Suggest best security tool in 2003 in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r9114201 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:04:40 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:04:40 EDT Re: Suggest best security tool in 2003 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9118323 TheJoker :
said by EGeezer See Profile:
Top tool
Common sense and awareness.


The only problem with common sense, is that its not all that common.

Le sens commun n'est pas si commun (Common sense is not so common)
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TheJoker]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9118323 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:36:46 EDT Re: Suggest best security tool in 2003 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9118271 phriday613 : my fav was panda's online virus scanner.. It came in handy on several occasions]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9118271 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:32:34 EDT Re: Suggest best security tool in 2003 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9118113 zmaugy : Broadband reports as far as I can say. I have already had firewall, AV and anti adware.
All the new stuff I have learned here.
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KILL Bill.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9118113 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:17:11 EDT Re: Suggest best security tool in 2003 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9117110 anon : I need spybot s&d to get rid of useage traces.

I need ZA free. It's the best firewall. Not interested in kerio, it looks to convoluted compared to ZA. I don't like NIS, it is weak protection IMO. I don't like Sygate, it needs NDIS to run, and I got cracked using it over and over again.

I need Process guard free. To guard ZA free.

I need AVG anti virus free. It's resident is simpler then Avast anti virus IMO. And it's scanner is WAY faster then NAV IMO.

On a side note. I don't see much people using Process guard free. Do you ? And why don't u. It's free.

b11ngoo b11ngoo]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9117110 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:02:06 EDT Re: Suggest best security tool in 2003 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9117032 dp : I don't know if it's possible to narrow it down to just 1 ;)
Many programs work well together and when used together make for a very secure setup. I would also add the following to the list:

SpywareGuard
ScriptSentry
IE-Spyads
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Common sense and awareness.

An actual product?
Spybot S&D - logs are quite handy and informative.

Web tools
BBR, DNSSTUFF

Many other good ones, including the good folks here and many friends who are always exploring new horizons (Esp. J.R. in UA - an up and coming Linux guy who is passing on his experiences to me!)

EG
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Dave said "By the way, 4294967295 is just another way to write -1". ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9115479 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:52:21 EDT Re: What was the best free security tool in 2003? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9115466 DownTheShore : Good point, osmethnee. The people who post on this board are way more knowledgeable that the "average joe", and the tools they see as necessary are probably completely unknown to the everyday computer owner.

As an average "jane", I'd have to say the eTrust offer, because it gave me a complete suite of protection that took absolutely no brains to set up. For the average person who has minimal knowledge of AV and FW issues, something that's going to give them the most coverage that they're probably ever going to put on their computer anyway, winds up protecting the rest of us. Since it's all in one suite, they don't have to go searching around for separate programs.

Spyware and adware, while annoying, don't really harm anything. The average person, speaking from observations of family and friends, have absolutely no idea what they are and wouldn't know what to put on their systems to eliminate them. But they have heard of computer viruses and know that they should do "something" to protect their computer.

Too many people out there still have the expired AV program that came with their computer, have never updated the definitions, and still think that they are protected. That might be a problem with eTrust when the free year expires, but hopefully by that time they'll be more aware of the dangers to their computer. Personally, I put free AV & FW programs on my parents' computer and set them to auto-update because I know they'll never remember to either renew or update. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9115466 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:50:56 EDT Re: What was the best free security tool in 2003? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9115264 anon : Brain 1.0 ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9115264 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:28:35 EDT Re: What was the best free security tool in 2003? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9115251 robtoo : I think you should clarify what you're asking. Do you really want to know which tool most "boosted up security [for the] average joe using computers and the internet", which tool was most useful to the readers of this forum (non-average joes, for sure!) or which was the best tool that the readers of this forum added to their toolbox in 2003?

All are good questions, but each will have very different answers...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9115251 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:27:00 EDT Re: What was the best free security tool in 2003? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9115178 jansson_mark :
said by StraitShoot See Profile:
Start a new poll now while it's young.. I vote for SSM!

Lets get few more suggestions please.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9115178 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:18:20 EDT Re: What was the best free security tool in 2003? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114854 StraitShoot : Start a new poll now while it's young.. I vote for SSM!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114854 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:40:19 EDT Re: What was the best free security tool in 2003? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114717 Jarmo P : This is not a tool, but using it replaces the need of using some too often, Mozilla Firebird ;)
Goodbye IE.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114717 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:21:38 EDT Re: What was the best free security tool in 2003? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114622 mark5019 : id say the delete key]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114622 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:10:05 EDT Re: What was the best free security tool in 2003? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114589 jack b : I'd have to say ZA, 'cause for the most part it helps keep out much of the other crap.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114589 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:05:03 EDT Re: What was the best free security tool in 2003? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114495 Arathaen : I second what Bubba said :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114495 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:51:50 EDT Re: What was the best free security tool in 2003? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114444 Allnew :
said by Bubba See Profile:
"best free security tool in 2003?"....knowledge gained via the BBR Security Forum :)

Agreed, and the Etrust offer.
Very good move by MS & CA IMO.
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(I seem to forget several program because I dont use them myself, sorry about that)
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Abtrusion Protector
Active Ports
Ad-Aware
AVG
BlackIceDefender
Doc Scrubber
Eraser
eTrust EZarmor
Hijackthis
Kerio firewall
MBSA
MRU Blaster
Outpost firewall
PGP/OpenPGP/GnuPG
SSM
Spybot S&D
Spywareblaster
Whatshappening
WindowsXP antispy
ZoneAlarm firewall
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Use HushTools or GnuPG/PGP to encrypt any email before sending it to me to protect our privacy.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9114201 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 09:59:18 EDT