Im using KIS atm, have no problems with it, does the job
Kaspersky Internet Security
Avast Internet Security
Agnitum Outpost Security Suite
ESET Smart Security
McAfee Internet Security
Avira Premium Security Suite
Panda Internet Security
Norton Internet Security
BitDefender Internet Security
Trend Micro Security
Microsoft Security Essentials
Other
Im using KIS atm, have no problems with it, does the job
Ive used many,many security software and kaspersky always comes out on top for me. There is a 2 month free trial right now if you feel like trying it but imho the best software ever, if i had to choose a second i would go with eset.
I voted for "Other" as it's the closest to "none" there is. Early this year, I decided to try using nothing but common sense and carefulness to avoid infections. And my router acts as a firewall. So far, so good.
NOD32 was good though. v2.7 more than the new ones, as you didn't have to fetch new logins every now and then (the endless trial fix was supposedly even legal, as it modified no files).
"I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
Your router acts as a hardware firewall using SPI or stateful packet inspection. A hardware firewall is designed to protect the physical and transport layers of the OSI model, and thus verifies if packets are directed to the target system(s) if not, the packets are rejected. This firewall does not extend to application based protection, so the packets themselves are not checked to see if they are being requested by a particular app. This is a common misconception about firewalls, the physical firewall in a router and the software firewall in the OS work in concert and are the first line of defense against erroneous packets.
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"I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
It is more a function of your modified browser settings that gives you the protection you enjoy rather than the hardware firewall. Most people do not know how to or would even want to configure their browser (which is where 95% of the attacks come from) to the level yours is tweaked to.
The discards you are talking about are usually reserved for some obnoxious gamer who pisses everyone else off on the server so they DoS him, or other such stupidities, as far as a home situation is concerned at least.
Any decent router will combine both SPI (which covers the flood attacks) and NAT forwarding, but a software firewall verifies the target packet is for an application requesting it on the target system. It is simply another layer of protection for network packets and extends packet verification beyond the physical layers.
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I am using AVG at the moment but from past experience, I've found out that Quickheal is the best you can get.
I've been testing out Comodo IS Pro for a few weeks now, & so far I like it. You can get a 1 year free trial HERE (Use the off line installer link)
It uses a bit more memory than Eset, which I normally use. But it's worth it IMO. Especially with the 1 year free trial.
Last edited by teflon05; 09-08-2011 at 02:53 PM.
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