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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 779215"><p>Sorry I thought you were referring to ESET and no sorry I cannot comment on GDATA as I've never really tried it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's ok, it happens to all of us<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Just like [USER=58943]@ForgottenSeer 58943[/USER] and myself said, don't stress or over think it too much. If you decide to keep Eset, its a very capable product and can do its job fairly well on its own. I personally don't think adding Malwarebytes will add any more to Eset's capabilities. The reason we stress not to worry about adding 100's of programs and extensions is that there's huge potential for conflicts which can not only cause system instabilities, but also decrease your overall security.</p><p></p><p>One thing I really preach over anything is to have safe computing habits. That in itself can save you more times than you can count. The problem (especially on security forums) is that people tend to put way too much faith in to security programs and ignore basic habits. Like I said in my previous post no product/setup is perfect and anyone can get infected if they practice unsafe habits. I am by no means saying you shouldn't use security programs, all I am saying is that in conjunction with a security program/setup, you still need to practice safe habits. </p><p></p><p>Also, what you see and hear on the news/security forums about security, realize that a lot of these breaches/advanced attacks are really directed towards business and governments, rarely if ever are they directed towards home users. Does that mean nothing will happen to home users? No, it just means that I wouldn't stress overly too much about advanced attacks. This is where security forum paranoia kicks in, because a lot of people tend to over stress way too much about these advanced attacks, hence why you see people with 5 real-time programs and 20 extensions. Hackers don't want to waste their time and resources on using advanced attacks against home users, its way more lucrative to use them against businesses and governments. Keep you system and programs up to date, have proper backups, etc... and you should be fairly safe (along with what ever security program you decide to use)</p><p></p><p>I know you mentioned that you have more "now that you can lose", but again this is where security 101 comes in, back up, backup, backup. Having proper backups of all you personal data is the only true way to insure that if anything happens, you still have your data. As to your family, I think we can all relate <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />, but if you haven't already, at least try instilling basic safe computing habits, because maybe they just don't know. It may not always be perfect, but it's a start.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 779215"] Sorry I thought you were referring to ESET and no sorry I cannot comment on GDATA as I've never really tried it. It's ok, it happens to all of us:) Just like [USER=58943]@ForgottenSeer 58943[/USER] and myself said, don't stress or over think it too much. If you decide to keep Eset, its a very capable product and can do its job fairly well on its own. I personally don't think adding Malwarebytes will add any more to Eset's capabilities. The reason we stress not to worry about adding 100's of programs and extensions is that there's huge potential for conflicts which can not only cause system instabilities, but also decrease your overall security. One thing I really preach over anything is to have safe computing habits. That in itself can save you more times than you can count. The problem (especially on security forums) is that people tend to put way too much faith in to security programs and ignore basic habits. Like I said in my previous post no product/setup is perfect and anyone can get infected if they practice unsafe habits. I am by no means saying you shouldn't use security programs, all I am saying is that in conjunction with a security program/setup, you still need to practice safe habits. Also, what you see and hear on the news/security forums about security, realize that a lot of these breaches/advanced attacks are really directed towards business and governments, rarely if ever are they directed towards home users. Does that mean nothing will happen to home users? No, it just means that I wouldn't stress overly too much about advanced attacks. This is where security forum paranoia kicks in, because a lot of people tend to over stress way too much about these advanced attacks, hence why you see people with 5 real-time programs and 20 extensions. Hackers don't want to waste their time and resources on using advanced attacks against home users, its way more lucrative to use them against businesses and governments. Keep you system and programs up to date, have proper backups, etc... and you should be fairly safe (along with what ever security program you decide to use) I know you mentioned that you have more "now that you can lose", but again this is where security 101 comes in, back up, backup, backup. Having proper backups of all you personal data is the only true way to insure that if anything happens, you still have your data. As to your family, I think we can all relate :), but if you haven't already, at least try instilling basic safe computing habits, because maybe they just don't know. It may not always be perfect, but it's a start. [/QUOTE]
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