Conclusion

Hi
Lately I've been testing all mayor new suites. I definately liked what I saw.

Bitdefender IS 2008
Fast
Secure, but missed some mayor dangerous malware
Firewall ok, a lot of pop ups for one program

KIS 7
secure
slowed my PC a bit
Great firewall

Norton 2008
fast
very secure
Firewall Ok
On default it made too much choices for me

Trend 2008
very fast
very secure
Firewall good
Wow, this is the most complete suite around!!!

Gdata 2008
Slow
very very secure
firewall great

Panda 2008
very fast
secure
firewall ok

ESS 3
very very fast, almost too fast. Soo fast that sometimes I was in doubt if it was even working
Therefore I wasn't always feeling very secure
Firewall not secure


This is it for now.
Will come back later for more on my conclusion

 

Hi,

I agree with you for KIS 7 and NIS 08, but surprising on TMIS....

Once I used TMIS 07 and performance was not up to mark.

 

I know. I tested that as well. It has a great improvement. Same as NIS .

Also tested.

BullGuard 8 beta
Fast
secure
firewall very good on Vista

Outpost suite 2008
a bit slow
firewall great
Not sure on the AV section

 

I agree on NIS 08, I installed NIS 08 on my brother desktop.

He is extremely happy... no popup, fast and secure too

 

hi there,

out of curiosity how did you test these suites as being 'not secure, secure, very secure, and for ESS 3 'not always feeling very secure' ?

 

Hi
I tested them with the several leaktesters. Also for me the look and feel and offcourse am I able to work when the several scans are running

 

Leak tests usually will give you a hint about the outbound filtration capabilities of a firewall and perhaps a HIPS if you have one. One has to allow the malware in first, to see if it can call home.

If you refer to the ease of use and the impact on your system from different suites, then there is no doubt some of them will possibly 'feel' better running on your system than others (that is indeed interesting in your tests), but as to being more or less 'secure' we are back to the old AV comparative tests and their detection capabilities.

Don't get me wrong, it's fine what you're doing, but there's nothing new as far as the firewalls and the AVs are concerned.

 

leaktests... blah!

KIS: i agree 'just a little bit'

BD: dont understand your comments really.

norton: too much noises?... hmmm

trend 2008: havnt tried it, but 2007 was fine with me.

gdata: i didnt think it was 'that slow', and certainly very fast for a multi av engine, and yes... very secure.

panda 2008: i agree, very fast. I have a few concerns over their removal policys. Also, panda certainly need to change their upgrades too, they still aint free. Firewall is basic, but it does keep the intruders out, and thats basically what a firewall is meant to do. (not leaktests... poor on these)

ESS: beta, no judgement.