- Aug 1, 2017
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First, a little bit background about myself, so i can receive better help and also because of my first post.
I am 120% geek, always playing with linux, bsd, programming, electronics... I even got my homelab recently (128 gb ecc, 32 core, 2x 10gbe NIC sfp+)... I know how to use a computer, and do safe web, aka not going on suspicious website, clicking on everything, downloading everything amd opening any mail. I can live without antivirus whe i am on paranoid mode, where i go on almost no website by fear of contamination, or live woth antivirus with cautious browsing, never caught virus. I never do torrent, have all my software legit... But I got two new usage scenario where an AV would be a must.
I currently have 3 use case :
- Main computer, deserved by either bitdefender or kaspersky (or no AV in linux or in paranoid mode)
- Workstation (wimdows), the new usage scenario. On this computer, I may have to run some application that may cause harm. (unfortunately, altought I am a legit user, there are 1-2 software that I just cannot obtain due to price, and these apps are not part of any giveaway... engineering apps, for education purpose)
- NAS. I can either have a computer plugged on the NAS scanning it continously, or is there some good AV that work on either freenas or synology NAS
Unfortunately, I didn't keep up with AV, abbreviation and computer security in general. Just got interested a few day ago and found this site.
This is where I need your help. What AV or combo that may serve my usage case 2, and if any also usage case 3?
Warning, don't suppose i am biaised toward amy solution :
I heard many cool thing about comodo. For example, the sandboxing feature. Very cool indeed, especially since i may need to execute some suspicious apps (execute, not block them). Most AV solution i know either block an apps, quarantine them or delete them. A solution that may execute but prevent harm is pretty cool. But comodo talk in this forum also confuse me : is comodo firewall a firewall, or a firewall and the sandbox thing, and HIPS or whatever abbreviation i don't know? Or when people are talking about comodo sandbox they are not talking about comodo firewall?
Like i said, i am mot biaised toward any, not even comodo, i am pretty sure other solution also got some sandbox feature.
In other word, which security solution may allow me to run a software that may be compromise without compromising the whole computer?
It dosen't bother me to spend some $ on AV. (in fact, it does not bother me spending $ on software as long as i don't have to pay 5k $ a software for some home usage)
As i am a geek, running multiple apps dosen't bother me either. But please, don't just shout out awnser with many abbreviation, or at least, define the abbreviation first.
I do not encourage piracy, if there is student discount, i priorize it over any piracy. Thus lets not talk about piracy, but just about security solution about running compromise application.
I am 120% geek, always playing with linux, bsd, programming, electronics... I even got my homelab recently (128 gb ecc, 32 core, 2x 10gbe NIC sfp+)... I know how to use a computer, and do safe web, aka not going on suspicious website, clicking on everything, downloading everything amd opening any mail. I can live without antivirus whe i am on paranoid mode, where i go on almost no website by fear of contamination, or live woth antivirus with cautious browsing, never caught virus. I never do torrent, have all my software legit... But I got two new usage scenario where an AV would be a must.
I currently have 3 use case :
- Main computer, deserved by either bitdefender or kaspersky (or no AV in linux or in paranoid mode)
- Workstation (wimdows), the new usage scenario. On this computer, I may have to run some application that may cause harm. (unfortunately, altought I am a legit user, there are 1-2 software that I just cannot obtain due to price, and these apps are not part of any giveaway... engineering apps, for education purpose)
- NAS. I can either have a computer plugged on the NAS scanning it continously, or is there some good AV that work on either freenas or synology NAS
Unfortunately, I didn't keep up with AV, abbreviation and computer security in general. Just got interested a few day ago and found this site.
This is where I need your help. What AV or combo that may serve my usage case 2, and if any also usage case 3?
Warning, don't suppose i am biaised toward amy solution :
I heard many cool thing about comodo. For example, the sandboxing feature. Very cool indeed, especially since i may need to execute some suspicious apps (execute, not block them). Most AV solution i know either block an apps, quarantine them or delete them. A solution that may execute but prevent harm is pretty cool. But comodo talk in this forum also confuse me : is comodo firewall a firewall, or a firewall and the sandbox thing, and HIPS or whatever abbreviation i don't know? Or when people are talking about comodo sandbox they are not talking about comodo firewall?
Like i said, i am mot biaised toward any, not even comodo, i am pretty sure other solution also got some sandbox feature.
In other word, which security solution may allow me to run a software that may be compromise without compromising the whole computer?
It dosen't bother me to spend some $ on AV. (in fact, it does not bother me spending $ on software as long as i don't have to pay 5k $ a software for some home usage)
As i am a geek, running multiple apps dosen't bother me either. But please, don't just shout out awnser with many abbreviation, or at least, define the abbreviation first.
I do not encourage piracy, if there is student discount, i priorize it over any piracy. Thus lets not talk about piracy, but just about security solution about running compromise application.