Ashampoo Security Pack Released

[Firecat]

Ashampoo has released its security suite consisting of Ashampoo Firewall pro, Ashampoo AntiSpyware, Ashampoo AntiVirus (AntiVir engine with adware/spyware detection--->AVIRA Premium) and Ashampoo Magical Security (Data encryption tool).

The good thing is that this security suite comes at a very low price of $39.99 per year. The Ashampoo Firewall PRO edition has port stealthing and other such extra features not found in the free version.

Overall, I think its pretty good protection for the price. Has anyone tested it out yet?

http://www.ashampoo.com/frontend/pro...&idstring=0052

[C.S.J]

as for the security pack, anyone know what engines it uses?

antivirus engine?
antispyware engine?
is it their own firewall?

etc etc

[Phoinix]

Originally Posted by C.S.J

antivirus engine?

The antivirus engine is from avira.

Greetz

[C.S.J]

Originally Posted by Phoinix

The antivirus engine is from avira.

Greetz

ok but what about the rest?, dont tell me its all ashampoos own.

[WSFuser]

iirc teh antispyware is from a-squared.

[the Tester]

Originally Posted by WSFuser

iirc teh antispyware is from a-squared.

That was my first thought too.
That would make two suites that use AdAware's engine?
Ashampoo and F-Secure.

[WSFuser]

so it uses ad-aware's engine?

[the Tester]

No.

I think that you are right.
It is A-Squared.
My mistake.

[dah145]

looks good

[Firecat]

Originally Posted by Phoinix

The antivirus engine is from avira.

Greetz

Bit of a strange thing because the AVIRA engine implementation used in Ashampoo AntiVirus detects spyware anyway, so there was no real need to include a special AntiSpyware module....

The only quirk I have with Ashampoo products is that they normally do not offer free product upgrades (2005 to 2006 and so on) during the license period. I asked them whether product upgrades are free for Ashampoo security products and was unable to get a satisfactory response.

[Firefighter]

Originally Posted by Firecat

Bit of a strange thing because the AVIRA engine implementation used in Ashampoo AntiVirus detects spyware anyway, so there was no real need to include a special AntiSpyware module....

Just try to clean with an av only! Anti-Spywares are much better to clean entries left by some nasties.

Best regards,
Firefighter!

[Phoinix]

Originally Posted by C.S.J

ok but what about the rest?, dont tell me its all ashampoos own.

Firewall = own one look (i hope you understand German)
Antispyware =

Originally Posted by Firecat

Bit of a strange thing because the AVIRA engine implementation used in Ashampoo AntiVirus detects spyware anyway, so there was no real need to include a special AntiSpyware module....

Hmm.... maybe is the engine from antivir 6, or so....