Advice Request Do you have the Best Security?

[Ink]

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Countless times a thread appears with "What AV is the best?" or "Which has the highest detection rate?", and the same advice is given "try the software for yourself"and that "the best simply does not exist". The following days another "What is best" thread appears. No surprise there.

That leads me to this thread.. do you have the Best Security?

I'm not really asking what you are using, so please don't list everything..

Instead think about the following;

• Do you consider your own PC security to be the best?
• What areas do you think can be improved?
• Can anyone use your security config and be as safe?
• Reasons why it might not be?
• If your security is not the best, why do you use it?
• ...

 

[illumination]

Instead think about the following;

• Do you consider your own PC security to be the best?
• What areas do you think can be improved?
• Can anyone use your security config and be as safe?
• Reasons why it might not be?
• If your security is not the best, why do you use it?
• ...

I see what you did there, it's a conundrum

You are correct though, those threads are a dime a dozen, and no matter how many times users are advised to try products for themselves "which is why they have trial periods", they seem to keep posting these.

 

[AtlBo]

1. Not the best. CF is a good starting point, but Kaspersky is better and probably a handfull of the other pay products (Emsisoft, F-Secure, ESET, G-Data,McAfee, Norton, Bullguard etc). At least I can feel like it's possible to see the upside potential with Comodo now, even if development improvements come at a snail's pace.

2. Better in the following ways:
-Firewall-it's OK, but it needs better logging and controls
-Usability-CF looks good, but it could be more manageable and alerts could be better
-Reliability-I pay attention to users who walk away from the program. Kind of understand why, since it does tend to break once in awhile. It does continue to protect, but CF needs more reliability

3. Yes anyone can use CF. One of the plusses. Not as easy to set up as the best suites though.

4. Dependent on Comodo's choices and on the cloud . The T-V-L is powerful in scope, but it's very large too. Still that's a good starting point for securing a PC.

5. Free is the reason why I use less than the best for now. idk but I will probably be paying this time next year depending on where Comodo is at that time...

It's nice to be able to have one program that covers as much ground as Comodo Firewall. Not sure I would even recommend adding an a-v, but I use one so I guess that improves things to a degree but also complicates things. Avast is the best but Qihoo 360 Essentials is also good in the role with Comodo.

I have been tempted to try the ai a-v from Korea (forget the name). Haven't yet looked into it, but the development curve seems to have been good in the early stages with that program. Maybe that would be good to pair with Comodo if it's not too heavy.

 

[bribon77]

Well, excuse my English (it's from the Google translator).
1: You do not have the best AV. If there is the best user.
2: You must know that av can support my machine.
3: You must know the Av you are using to make the most of it. It is not about changing every moment.
4: there are configurations for advanced people and for those who are not so advanced. but if you are in MT and you are interested, I think there are people willing to teach you.
5: My configuration will not be the best but it is enough not to infect me: use the configuration CF Cs) OSAmor.
and some extensions to navigate.

 

[show-Zi]

I think that there is the possibility of heading towards excessive security by sticking to defense.
In extreme state, "I installed all the various security software recommended by ten wise men" together.

 

[Brie]

i bought bitdefender TS when i thought it was the best.
i have 'sys hardener'.
i have malwarebytes extension. i also have ublock origin with all the anti-malware filters.

when my subscription for bitdefender runs out, i will get comodo F with C sisters settings and avast free.

i have not thought that my security was the best for a couple of months.

 

[Deleted member 178]

The best security is :

1- know the attack vectors.
2- Know what those vectors will target.
3- use the appropriate software to monitor those targets.

 

[TairikuOkami]

I am fairly confident with my setup, it might not be the best, but it works. Whenever there is a threat I go and click on the link to test it. I do not bother with on-demand scans. I could get infected only, if I would run an infected exe by myself.

 

[shmu26]

I sure hope my security config is not the best, because if it is, I can't improve it!

 

[mekelek]

good enough for me being able to sleep well at night.
could be better, i'm lacking protection on the network front, probably will add some UTM solution
software wise, i picked the best twice, redundancy for just in case

 

[frogboy]

Not sure about the best but it has been good enough to stop me getting infected in my six years on the net. So good enough I say.

 

[Deletedmessiah]

I'm using EAM and simplewall and some on demand scanners which I rarely scan with. Its good enough for me I guess. I think I'll add OSarmor some days later. Not using PC much right now.

 

[ZeroDay]

WD and some zero day protection plus an adblocker job done.

 

[bribon77]

The best security is :

1- know the attack vectors.
2- Know what those vectors will target.
3- use the appropriate software to monitor those targets.

@Umbra, that's the difference you are from advanced users. of which we must learn.

 

[show-Zi]

@Umbra, that's the difference you are from advanced users. of which we must learn.

I agree.

Advanced users understand themselves and choose, but I feel that it is a bit wrong for beginners to imitate them without thinking anything. That's why I came here.

 

[shmu26]

"Know your enemy" is good advice for everybody, not just for "experts".

For those who know a little about early American history, the British colonialists had a superior army, but the American revolutionists beat them anyway, because they used unconventional techniques.
The British did not know their enemy.

 

[show-Zi]

"Knowing enemies" is also important for dealing with concrete and effective measures. So when vaguely asked for "the best security", it may be arguing like sales talk because the enemy of the consultant can not be seen.
To describe the psychology of a beginner, it is close to the feeling that the people trapped in the supermarket by Stephen King's "mist" are feeling that "something is unknown, but the danger of a mystery is full of surroundings".

 

[bribon77]

"Know your enemy" is good advice for everybody, not just for "experts".

Of course, it is important to know. But it is not for everyone, Windows has many vulnerable things.
know them all without any study of computing is difficult
This would be like medicine. There are specific antibiotics for certain diseases that are only prescribed by specialists, not by a general practitioner. A general practitioner sends you a broad-spectrum antibiotic, but it's not the same

 

[LDogg]

1. For what I use my computer for, I believe the PC security to the best under this aspect.
2. Webcam I believe, but setting may stop this & other areas in that regard.
3. Anyone is too broad. I think any individual who uses online shopping, browses the web, downloads a few things and other day to day activities, yes my config is safe. Again just personal opinion and thinking outside the box.
4. Advanced users will undergo tasks in a different manner to beginner users, people who do not use PC/laptops for advanced use, non-malware testers, home users et al
5. N/A

~Ldogg

 

[Local Host]

Do you consider your own PC security to be the best?
For me, yes.

What areas do you think can be improved?
More strict Firewall.

Can anyone use your security config and be as safe?
Depends on the person.

Reasons why it might not be?
There's no Software that can protect against constantly bad choices.

If your security is not the best, why do you use it?
For me is the best and already over the top, I go fine without Security Software (did it for years already).