactively.
Think about it. If you were a virus writer, wouldn’t the first thing you do be to test it against all the major antivirus applications to make sure it can get by those? And when you release your virus at 1:35 PM, how would the antivirus definitions have a definition for your virus at 1:35 PM exactly? Or even at 2:00 PM? There’s no way.
Apart from having outdated virus definitions, antivirus applications also try to guess what are viruses based on file attributes, and that just leads to a lot of false positives that get people into a panic over nothing ("I have tracking cookies? Oh no!") while also not getting all viruses either.
Bottom line, antivirus is a waste of resources and even money if you spent money on it.
If you want to real internet security, here’s what you should do, in this order:
1. Set up and use almost exclusively a limited user account. Very few viruses target a limited user account, since they want to get their hooks into Windows’ system files and registry, but even if they did somehow manage to compromise the limited user account, you could simply delete that account and start a new account instead of having to reinstall Windows to get rid of the infection.
2. Google the term "social engineering" and read the first five results. Almost all malware infections rely on tricking the user, as opposed to exploiting security holes in the operating system.
3. Do not download pirated software, music, or movies.
4. Install Windows updates automatically.
5. Use Firefox with the NoScript extension installed.
6. Use strong passwords (no dictionary words, no numbers associated with you).
If you do all that, you won’t get infected, especially #1 and #2.
norton internet security software is best so u goto google and in google just write FREE SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD after that u do step by step
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Mcaffee,Norton,Symantec are all trash!!!
What is the best security program that is the question?
Opinions are like assholes everybody has one!
Myself I use what I feel is the best security system around and I didn’t spend a penny! It’s a three part masterpiece when it comes to killin bugs!
Video on the three programs I use: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ah3efRdWes&feature=channel_page
Part one is M-bam "Malwarebytes"It’s an on demand scanner with a really cool tool called file assassin.You can use this tool to delete rogue programs that freeze up your computer and keeps you from downloading and using security programs!
The second is "Superantispyware" It’s another on demand scanner that catches what M-bam misses!
Third but not least is "Avira" It’s an on demand scanner and firewall "although they call it AntiVirGuard" I use this as my primary security.I have it setup to do updates and scans at night when I’m sleeping so when I go on my computer in the morning it’s there waiting for me to review all the bugs I caught the day before! "Note"Until you get your computer clean I would disable the AntiVirGuard It’s a little sensitive and can drive you crazy with popups saying your computer is infected.
After reading all that and you still would like to shop around I found the site for you. It’s Matt Rizos channel and it has around 200 video reviews on every security program out there and then some! so check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=mrizos&view=videos
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i’m a home internet user… i use kaspersky antivirus…
i have experienced using AVG, Bitdefender, Avast, and Norton…
since i have PC… i use norton product for my antivirus and utilities… its great… no virus and pc in good health… but then this antivirus upgraded and my pc got slow by them… this because new antivirus have big size of files and great GUI… my old PC cannot use it..
then i got new PC… but i dont have money… so i used free AVG… great too… untill brontok virus attack… avg free cannot detect it at that time…
then i install avast… yes… also great… but i’m not very like it… many scanner and sometimes slowing my pc and disturbing me
i bought kaspersky antivirus 2 years ago… since i use kaspersky… my laptop never get infected… the best for now…
many different suite of antivirus out there… and you already know… for home… you dont need antivirus that use for a company to get full protection… buy an antivirus for home… below i give you two type of comparison…
http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
http://internet-security-suite-review.toptenreviews.com/
internet security focusing about protection when using internet plus protection of your computer
Antivirus… only cover protection for computer,
while Internet Security… adding more protection for computer when using internet… how?… starting from the front gate of internet in your computer… so.. firewall given for filtering the data coming through internet… then you use email… email scanner do the scanning before any files from outside been download to your computer… when you use internet browser… web phishing, spyware,adware blocker and all dangerous things been filtered before storing in your computer…
in summary… Internet Security is for you to have safe internet experience
… my advice… before buying… read what the application could offer you… firewall, spyware, adware, pishing, email scanner and many more…
http://www.kaspersky.com/kaspersky_internet_security
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/view/antivirus-comparison.html
http://www.symantec.com/norton/internet-security
firewall… wall in fire… lol… nah i dont know either…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_(networking)
A firewall is an integrated collection of security measures designed to prevent unauthorized electronic access to a networked computer system. It is also a device or set of devices configured to permit, deny, encrypt, decrypt, or proxy all computer traffic between different security domains based upon a set of rules and other criteria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_firewall
A personal firewall is an application which controls network traffic to and from a computer, permitting or denying communications based on a security policy.
A personal firewall differs from a conventional firewall in terms of scale. Personal firewalls are typically designed for use by end-users. As a result, a personal firewall will usually protect only the computer on which it is installed.
Many personal firewalls are able to control network traffic by prompting the user each time a connection is attempted and adapting security policy accordingly. Personal firewalls may also provide some level of intrusion detection, allowing the software to terminate or block connectivity where it suspects an intrusion is being attempted.
http://personal-firewall-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
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i used internet everyday… i browsed many site… good site… and bad site… i downloaded many software… including pirate software… because i wanna try using the software without the limitation… i subscribe many site… and i have many spam mail coming to my spam box… lucky i dont use third party email such as outlook…
my point is… my way of using internet is not good way… i’m open to any attack… but how i’m using the internet safe me.
use firefox for internet browsing… install addblockplus addon or noscript addon… for more safe browsing
do not download any files if you dont know what is it…
my last advice… avoid going to website like porn,piracy,fast money,and avoid using internet explorer…
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Antivirus applications are useless and don’t offer protection, because they operate retroactively instead of proactively.
Think about it. If you were a virus writer, wouldn’t the first thing you do be to test it against all the major antivirus applications to make sure it can get by those? And when you release your virus at 1:35 PM, how would the antivirus definitions have a definition for your virus at 1:35 PM exactly? Or even at 2:00 PM? There’s no way.
Apart from having outdated virus definitions, antivirus applications also try to guess what are viruses based on file attributes, and that just leads to a lot of false positives that get people into a panic over nothing ("I have tracking cookies? Oh no!") while also not getting all viruses either.
Bottom line, antivirus is a waste of resources and even money if you spent money on it.
If you want to real internet security, here’s what you should do, in this order:
1. Set up and use almost exclusively a limited user account. Very few viruses target a limited user account, since they want to get their hooks into Windows’ system files and registry, but even if they did somehow manage to compromise the limited user account, you could simply delete that account and start a new account instead of having to reinstall Windows to get rid of the infection.
2. Google the term "social engineering" and read the first five results. Almost all malware infections rely on tricking the user, as opposed to exploiting security holes in the operating system.
3. Do not download pirated software, music, or movies.
4. Install Windows updates automatically.
5. Use Firefox with the NoScript extension installed.
6. Use strong passwords (no dictionary words, no numbers associated with you).
If you do all that, you won’t get infected, especially #1 and #2.
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2=internet securities software help us to use internet safely.
3=A fire wall is a wall separating buildings or subdividing a building to prevent the spread of fire and having a fire resistance rating and structural stability. [1].
There is a further sub-classification of fire walls. A High Challenge Fire Wall is a wall used to separate buildings or subdivide a building with high fire challenge occupancies, having enhanced fire resistance ratings and enhanced appurtenance protection to prevent the spread of fire, and having structural stability.[2]
Portions of structures that are subdivided by fire walls are permitted to be considered separate buildings, in that fire walls have sufficient structural stability to maintain the integrity of the wall in the event of the collapse of the building construction on either side of the wall.[3]
A fire barrier wall, also referred to as a fire partition, is a fire rated wall assembly which is not a fire wall. Typically, the main differences is that a fire barrier wall is not structurally stable, and does not extend through the roof, or to the underside of the floor above.[4]
Fire barrier walls are continuous from an exterior wall to an exterior wall, or from a floor below to a floor or roof above, or from one fire barrier wall to another fire barrier wall, fire wall, or high challenge fire wall having a fire resistance rating of at least equal rating as required for the fire barrier wall. They are continuous through all concealed spaces (e.g., above a ceiling), but are not required to extend through concealed spaces if the construction assembly forming the bottom of the space has a fire resistance rating at least equal of the fire barrier wall.
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