Safe'N'Sec Review

I cannot see any reason why I cannot use it next to my RD and PG...I've been in contact with these guys and they are very responsive and they answer to all my questions.

version 1.1 will be released in a few days.

it is at kernel level, so no poller and the strict policy should be good enough

I find it to fill some gaps between pg and rd so I think I'll keep it,

cheers.

 

Hi Peter,

Just for clarification:

When you ran your Regtest tests, did you have any other security programs running, e.g. ProcessGuard, RegDefend, an AV?

I also experienced a shutdown problem with SnS installed (I had to force explorer shutdown). Maybe the product will evolve into something interesting, but I think there has to be a more active dialog with the developer (such as Jason's participation on this board) before I would want to permanently install it on my machine. I guess it goes to the question of what is a "trusted source" for kernal level programs?

Rich

 

I'm told Safe'n'Sec 1.1 gets released tomorrow.

 

Hot Dog !!!

 

I just noticed Safe'n'Sec also stops Services from being installed/executed.. A game I just bought (Act of War) uses SecuROM v7 which installs a service and runs 24/7 and if its turned off, the game reinstalls it everytime you run it.

SNS stopped it and actually removed the service from the list in admin. The nice part, when I launch the game it still plays without the service running.

 

Safe'n'Sec AV version 15% off.

http://www.star-force.com/computer_security/security.phtml?id=616&type=11&add=1&c=247

Just saw this.. Also, I was told 1.1 should be out today.

 

9:04 pm and still no 1.1 .

 

If I had to guess, i'd say if you are running all that stuff in your tag, something is probably conflicting. So far i'm running Safe'n'Sec on 4 boxes here, and 22 at work with no issues. (Yes they purchased that many licenses)

Activation was smooth here as well.

I did have a friend have trouble with Safe'n'Sec hanging, but then again, he has problems with everything. So he reformatted today and everythings fine. I think his last format was 9 months prior.. Ack!

I suspect 1.1 being delayed was from your issue.

 

1.1 is running very nice here...I am told that this is just the beginning of the product, it will evolve and this is a raw construct on how it is going to be.

they are very dedicated to this product and offer truely good support.

I am impressed :thumbs!!

 

I agree the activation needs to be toned down, its a bit extreme. But keep in mind this is a brand new product, and they are very open to suggestions. So keep suggesting good things and i'm sure they will change.

I do love the product now though, and have had nothing but great luck so far.

 

Safe'n'Sec 1.1 is up on Starforce's webpage!

 

Woot! I just noticed that.. Downloading it now.

 

Well I upgraded to 1.1 and now I have Peters dreaded "Won't Shutdown" problem...

ARRRRGH.. We need to let them know this is a huge and widespread problem with this version now apparently.

 

At this point, I would say that there are at least five reasons that I am much more comfortable with products such as ProcessGuard and RegDefend than I am about SnS:

1) I understand and am comfortable PG and RD's technical design architecture, features, and objectives. SnS is a bit obscure for me right now - but I realize that this may change over time as there are further discussions.

2) PG and RD are being developed by trusted sources who actively participate in discussions. SnS as a company is an unknown company and it is not clear to be whether or not they should be trusted at the kernal level - i.e. I should give them PG "clearance".

3) PG and RD did not exhibit or create any abnormal behavior when installed. I believe that the shutdown problems that SnS creates is probably an acute problem and will be solved in a relatively short period of time. However, it is not clear to me why PG should alert me that "changes" were made to ZoneAlarm after I installed SnS. This type of abnormal installation behavior creates substantial questions in my mind.

4) PG and RD had active forums from Day 1. At present there are no active support forums for SnS. I would guess that this can be easily rectified when the company is ready to create such a forum.

Still, the product looks interesting and I hope it develops into an excellent security product.

Rich

 

The trial key wont work on mine once I uninstalled 1.0 to install 1.1 . This is a key that they sent as I had previously uninstalled 1.0 3 weeks ago. They need to lighten up there policy with this . It would be interesting to know does your key once purchased not work if you uninstall the programm more than once or twice to refomatt down the line even with a purchased version.
Has any one noticed any changes or improvements with 1.1 compared to 1.0 ?

 

Obviously a small bump in the road. Its a brand new product, so i'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt. Support so far seems excellent. Hopefully we can get one of them over to this forum to post about it.

I think its a bit rash to write it off. I found both PG and RD to be unpolished products that weren't very attractive for me to run in both functionality and interface. I MUCH prefer SNS over them, and I do love the added benefit of a great on-demand AV scanner embedded in the product.

I'm sticking with SNS, the shutdown problem is only on my backup machine, my main one is fine. I'll work with them to find the issue with the backup machine and move on. I do agree they need to relax their activation system by a huge margin, its far too annoying.

I'm sticking with SNS.