Heimdal Free and Pro

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by JEAM, Jun 30, 2015.

  1. JEAM

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    I had a stack of Heimdal Pro licenses and let one expire (using a different key now for that PC). Some time after the license expired, Heimdal briefly offered a 70% discount to renew it. :thumb:
     
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  3. JEAM

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    Great, thanks! :)
     
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    You're welcome :thumb:
     
  6. Rasheed187

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    And what's so great about it? My general impression is that it's really not that advanced. There is a lot of info on the site, but it's not really clear how exactly they try to stop all of those malware. I'm not convinced at all.
     
  7. Peter2150

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    What I like is it blocks stuff further away from your computer.
     
  8. Rasheed187

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    Care to explain? Because that sounds very vague.
     
  9. Peter2150

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    It's all on their website. I'd just be retyping what is already there.
     
  10. Rasheed187

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    Well it doesn't explain what you mean with "further away." But I did find a review and I don't see what it does that most AV's can not do. In other words, it doesn't seem to be offering any special.

    http://www.digitalcitizen.life/security-everyone-reviewing-heimdal-pro
     
  11. Peter2150

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    1. Further away I mean out before it reaches the computer.

    2. Av's can't check websites against the ones they've found to be bad, and block them from you
     
  12. Rasheed187

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    I believe most AV's do check against a list of blacklisted sites, so do browsers like Chrome, Firefox and Edge with Safe Browsing and SmartScreen. Apparently, Heimdal also blocks malicious outbound traffic, but I suppose they have simply blacklisted certain IP's.
     
  13. Peter2150

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    Suppose means I don't know!!!
     
  14. hawki

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    Does Haimdal Pro "Ask" before it "automatically" updates software ?
     
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    I suppose you just need to untick the auto-update box next to each program listed to prevent it from being auto-updated.
    Yesterday, it auto-updated my french locale Thunderbird with the english locale...
    I wrote to Heimdal about this.
    I understand their program has only three languages for the moment, but it seems to me they should auto-update a program with the same locale it is already using...
     
  16. Peter2150

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    I just leave the update module off until I need it. Then I turn it back off.
     
  17. hawki

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    @fblais and @Peter2150

    Thanks :)

    Don't want to lose my FF extensions in FF 56 cuz of an "auto" update.
     
  18. Alexhousek

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    I respect Peter's opinion a great deal. However, I used Heimdal for over a year and found that it really provided very little that I needed. So, I uninstalled it and haven't used it in the past year or so. For me, it was just another program that started up when my PC started and took up RAM and offered little to my security. I never used the auto-update feature because I try not to auto-update very many things; too many issues in the past with that. My opinion is that with a good AV, Sandboxie, and VS, I didn't really need it.
     
  19. Peter2150

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    For quite a while I couldn't even run it. Then after one update suddenly they fixed whatever my problem was. Now it's transparent on my machine. It does occasionally block some stuff so as long as it doesn't interfere I leave it on.
     
  20. JEAM

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    You can disable/enable program updates on a per-program basis. I let Heimdal update Java and Flash only, all others are at my discretion.
     
  21. hawki

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    Thanks @JEAM :)

    I found a pretty detailed review/quick guide with screenshots and install and operational options and tips here:

    https://www.comparitech.com/antivirus/reviews/heimdal-pro-review/
     
  22. Peter2150

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    Well one of the reasons I disable auto updating is they will always fail, because of Appguard.
     
  23. n8chavez

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    I'm having trouble installing this. When I try I execute the exe and nothing happens; I get no error message, no nothing. Is there anywhere I can download the full installer and not just the loader?
     
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    Heimdal - Full installer:
    Code:
    https://heimdalprodstorage.blob.core.windows.net/setup/Heimdal.msi
    
    MD5: A3D2BAE859572B3D55F7A539F927EA91
    SHA1: 5AB91019DFFC9A79166AFAF690E93E1E9F740718    
    SHA-256: 78926AF072D1927B6C33D82135D481825E7736725E97AC4EE8F6F44417ABEA5E
    
    Digital Timestamp: November 14, 2017
    Size: 16,7 MB (17.567.232 Bytes)
    
     
  25. paulderdash

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    Well maybe I'll try it for the nth time.

    I always had problems and slowdowns so ended up uninstalling.
     
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