Security 2.0 review

Here's a review of a number of "security 2.0" products by Maxiumum PC (US magazine).

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/internet_security_2_0

~interact

 

Interesting reviews

 

Oh my! They fogot a plethora of applications!

 

No policy-based sandboxes? Bullshit!

 

Preach it Ilya!

I wonder what how/why they decided on such a small selection?

 

You mean no defensewall right?

 

Because it is yet another computer magazine testing.

 

I mean no policy-based sandboxes at all- there are two of them as I know, DW and GW. Also, virtualization sandboxes list is very small- olny two apps, not any popular, I really doubt that right now BZ or FF is more popular that SBIE, for instance. I strongly stand for a honest competition and honest magazine's reviews.

 

Also the review is poor... testing beta software and than complaining that it does not load properly on VISTA... oh.. well

Fax

 

Take it from a guy (Developer) who knows.

It's quite obvious magazines like that review either deliberately leave out vital very responsible and secure apps or they are mostly blind to true computer security in today's 21st Century world.

Unfortunately honesty is still a rare commodity in many public & some private circles.

Telling it like it is, way to go Ilya!

 

I could not agree more with you,total Bull a Review that took everybit of 5 minutes to write, what a waste of time and magazine paper.

 

Yes they could have covered more apps, but the reviews that they DID do seemed quite valid to me. However, I do wish they had covered at least one "classical HIPS."

One of the reviewer's high rated apps -- BufferZone -- is really an excellent security program that, for some reason, receives scant attention here at Wilders.

Unlike many other magazine reviews, MaxPC didn't kow-tow to the likes of Symantec. Shazam!

 

Yes, if valid means, what they say corresponds with what people here generally think...

No user champion here. Vendor does not post here regularly. Both are big reasons. Nothing more, nothing less...

 

See cmts following...

I wrote clearly, I think -- "to me" means to ME. I am not a mind-reader to know "what people here generally think." I have used most of the reviewed apps, & found them to be pretty much as the reviewer said. That experience formed the basis for my comments.

 

Thanks for the link. I haven´t read the reviews yet, but I think it´s always nice to get opinions from various sources. As for BZ, it´s slow as hell, I think that´s why most people don´t like it.

Nice final conclusion.

 

Still that doesn't stop us from chasing for the latest toys no? and demand to know why our latest shiny toys fail against keyloggers or the latest bots...

 

LUSHER, it´s a whole lot of fun, get over it!

Of course I know that if brain.exe is used, it´s very unlikely that I will execute malware myself, but still, drive-by attacks are a major threat, eventhough a good HIPS (perhaps combined with LUA) will probably stop them. But I haven´t really seen any extensive tests when it comes to this, so you can never really be sure. So it´s good to know if HIPS can stop even the most exotic attacks, it makes us feel better.