do you Web Shield?

I was curious about how many people make use of the Web Shield option available with many anti-virus programs. Some firewalls have the module as well.

I tend not to use them if it means running through a proxy. NOD32 2.7 does it without proxy, but not with the new version. Avast free also has a Web Shield module but with proxy. My experience is that they work fairly well, but I don't like proxies on my system.

 

NOD32 does have a Web Shield and yes I do use it.

 

No web shield for me, no matter if it's an LSP hook or a proxy. Also, no real-time AV.

 

If you disable a web shield and go to the ecair test site then the file will be downloadable. If you enable web shield it is immediately blocked and downloading is disable. I like having web shield on.

 

If my AV has it, I use it.

Currently I have no realtime AV however.

 

slightly ot: wich av's do not have webscanners?

 

Yep. Both AV and HIPS. Stop it on the steps before it gets` its` nose in the door.

 

@GES/POR - F-Prot, Avira Premium, and Dr.Web for sure dont have one. I dont think McAfee and Trend Micro have one either, but Im not completely sure.

 

IIRC, F-Prot 6 has some kind of webscanner for IE. VBA32 doesn't have a web shield.

 

yes i do use a webscanner.
its best for malware to be blocked before it hits your HD.
it may slow down web browsing a bit but for me it isnt noticeable.

 

I just use free proxy server. ...and I remembered it right, Avast antivirus has a web shield protection settings that stops the virus on the track before it enters your pc.

 

According to their help file, all the IE realtime module does is scan ActiveX plugins. It doesn't scan data transfers, which are handled by the on-access scanner as usual.

 

I use it. I, and ESS, don't like web shield to be disabled for the sake of my brother.

 

Voted "None". I don't know what Web Shield is.

 

Yup, with avast. While it does use a proxy, it neatly sets that up as "transparent", so no user setup is necessary (at least on most systems).

 

I use NOD32 2.7, so the answer is yes.

 

Right now I'm not using an AV on my laptop and avira antivir pe premium on my desktop so no web shield,

but when I had avast! on my laptop I used the web shield.

 

If it's avaliable on the AV i'm using, then yes.
Nothing wrong with an added layer of protection, as long as theres no conflicts.
Right now with Avira AntiVir premium, no. But that will change with version 8.

 

I use the webshield in the Online Armor.

 

I use Web-AV in Kaspersky to intercept exploits and scripts... and to give me a second chance to block any malware (encase its late and i accidentally allow it) and it doesnt slow me down, so I dont mind it running... not costing me anything

 

Me too.

 

I dont use it coz I notice a unnecessary delay in surfing, its not much but enough.
I have noscript in FF and thats enough for me.
I have Avast and I noticed that I couldnt download malware even when the webshield was turned off. But even if Avast wouldnt prevent download SRP will take care of it if I would have a brain lapse and run executables that I didnt download intentionally.

 

Hello,

No, I don't.

Web shielding causes a major slowdown in surfing + triggers unnecessary and useless alerts. Completely counterproductive.

Mrk