Re: Google Maps & PC Guard

On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 21:27:15 +0100, Johnny B Good
<jcs.computers***@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The message <Yme3k.59511$Bz2.324@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
from Chris Whelan <cawhelan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> contains these words:

Johnny B Good wrote:
[...]

You still need an effective antimalware package though. I can highly
recommend SpyBot S&D for this. <http://www.safer-networking.org>

AVG 8.0 is a combined anti-virus and anti-malware solution; it works well.

That might prove to be true, but be careful not to give folk the
impression that it's so good that it can totally replace the tried and
trusted SpyBot S&D in the fight against drive by download malware and
worse.

Most AV software based 'security' suites tend to perform abysmally in
this department when they bloat up to become a "One Size Fits all" fit
'n' forget solution and I see no reason why AVG should fare any better.

At the end of the day, it isn't so much the "Man For All Seasons" all
in one security package that does the job so much as the mindset of the
end user[1]. Having a less fit and forget combination of protection
based on a simple trustworthy AV and SpyBot S&D saves the end user being
lulled into a false sense of security and keeps them that little more
mindful of the ongoing problem of keeping their PC secured against the
ever evolving threat of the many varieties of malware that abound.

[1] Don't forget that most of the end users of microsoft's festering PoS
OS are home users who also need to provide their own system admin and
take some responsibility in the fight against malware, not only for
their own sake but also for the sake of others.

I used to believe in "layered protection", used Kaspersky Antivirus
(NOD also comes highly recommended), Agnitum Outpost firewall, Process
Guard, and occasional scans with Spybot S&D and other programs

I've just been trialling Kaspersky Internet Security 8/2009, which is
coming on the market and can already be obtained as a post-beta
Technical Release, and must say I'm hugely impressed as a one-stop fit
and forget program. One slightly obscure problem on one box which I
strongly suspect was a Windows problem (MountPointManager) it goes
like a very fast thing on amphetamine and once I've learned my way
round the GUI which is totally different from the previous version(s)
I suspect it'll cover all the work previously done by a bunch of
programs, and occasional scans by Superantispyware will cover the
rest.

OK so it isn't free but how much is system security worth?

One thing worth looking at with all security programs is the amount
and type of support available, check out the manufacturers' respective
forums. No user forum? run away very very fast
.