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"Hardening" - the pros and cons?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tiamati" data-source="post: 864690" data-attributes="member: 56785"><p>Hello [USER=63961]@bribon77[/USER] . I appreciate your comment, but let me add some thoughts. A security suit really add that much of protection in comparison with the simple AV or free versions - with default configs? In my experience no. At least with kaspersky. For example, KIS add a few options like application control and TAM (disabled by default). All other important modules are present in the free version. So, basically you get some extras like anti-banner, private mode, safe money, firewall but they would not affect my choice about hardening or not the system. If i would harden with the free version, so i would do it too for the full security suit, as this one won't add any module that would affect my option (except por TAM, disabled by default in this case). I'm not questioning your position about not hardening the system. I'm just saying that is not the fact you are using the full security suit that should affect the choice. </p><p></p><p>My experience with Bitdefender internet security is very similar to kaspersky in this case. You get everything that really matters with the free version (except you can't configure it as you want). Internet security add firewall and other features like vulnerable check, security delete, etc..., but none of them are absolutely essential or can't be substituted by others windows configs or softwares</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiamati, post: 864690, member: 56785"] Hello [USER=63961]@bribon77[/USER] . I appreciate your comment, but let me add some thoughts. A security suit really add that much of protection in comparison with the simple AV or free versions - with default configs? In my experience no. At least with kaspersky. For example, KIS add a few options like application control and TAM (disabled by default). All other important modules are present in the free version. So, basically you get some extras like anti-banner, private mode, safe money, firewall but they would not affect my choice about hardening or not the system. If i would harden with the free version, so i would do it too for the full security suit, as this one won't add any module that would affect my option (except por TAM, disabled by default in this case). I'm not questioning your position about not hardening the system. I'm just saying that is not the fact you are using the full security suit that should affect the choice. My experience with Bitdefender internet security is very similar to kaspersky in this case. You get everything that really matters with the free version (except you can't configure it as you want). Internet security add firewall and other features like vulnerable check, security delete, etc..., but none of them are absolutely essential or can't be substituted by others windows configs or softwares [/QUOTE]
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