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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 734805">I tip my hat off to you sir, a very well written post!While I am new to this forum, I have been reading many technology/security forums for quite a while. I do not claim to be an expert in security, nor am I an expert in every security software that is out there, but I have read many forums like this one to see this happening over and over again every time a test like this is done. I do partially blame vendors for this though. They are constantly marketing features (ie: banking protection) as a required feature to have. Many vendors use checklists to compare not only their software, but how their software compares to their competition. As such,&nbsp; you get conversations like, well x product must be better then y product because&nbsp; it as feature a,b,c and y product doesn&#039;t. Meanwhile, y product has very similar capabilities and tools that are either called something different, or just use another form of technology to do the exact same thing. While I understand its how you try to win customers over to buy your product, it adds a lot of confusion, especially if someone doesn&#039;t do their research and learn anything about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 734805"] I tip my hat off to you sir, a very well written post! While I am new to this forum, I have been reading many technology/security forums for quite a while. I do not claim to be an expert in security, nor am I an expert in every security software that is out there, but I have read many forums like this one to see this happening over and over again every time a test like this is done. I do partially blame vendors for this though. They are constantly marketing features (ie: banking protection) as a required feature to have. Many vendors use checklists to compare not only their software, but how their software compares to their competition. As such, you get conversations like, well x product must be better then y product because it as feature a,b,c and y product doesn't. Meanwhile, y product has very similar capabilities and tools that are either called something different, or just use another form of technology to do the exact same thing. While I understand its how you try to win customers over to buy your product, it adds a lot of confusion, especially if someone doesn't do their research and learn anything about it. [/QUOTE]

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