Re: Norton anti virus VS. Trend Micro Internet
Homerr,<br />It's good to use different online ones. It's a lot more trouble to get accurate security information from inside your network when you're really interested in your security vs. the outside world. grc.com has some good free scanning stuff, although the guy who runs it is a bit of a freak and an alarmist, so don't pay *too* much attention to what he says. <br /><br />As far as the interior of your network goes, for home stuff you're likely to be ok running AV software, anti-spy and adware software, and if you really don't trust the other machines on your network, host-based firewalls. The heavier duty scanners and pen-testers (tools like nessus and whisker, etc.) are really made for corporate networks where you can't trust the interior netizens much more than the Internet.
Homerr,<br />It's good to use different online ones. It's a lot more trouble to get accurate security information from inside your network when you're really interested in your security vs. the outside world. grc.com has some good free scanning stuff, although the guy who runs it is a bit of a freak and an alarmist, so don't pay *too* much attention to what he says. <br /><br />As far as the interior of your network goes, for home stuff you're likely to be ok running AV software, anti-spy and adware software, and if you really don't trust the other machines on your network, host-based firewalls. The heavier duty scanners and pen-testers (tools like nessus and whisker, etc.) are really made for corporate networks where you can't trust the interior netizens much more than the Internet.
