Comments on: Three misconceptions surrounding firewalls

By: Striker-Rc4

Striker-Rc4 — Thu, 12 May 2016 15:32:00 +0000

It’s better to say that Norton is better than Emsisoft no?…or so it’s a funny guy here… has, or does not understand the issue of have 2 security sistems …”I am perfectly happy with Norton”
So keep whit that…and go read a book, sorry something!…im offff

By: WEBERMAN

WEBERMAN — Tue, 10 May 2016 15:45:00 +0000

I have allready strange useraccounts in my PC and now I try if Ensisoft could remove them permanently. There is another C: in PC and it has backups so when you install Win7 again those all come back in the computer. So far any antivirus programs has not removed those programs.

There is malwares in X: cmd.exe and I could not delete them out.

By: Siniša Sinković

Siniša Sinković — Tue, 10 May 2016 12:46:00 +0000

In reply to Ibragim Khalilov. ThreatFire is abandoned and was a behavior blocker. Emsisoft products use their own BB technology (ex Mamutu) with Anti-Malware Network cloud. My advice is to remove ThreatFire.

By: Robert Negut

Robert Negut — Thu, 05 May 2016 14:08:00 +0000

I’m using Emsisoft Anti-Malware paired with Comodo Firewall (Firewall on Custom, HIPS on Safe) and like the pairing. And in terms of what a firewall should do, Comodo mostly does what it should in this mode, because I want to be asked about connections that have no rule, though even it doesn’t have a way to be set to ask every time if I’m uncertain about something and may want to block once but then see what it’s about and allow, or the other way around (set alerts to very high and if you don’t create a rule it will ask once per reboot for every attempt that’s in some way different, but if a program will attempt the exact same connection more than once, it’ll create an invisible rule from your first answer until you reboot, which defeats the purpose of being able to not create rules), and there is an oddity in how it handles global vs. application rules for inbound vs. outbound connections (global rules usually apply for inbound, for outbound they’re overruled by application rules, so if for some reason you want to block access to a host or the use of a port for outbound connections, you have to set that rule for every single application, a global one won’t do anything).
The HIPS, on the other hand, is something I use more for system control and monitoring and definitely want to have it there. Can at times cause a few problems, but with it set to create rules for trusted applications and trust applications signed by trusted vendors that’s quite rare. Behavioral analysis that does what it wants without user control and ability to monitor after the fact is what I want to stay away from, and why I ran away from BitDefender eventually, after over 10 years.
And while I didn’t try Emsisoft’s IS to see how your firewall behaves, remember a post saying that you did away with HIPS and moved just towards what I’m running away from a while back, so didn’t even care to look into it for that reason.

By: Ibragim Khalilov

Ibragim Khalilov — Thu, 05 May 2016 12:02:00 +0000

Emsisoft showed high performance in combination c COMODO Professional Firewall and PCTOOLS TreatFire. For safe and reliable operation in addition you can also use Shadow Defender, or sandbox SanBoxie. The experience of these programs can be recommended sharing of the mentioned products to provide excellent security on the Internet and satisfactory performance.

By: Enigma

Enigma — Wed, 04 May 2016 11:17:00 +0000

In reply to Shazzalive.

“Norton (unnecessarily) uses so many system resources “, I think this is not so but if you are talking about long old versions then it’s fine.
Latest versions of Norton are improved and now they have very good resource usage and less ram consumption.

By: John_Sydney

John_Sydney — Tue, 03 May 2016 05:14:00 +0000

For what it’s worth, I’ve used several other mainstream antivirus/malware suites & found Malwarebytes very compatible, plus it occasionally pops up other (moderate) threats. Install to run, then delete fully. Means you’ll always run latest version.

By: Shazzalive

Shazzalive — Tue, 03 May 2016 00:49:00 +0000

In reply to Flooter. Emsisoft does work alongside many other antivirus/antimalware solutions without issue; however Norton (unnecessarily) uses so many system resources that it makes me wonder if there'll be enough for anything else. I suggest try the Symantec Removal Tool, which should get rid of most if not all the Norton bloatware so that Emsisoft can work unhindered.

By: Tony Cook

Tony Cook — Mon, 02 May 2016 22:46:00 +0000

I used to use Norton but removed it with difficulty when they started loading it with so much rubbish and it used up so much resources on my computer Now using Emisoft the best antivirus ever and the support is second to none

By: Flooter

Flooter — Mon, 02 May 2016 22:02:00 +0000

In reply to Maidenhead_John.

if you a happy with Norton – stay with it OR remove and try emsisoft.
DO NOT mix two (or more) antivirus/antimalware solutions – you’ll get nothing but troubles.

Sometimes exception to this rule could be made in regards to a pure antimalware + pure firewall – since they are intended to perform different tasks. The problem is that now many products have both components integrated so you need to choose carefully.

By: Maidenhead_John

Maidenhead_John — Mon, 02 May 2016 21:06:00 +0000

I run Norton Internet Security, can I runemisoft internet security as well….? I am perfectly happy with Norton.