F-Secure good?

[Kayman]

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:21:43 GMT, Rat River Cemetary wrote:

> Kayman wrote:
>
>> I am not a great fan of 'security suites'. I'd use *only* the F-Secure AV
>> function and remove AVG.
>
> Why keep Windows Firewall over F-Secure Firewall?

For the average homeuser, the Windows Firewall in XP SP 2 does a fantastic
job at its core mission and is really all you need if you have a good
quality 'real-time' anti-virus program and other edge protection like
SeconfigXP and practise safe-hex.
The Windows Firewall deals with inbound protection and therefore does not
give you a false sense of security. Best of all, it doesn't implement lots
of nonsense like pretending that outbound traffic needs to be monitored.
Most importantly, the Windows Firewall is an integrated part of the
operating system (OS)!

> I've used SuperAntiSpyware before but find I don't really need it with
> what I have. I use FF with noscript so it is hard to get bitten by
> spyware anyway. I have removed Adaware 2007 from both my PC's now
> because its "new and improved" update service and GUI is crap.

Okay then, you're obviously on the top of things and have all bases
covered. Good luck

[Rat River Cemetary]

Kayman wrote:

> Okay then, you're obviously on the top of things and have all bases
> covered. Good luck

Yea, I agree with what you say about outbound protection and Windows
Firewall (that's what I have been using for years now) but outbound
protection can help with blocking legit software from phoning home if
you feel like doing that. I've played with the outbound protection in
Vista but it is a PITA to use and blocks it's own update service. Thanks
for the input and now that I think about it some more there is no real
need to use F-Secure when I already have everything set up to be pretty
tight. I don't like the idea of F-Secure checking for updates on a
frequent basis too. I check for all updates manually as it less of an
annoyance that way. There is not much more annoying than both AVG and
Windows Defender trying to get updates at the same time.

[Kayman]

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:40:56 GMT, Rat River Cemetary wrote:

> Kayman wrote:
>
>> Okay then, you're obviously on the top of things and have all bases
>> covered. Good luck
>
> Yea, I agree with what you say about outbound protection and Windows
> Firewall (that's what I have been using for years now) but outbound
> protection can help with blocking legit software from phoning home if
> you feel like doing that. I've played with the outbound protection in
> Vista but it is a PITA to use and blocks it's own update service. Thanks
> for the input and now that I think about it some more there is no real
> need to use F-Secure when I already have everything set up to be pretty
> tight. I don't like the idea of F-Secure checking for updates on a
> frequent basis too. I check for all updates manually as it less of an
> annoyance that way. There is not much more annoying than both AVG and
> Windows Defender trying to get updates at the same time.

Just keep in mind that you shouldn't worry about *trusted* software phoning
home; Especially when the (trusted) software monitors/protects your OS.
All the best