Security Software Recomendations

[Edward Troxel]

Here are some options:

AVG for Anti-virus
Zone Alarm has been good for a firewall
Spybot or AdAware for spyware

Edward Troxel

[Walter Smith]

If possible, I would recomment *not* to connect your editing machine on the Internet. You can get a MacMini for accesing the Internet. You place it somewhere on your desktop and use a KVM to switch the keyboard, display, and mouse between the two machines. Or you can install Linux (or use a LiveCD).

[Charles Avanti]

jsmith6 gave you good advice. But, if you can’t have an editing machine Off the net. I use Zone Alarm for firewall and anti virus and
Spybot and AdAware for spyware on my “dedicated editing computer” simply because it is connected to my network and has internet connections.

Charlie

[Metalmaster]

The advise you aleady got about not connecting to the Internet was good, but very hard for some of us.
I guess that I am one of a few that runs the Microsoft Windows Live One Care program. This has both an Anti-Virus and Firewall built in and some other more or less useful features. I was attracted to it by the fact that you can have up to 3 computers registered on one contract and I think it was only $50 / year.
I have been running it for about 9 months without any problems and on my editing box, I simply block the Internet connection in the Firewall for just about everything except Microsoft programs.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Bruce

[Laszlo Kovacs]

Hi,

I’m using Kerio personal firewall, and NOD32.
My “editing machine” is my machine, that I use
for other tasks as well.

No problems so far, I can recommend both kerio
and nod32.

One thing I didn’t read here -may be missed-:
don’t use your machine with admin rights.
Use an admin logon only for installing/removing programs.

Adaware was mentioned.
I have no good experiences with it.
Sometimes I get machines to “heal”
from my friends, with lots of trojans
and rootkits.

Instead of adaware you can use webroot
spysweeper. It sweeps out dozens of
malware of which adaware just don’t know
anything about (that’s why I kicked
adaware away ;)).

Against rootkits -if you already have some-
use sophos antirootkit.

For detecting trojans, rootkits good tools
are “hijackthis”, and rootkitrevealer from
sysinternals.

Hope I could help.

By(t)e

K.L.

[Allen Zagel]

I’ve tried them all. Be careful with Kerio. There’s conflicts with some spyware and other software.

I’ve used the AVG Free Antivirus for years and now they just came out with a complete internet security suite. Has everything, antivirus, firewall which I love because it’s easy to use, a spyware program and email protection for Outlook but I don’t use Outlook much. Before AVG I also used Nod32. It also was good except when they upgrade the program I has some issues with that one also. AVG has a very light footprint.

Got a 3 pack license for $99. That’s my laptop, editing machine and internet machine. MY editing machine doesn’t go on the internet except to update software.

I can work in Vegas, even render without AVG disrupting things.

Just got my son’s computer back online after having to re-install XP. ON his computer I put AVG free plus I found a free firewall that seems to be good. Comodo. Haven’t installed it yet but I’ll keep you informed.

Then there’s spybot. I also has issues with Ad Aware so I[‘m really scared to use it. It trashed a computer a few years ago. And yes, Hijack This is good.

Allen

ASX Media Productions
https://www.asxvideo.com

[Dave Petteruto]

Thanks to you all for all the great information.

Dave P.

[Janet Turner]

Dave –

Also a big fan of NOD32 for virus protection – quick to install and is completely unobtrusive and it does not slow down the opening of programs like Norton. Norton has become bloatware and will not install on a machine running Zone Alarm. I run the free version of Zone Alarm and it works great. Also have Ad Aware.

Have a great day.

Grasshopper

[Doug Graham]

I second the votes for AVG. I purchased the multi-license network edition, which lets one machine download the daily updates, and then updates every other machine on the network. However, the free version should work just as well. (I did find the network version’s installation and config instructions to be quite complex and hard to understand, but this doesn’t apply to the AVG program itself.)

I like PCTools antispyware software for its thoroughness. It finds all kinds of things that Ad-Aware and the others miss. However, it is kind of slow to use on a regular basis.

Regards,
Doug Graham

[Allen Zagel]

It’s mentioned above NOT to log in as Administrator and how right yoou are. Nobody can install anything then if you’re logged in as a user and I found a program that’s just for you then.

It’s AMUST Software’s 1-defender and it’s free. It attaches to yoour browser and anytime you bring up your browser it brings it up as a user and not administrator. You do have the option to log in normally as administrator if you know you’re going to download and install something like a Microsoft update.

Check out their website……
https://www.amustsoft.com/1-defender/

I highly recommend this and have never had an issue with it.

Allen

ASX Media Productions
https://www.asxvideo.com