Vista - Security Advisor Needed

Hi All,

I got Vista 32 bit installed on my laptop. I work from Internet And need a good firewall and security suite which can protect my computer from trojen and malewars and hackers.

Currently i am using kaspersky as my internet security and in past i have used Norton Security suite, In Both I have noticed getting too much of hacking attempts 3/hr


SO please can anyone suggest me good Internet security suite with Best Firewall protection and hacking protection with Anti visrus and malwre protection.

Let me know should i stick to kaspersky ? or switch to someother Internet security suite.

Please sugest which will be best for Vista 32 bit

Waiting for reply...

Gizmoya,

I use Avast Home Edition and have for years. I'm not saying it's the best but for me it is and it's never really let me down. It's completely free you just have to register and you get a product key for a year and then you can just do it again after the year is up.
It is an Antivirus program and it also has an anti malware module in it as well. That and having UAC enabled should suffice. Here is a list of some others as well.

Free Software List for Vista

Please define hack attempts- 3/hr - because my router continuously logs in attack rates as high as 5 per second at times - so it may not be your *suite* that is being attacked, it is your IP address that a botnet is trying to get into - and thus these attacks will continue regardless of *what* suite you use.

The fact that you know about them indicates that probably at least one of the suites warned you about the intrusion attempts, and that means that it was doing its job - if it hadn't, you'd never know and would have a compromised machine.

THANKS FOR REPLY

i am also using kaspersky and its working fine, but i am searching for best security FOR INTERNET specially from hacker and trojens /keyloggers

when i searched TOP Firewall / antivirus on GOOGLES KASPERSKY WAS not under 10 on many website... so i was concern and wanted to switch to some better security suite.



i am connected directly to ADSL MODEM from ISP

and here is screenshot of report and hacking attemps which i wrote :



i get many such attempts , well may be not always 3/hr but yes 17-30 /day from diffrent IP / china/germany/and so on


please suggest some good security for vista 32 bit OS which can protect from hackers /keyloggers/ trojen/spy-malware etc

thank for reply

FEW MORE SCREENSHOTS FROM RECENT SIMILAR ATTACKS:

anyone hu can reply and suggest some good security suits

As I said - I get anywhere from 500-900 of those per day - your best defense it so block them *before* they get to your machine - by using a router with a good integrated firewall.

And, as I also stated, the only way you're going to see those reports is if the software you have is doing its job - and blocking those. Newer, better software is ***not*** going to stop attacks from *occurring* - it will continue to do the same thing, stopping the attacks from *affecting* you. Obviously what you have right now is working, so why would you want to change it?

I understand you want the best, but there is no *best* it frequently changes as the programs continually compete with new features and better response to 0-day attacks. What is rated s top notch today may not be so goo next month.

That all being said, search for VirusBulletin and go from there - a lot of testing going on to see who is doing well and who is lagging behind.

This much I can say - NOD32 almost always gets near top honors, but I haven't seen what it has done in the last 6 months or so....

As John as told you there never will be a best when it comes to security you go with what works for you and your needs.

There are always going to be spybots floating around trying to pick up open connections but if you practise safe hex you should be OK, keep your machine up to date with Windows critical updates have a good anti-virus program and keep it updated also a firewall and anti-spyware software, oh and don't go to dodgy sites plus getting stuff through P2P is asking for trouble as well.

I'm behind a router with NAT firewall, and running NOD32 v3 anti-virus, SuperAntiSpyware, Windows Defender, SpywareBlaster and the Vista Firewall.

I too get loads of these, right now a simultaneous batch of 10 every 10th minutes or so against various ports. The coordination makes me suspect think they come from the same computer spoofing the addresses.


Being totally ignorant to details of networking, I have often wondered how dangerous these bots are. I suppose they are scanning for vulnerabilities, perhaps reporting back if anything is found? Then some other program tries to exploit this? I would think (but may very very well be wrong) anyone must crack the password or find a computer with an account without password to get in. This brings me to the question of the necessity of a firewall for a private account, and whether such a firewall really needs to be top-of-the-line. Opinions?

gizmoya,
I would suggest Comodo Internet Security. It has a firewall and and antivirus. I use that along with Spybot S+D and MalwareBytes. I use these 3 programs and never have a problem. I am very very happy. I would very highly suggest these 3 which are all 3!
Let me know how it goes.
Ben