Jason Faulkner is the man who brings you our daily tips. He is based in Atlanta, Georgia.For those of you who like the convenience of an all-in-one security package (typically anti-virus, anti-spyware, spam filtering and a firewall), PC World’s rating of the top packages would be a good read.
I know many people on the forums here prefer to use a combination of various free programs to accomplish the same tasks. However, I personally believe the all-in-one’s are a good purchase for novice computer users who don’t have a “geek” to fall back on. A restrictive computer is much safer for someone who has no concept of computer security compared to a wide open one.
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Rich Menga, a native New Englander residing in Tampa Bay Florida, 
5/3/2008 12:56 pm
Why reviewers always choose NIS & KIS as the top security suite is beyond me. The resources NIS sucks out of your PC on boot are ridiculous. I myself am a fan of NIS, based on using it 5 years straight. It has a highly advanced firewall and virus definitions IMO. Only issue is that you get so used to resources being sucked bone dry that you tend to deal with it and become complacent.
I switched to BitDefender after a few recommendations and haven’t looked back. It’s very low on the resources, has a much easier interface to navigate and is easy to use for even the non-geeks out there
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5/3/2008 5:31 pm
Personally I would rather have the virus than use Norton or McAfee. Better choices would be Panda Software or F-Secure, but they are not on the list because they dont advertise enough.
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5/4/2008 9:16 am
Not only didn’t they test Panda and F-Secure, they didn’t test AVG either.
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5/4/2008 1:32 pm
There’s all the proof you need to know these reviews are rigged. They always are.
Like a political campaign - the more money big businesses put in to the campaign, the better kickbacks they get when their political figure wins.
Same with these kinds of reviews - companies pay big money to have the products rated highly. Those who don’t know any better will then rely on these reviews to buy the product they need. It’s basically advertising money really.
I never rely on “paid” reviews - I rely on tech forums and on people who actually use the product to gain my knowledge.
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5/5/2008 8:21 am
1st, catchy headline, got me to read it right away… however, the date on the article you linked to was old (actually 6 months counting this month).
2nd. PC mag tends to review the vendors that support its publication the most versus some vendors that actually have software that works better…
For instance: http://www.eset.com/products/compare-NOD32-vs-competition.php
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5/5/2008 11:49 pm
Derek: I appreciate your comment, and the article you reference does rate eset very highly, but unless I missed something, I thought we were comparing all-in one packages for novis users, and this software apeares to be a AV only package. PS: I am not familuar with eset. I wish someone would compare all commerically availible AV softewares, strictly on merit, in one article, reguardless of who advertises where.
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5/6/2008 2:36 pm
sorry… wrong link… maybe the NEXT tab over on “Products” would have helped with that…
http://www.eset.com/smartsecurity/
forgive me… got to typing to fast…
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