[dba-Tech] security apps

Although I keep tabs on Norton/Symantec I quit recommending their use with
the 2004 versions of their products as they certainly fit your description
well with the 2005/2006 versions. The 2007 version has looked somewhat
promising but I'm not holding my breath either. I've had similar experiences
with McAfee, Panda and F-Secure products among others. The only suite I've
been happy with lately is CA's and they just changed it. I'm not too happy
with the new compilation. Good, small footprint AV, good anti-spyware, very
good anti-spam but they replaced ZA with another firewall and so far I'm not
impressed. Time will tell.

I've been using Kerio since before Sunbelt bought it out to save it. I've
had some issues with it but in general I agree with you. I have a lot of
faith that Sunbelt will get all the kinks worked out of it soon. They
haven't had it long. I am participating in their beta tester programs. I am
also checking out the free Comodo Firewall.

Sunbelt's CounterSpy version 2 is near release now and looks great.
Footprint is much smaller and will it include rootkit detection and some
other improvements.

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 3:44 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] security apps

On 4 Nov 2006 at 15:00, John Bartow wrote:


> I highly recommend that all home users who refuse to pay for quality 
> security products

If by that you mean products like Norton/Symantec etc, I'd argue with the
word "quality". 

It's into so much a case of refusing to pay for quality, it's a case of not
wanting to buy bloated security suites which  completely take over your
computer and frequently don't play nicely with other software.  

> download and use AVG Free AV, AVG Free AS, and Zone Alarm Free 
> Firewall. I have them all installed on my wife's laptop so that I can

The only change I'd make to that list is Kerio/Sunbelt Firewall rather than
ZA which has tended to become bloated over the last few releases.  

> keep on top of them. In fact, IMO, this combination is better than 
> many of the security packages you must pay for!

I agree 100% with that.
--
Stuart


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