Programs you will/not use in 2010?

Will not use Winpatrol(will use Anvir)
will not use DW(will use Sandboxie)
Will not use Iobit360(will use MBAM)
Will not use HIPS .
Will not use update checker, Techtracker(will use SUMo)
Will not use CTM(will use RollbackRX)

 

Thanks Creer.
Soon I will install and try it again.
And report back.
I know that Ilya will try to help, I have seen his responses.

I agree with you.
As I said I will continue to use it.

 

I will continue to guard my copy of FD-ISR (original), and use Shadow Defender which is a real gem. I am going to try Avast! 5 on one of my snapshots, as soon as it's released. I will continue to use NOD32 at least until my subscription runs out. Then depending how Avast!5 impresses me I'll decide which to keep.
I'll keep:
SpywareBlaster
Outpost FW
Firefox
MBAM (paid)
SAS
Mailwasher
PDF-Xchange
Sandboxie

Not use:
Adobe Reader
anything from PC tools
McAfee
Norton
AVG
ZoneAlarm

 

Head over to the privacy/"other security topics" forums, that's a part of it for some of us.

 

I think Wiki says it all:

The following features are built into or enabled by default in Google Chrome, but are removed or disabled by default in Iron:

* A unique ID for identifying the user.[4][7]
* A timestamp of when the browser was installed.[7][4]
* RLZ identifier, an encoded string sent to Google on search queries or every 24 hours.[7][8]
* Google-hosted error pages when a server isn't found.
* Automatic address bar search suggestions.
* Bug tracking system, sends information about crashes or errors.
* Google Updater automatic installation.
* DNS pre-fetching is disabled by default.[4]
* Does not load a Google search page a few seconds after the browser opens


I recommend SRWare Iron.

I don't think I'll be using Chrome or Windows 7 until much later in the year, maybe around November/December. & only Chrome if it is bundled with the OS (as it is on some Sony Vaios I believe).

 

I didn't get that one...

 

Ahh.. I thought the only issue with chrome was the client ID thing, which can easily be removed.
But there's other stuff as well.. I didn't want to use Iron because I thought they didn't have a beta version (with extensions), but I found it so I've switched to that.

Thanks

EDIT: Iron was a bit buggy so I went back to chrome, removed the ID of course.

 

Will use Defensewall 3 and Sandboxie.

Will not use anything else. I will continue to try new software.

 

cool defensewall is very good and trouble free and it really protects our systems good choice

 

Wiil use (among others): Firefox, Avast, SSM, PG, Peerguardian, Keyscrambler, MJ RegWatcher, Spywareguard/blaster, CTM, Outpost, Sandboxie, Winpatrol, Dataguard, Foxit and Foobar.

Will never use: Symantec, MS security stuff and many others.

 

I almost forgot, I will not use any security programs with the word SUPER in its name. Or DUPER, for that matter.

 

I will definitely use RollBack RX and FF for sure

 

I will not use products by Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro, Google, Comodo.

I will not use these specific products. Adobe Reader, Sun Java, HIPS products, Sandboxing products.

Products I like but DON'T use: Kaspersky AntiVirus. (AV only, I dislike suites).


I laugh at people that use a Microsoft operating system but "swear" they will never use Microsoft Security products. When in essence a lot of Microsoft security is already in the recent OS's.

Microsoft know their own OS the best, and they have a team of coders who are practically forced to make full use of it's API. If it came to trusting code, I can trust them over 3rd parties to make full use of that API, rather that shoveling in hooks/hacks/etc just to make things work (a-la many HIPS products) which are notable when these system instabilities occur.

 

something i WONT use is CIS4...

 

i will never use norton

 

I will use:

DefenseWall V3
Shadow Defender
Shadow Protect
Online Armor++
Avira Premium (on demand only)

I will not use:
no need for anything not listed above

 

giving up completely on third party firewalls, windows and router are fine protection. iobit 360, malwarebytes real time (still keep as scanner)
and anything that includes bloat i don't need. mind not made up yet as over 18 months license left but may give up on eset after 5 years for mse, been quite disappointed for over a year now.

 

I have never used Chrome so I am not sure what it opens with. When you open Iron it has a speed dial page. Of course you can set your Opening/Homepage to anything on it. I think that's what Wiki means.

You can never always tell with Wackopedia though LOL

 

this year I will not use 'fixed' software
I will stick to freeware/ open source

 

A number of off topic posts have been culled from the thread. If people wish to have those discussions, by all means do so, but in a thread focused on that topic.

Now..., back to Programs you will/not use in 2010....

Blue

 

updated decision

defenitly i will use defensewall,sandboxie and prevx

 

After some more research of DefenseWall I have decided in the next two months I will try to add DefenseWall to my setup.

 

cool

 

it is giving me a hard time on some files reporting them as infected but KIS and CureIt say no. I will probably uninstall it sometimes soon