ESET Smart Security 7

[Pudgie]

Going on 1 week now & I haven't yet been bugged by the wife about her computer going crazy........................ .....................

Not 1 time......................... ......................

This is looking up here at Pudgie land......................... ..........................

Gonna keep an eye on this development.

Oh I did order a back up disc of ESET Smart Security 7 as well to have on hand.

So far, so good......................... ...

 

[Vulcan]

I got ms security essentials.  I havent run into any problems then again I dont just go jumping around anywhere on the internet.

semp

MSE is terrible, and not jumping around anywhere on the internet will not help you. It's a falicy that most malware comes from dodgy web sites.

[guncrasher]

MSE is terrible, and not jumping around anywhere on the internet will not help you. It's a falicy that most malware comes from dodgy web sites.

the reason most people get virus or malware is mostly to blame on the user.  the best av is only as good as the user.  and not jumping around in the internet is the best way to lower your chances of getting an infection.


semp

[MrRiplEy[H]]

MSE is terrible, and not jumping around anywhere on the internet will not help you. It's a falicy that most malware comes from dodgy web sites.

Are you claiming that if a user sicks to legal, paid, software products and doesn't use the internet, he's still in danger of getting malware? I agree with the theoretical danger since even USB sticks have been shipped with malware in the box, but the 99,9% of threats originate from internet. Either browser based attacks or embedded in free or warez downloads.

[715]

I think he was saying it is a fallacy that "most malware comes only from 'dogy' web sites and that you're safe if you stick to 'good' web pages".  Legitimate web sites have been hacked to deliver malware before.  I doubt anyone is saying a computer that never connects to the internet and never reads external media, like USB sticks, can still get malware.

A report I saw that was really depressing was a study of USB sticks lost at London tube stations.  A University bought a bunch of unclaimed lost USB sticks and tested them for malware.  I can't remember the actual number, but I think something like 60% were infected, some of them by dozens and dozens of malware programs.  Kind of makes you think most non-technical people's computers are seriously infected.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I think he was saying it is a fallacy that "most malware comes only from 'dogy' web sites and that you're safe if you stick to 'good' web pages".  Legitimate web sites have been hacked to deliver malware before.  I doubt anyone is saying a computer that never connects to the internet and never reads external media, like USB sticks, can still get malware.

A report I saw that was really depressing was a study of USB sticks lost at London tube stations.  A University bought a bunch of unclaimed lost USB sticks and tested them for malware.  I can't remember the actual number, but I think something like 60% were infected, some of them by dozens and dozens of malware programs.  Kind of makes you think most non-technical people's computers are seriously infected.

If people would stop using IE and switch to noscript equipped firefoxes, the amount of malware infections would reduce to a minimum. Flash ads, javascript and java are the most common attack vectors and those can be easily disabled using noscript. Of course the 'common' users would not be able to use many websites after that but that's the fault of the website designers who built dangerous techniques for no reason in their sites.