![]() ![]() Majority of my customer base wouldn’t understand why they were blocked and what to do to get around it. I’m not a fan of security suites as they seem to bog down machines and some give issues with clients unable to connect to legit sites. Since moving them to ESET we have had no more malware and virus issues (knock on wood). On those we run ESET NOD32 with Windows Firewall. On the machines we maintain we have some clients that visit sketchy sites. ![]() So again, are our standalone office service and data gathering computers safe with Microsoft Defender alone or do we need to beef up our security by installing a high-end security software? Each of the data points is operated by an organization that, at a minimum, must comply with Federally mandate data security mandates. A data gathering and analysis internet stream that is restricted to the daily downloading of raw data from more than 5,000 points that is ultimately fed to our high-end HP Z Workstations to support quantitative analysis.Office service – restricted to business related use by employees, and.A guest service – open to visitors and for employee’s personal use (PCs, Tablets, Phones, etc.). ![]() In our case all of our computers are standalone machines (not connected to a server) and we have three separate internet accounts each having its own modem and WiFi router: Once again, I come back to my original question, should we install an Anti-Malware Program or Security Suite on each of our PCs? Or is Windows Security sufficient? We don’t have any performance issues with our security suite. Periodic scans are automated and run when the computer is not busy. The file system and the network stack are hooked with device drivers. We have not had a successful infection yet. Bad web sites are blocked and bad attachments are automatically quarantined. The security suite includes a reputation database for executables, which I double check for any Windows executables I download.Īlso, the security suite has plugin’s for browsers and Outlook. The security suite updates daily on average but we don’t notice unless a rare reboot or logoff is needed. Since the security suite has its own update mechanisms, we can completely keep Windows Update turned off, except for the monthly AskWoody green light. I don’t recommend Windows Defender because of performance and flexibility reasons. Running two security suites at the same time is not recommended. So, any slowdown would be the sole responsibility of the security suite. We run a paid security suite that includes a VPN. This topic was modified 3 months, 2 weeks ago by Kathy Stevens. So, what is the best security configuration? The reason why VPN applications are included in the list is that, in addition to creating an encrypted connection (a “tunnel”) between our devices and a remote server operated by the VPN service, some providers include:
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