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| 1363309 | 2013-12-22 19:00:00 | I use MSE But I did go bareback for 2 years. But there are so many scammers out there and so much malware. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1363310 | 2013-12-22 19:45:00 | Used to use MSE on Win7 but the latest version doubles the boot time. So I removed it. And use nothing now. And I'm just using the default windows defender on Win8 | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1363311 | 2013-12-22 20:25:00 | MSE, win 7 pro. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1363312 | 2013-12-22 20:36:00 | Windows 7 Firewall with Tinywall for outgoing program control. | rumpty (2863) | ||
| 1363313 | 2013-12-22 22:11:00 | I'm guessing they have a windows version, I'd suggest giving Little Snitch a try - it watches all in bound and out bound traffic. You can set it to block specific outbound traffic if you want. | Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1363314 | 2013-12-23 03:11:00 | No firewall, I intentionally disable it on all my machines. The router does NAT, that's enough. I have nothing in my PC getting out that I'd want to stop. Having a firewall was the only indication for me that a keylogger was about to upload something somewhere. Admittedly this was years ago when I still used Norton Antivirus, so no surprise it didn't pick it up I guess. I'm sure you use something better than NAV, but the experience has made me never go without a firewall which agressively monitors everything, especially outgoing connections, ever since! |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1363315 | 2013-12-23 05:11:00 | Having a firewall was the only indication for me that a keylogger was about to upload something somewhere. Admittedly this was years ago when I still used Norton Antivirus, so no surprise it didn't pick it up I guess. I'm sure you use something better than NAV, but the experience has made me never go without a firewall which agressively monitors everything, especially outgoing connections, ever since! Well described :thumbs: Just updated a program today, 3 times (or 3 parts) of the program had to be allowed OUT before it would work. The Smart Security/firewall is set to interactive so nothing gets out with out permission, anything changes the firewall detects theres been a change and will warn you, then ask for permission to allow /disallow. Junior was a bit annoyed today,:mad: I had installed HitmanPro.Alert 2.5 with CryptoGuard) (www.surfright.nl) - Steam on his Computer tried to alter something today -- Hitmanpro.Alert killed it dead, then once allowed, his Smart Security stopped it again till he allowed it --- guess its working :D |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1363316 | 2013-12-23 05:35:00 | Windows XP with Windows firewall. | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1363317 | 2013-12-23 06:50:00 | IMO modern MS Windows firewalls are good - but the XP on is only one direction (not a very effective firewall). | johnd (85) | ||
| 1363318 | 2013-12-23 07:34:00 | Thanks all. Sounds like times have changed somewhat to a few years ago. Having a firewall was the only indication for me that a keylogger was about to upload something somewhere. Admittedly this was years ago when I still used Norton Antivirus, so no surprise it didn't pick it up I guess. I'm sure you use something better than NAV, but the experience has made me never go without a firewall which agressively monitors everything, especially outgoing connections, ever since! My experience as well. Call me paranoid but I like to know what is trying to call home and have been rather surprised in the past at just what has tried to do so. Since WinXP's firewall is one-way only I have used a third-party firewall for years and would continue to do so if I had to when I eventually upgrade. |
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