Nathan Posted April 16, 2008 ID:16406 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Given my setup of on-access protection, including LnS, MVPS Hosts, Sandboxie (with Opera and Miranda given sole access), Router, Server-side email mlaware scanning, and WinPatrol Pro, would this AM be suitable as a replacement for a resident AV?Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin AdvancedSetup Posted April 16, 2008 Root Admin ID:16407 Share Posted April 16, 2008 No it would not be. Anti-Virus deals with many similar and different items that AM do not address.Chances are you probably would not get anything but it's possible. AV addresses all types of vbscript attacks as well that many of the AM do not.Unless you take preventive measures to allow quick accurate restore from backup then I would not forgo an Anti-Virus product.Given my setup of on-access protection, including LnS, MVPS Hosts, Sandboxie (with Opera and Miranda given sole access), Router, Server-side email mlaware scanning, and WinPatrol Pro, would this AM be suitable as a replacement for a resident AV?Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanInMontana Posted April 16, 2008 ID:16413 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I would add to this the need for a firewall that monitors traffic leaving your machine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500 Posted April 16, 2008 ID:16414 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Unless you take preventive measures to allow quick accurate restore from backup then I would not forgo an Anti-Virus product.Agreed. Unless you are one of the few who like to restore your system from a Ghost image once a week or once a month, then never forgo an anti-virus product. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted April 16, 2008 Author ID:16418 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I would add to this the need for a firewall that monitors traffic leaving your machine. I believe I listed a firewall. I use LnS, LooknStop, with Phantom's ruleset. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanInMontana Posted April 16, 2008 ID:16441 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Oh you have LnS listed, never heard of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted April 17, 2008 ID:16487 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Word to the wise - don't always assume we'll know abbreviations, so on first mention of a product in a post use the full name, exceptions of course being products that you refer to in the title of the post.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted April 17, 2008 Author ID:16489 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Oh you have LnS listed, never heard of them. Really? It is a fantastic rule-based firewall. It doesn't do anything but be a barrier between me and the net; no popup blocking, no ad or cookie blocking, etc. As is the case withh all rule-based firewalls, LnS is no better than the ruleset that is used with it. PM me is you want to know more. Check it out here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted April 17, 2008 ID:16491 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Assuming you do not create a "allow all other connections through / deny all other connections" rule / ruleset, does it prompt the user / can it be set to prompt the user when a heretofore unseen program attempts to gain access to the outside world / attempts to establish a connection to a machine on a LAN from outside the network? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted April 17, 2008 Author ID:16499 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Assuming you do not create a "allow all other connections through / deny all other connections" rule / ruleset, does it prompt the user / can it be set to prompt the user when a heretofore unseen program attempts to gain access to the outside world / attempts to establish a connection to a machine on a LAN from outside the network?Actually, the way LnS works, applications and the ruleset function independently. So, the rule you described needs to be enabled. It will have no effect on whether or not a user is prompted to allow applications to access the internet. The only way the user will noit be prompted is if LnS is locked via password protection, but even then applications that have an m5d checksum that has changed are prompted again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted April 17, 2008 ID:16500 Share Posted April 17, 2008 OK, next set of questions:Vista compatibility? 64 bit compatibility? Memory footprint? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted April 17, 2008 Author ID:16503 Share Posted April 17, 2008 OK, next set of questions:Vista compatibility? 64 bit compatibility? Memory footprint?Their website lists Vista as supported, but I cannot confirm as I don't use it. This thread at Wilders suggests that indded it does support 64-bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted April 17, 2008 ID:16504 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Very nice. Thanks for the enlightenment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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