[dba-Tech] AV+Firewall

Vipre's Firewall is very easy or very granular - whichever you wish it to
be. When purchasing the suite you also have bad website blocking and 3rd
party updating. I run the suite on my main PC. I like that I can block all
traffic or disable the firewall from the task tray icon with two clicks.
It's helpful for testing purposes. 

In addition to Vipre I use OpenDNS for my DNS server (so I am doubly
protected from bad sites) and run a weekly scan with MalWareBytes (which has
yet to find anything on my computer but I lean to the cautious side because
prevention is so much easier than recovery.

One thing to note is that GFI recently announced they are spinning of Vipre
and the other security related ventures into ThreatTrack Security. Although
GFI was good for Vipre due to its marketing savvy, network security scanning
and patch management tools, I think this is a good thing for Vipre due to
the focus of the new company.

As for ZoneAlarm's suite all I can remember is that it has a rather odd UI.
They may have improved it. They used to buy they AV component from CA but I
can't see that they do anymore.

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 7:10 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: [dba-Tech] AV+Firewall

So it’s that time of year when my subscriptions are up for renewal


 

I’ve been using ZoneAlarm Firewall for ever, and Vipre Anti-Virus for over 5
years.

 

I’m more than happy with both products, but when I look at the renewal
deals, it’s going to cost me £70 for 1 year’s subscription to both, or I
could get the deals and go with the whole security suite from either
company, which would be cheaper. With Vipre, I can get the “PC Lifetime
Protection” deal for £70 or pay £50 for two years’ protection from
ZoneAlarm.

 

What I really want to know is:

 

How good is ZoneAlarm’s anti-virus product?

How good is Vipre’s Firewall product?

 

The other thing to take into account is that most of this computer is 5
years old already, but it’s running Windows 7 & Office 2013 with no
problems, so I don’t foresee a need to replace it any time soon, although I
have just bought a new Windows 8 laptop to play with


 

If anyone can point me at a good deal to do both AV and Firewall, and on
more than one computer, that would be brilliant. I thought I’d seen one for
Vipre for the lifetime of 10 PCs but I can’t find it now


 

Any suggestions?

 

 

Jon

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