On 19/05/2007, at 10:43 AM, Tony Eviston wrote:
Peter Machell wrote:
Border protection, Anti-virus and client firewall is not enough
anymore.
I'm trialing the Blink security system
http://www.eeye.com/html/products/blink/index.html and plan to
replace
anti-virus with this.
Let us know of your experiences Peter.
I've had the consumer version on an XP machine at home for a couple
of months. Although I don't use this machine regularly I've had a
good play with Blink and can give you some opinions.
It's certainly less resource intensive than most A/V programmes, and
nowhere near as bloaty or as "in your face" as the Nortons or McAfee
or even Trend Internet Security packages which claim comparable
features.
The price for commercial use is not great compared only to A/V but
what price better security? The consumer version is very well priced
and is free for the first 12 months if you live in North America (or
your proxy does ;-) ). It should be noted and commended that the
price is the same for workstations and servers.
It's not a complete replacement for A/V, at least not for someone
like me, because there isn't explorer integration - you can do a full
scan at any time but not scan specific files and folders. It's
nowhere near as fast a scanner as NOD32, but neither is anything
else. I guess this is only important when you're paying by the hour
to get viruses cleaned up. Unlike NOD32, Blink's default settings out
of the box are all sensible and scans are scheduled. It doesn't need
a reboot to install or upgrade - important for servers.
It did find a false-positive, which was HCN's PS_3.52_Update.exe
Apparently this file is infected with a virus. Blink kindly
quarantined it for me when it found it couldn't repair it!
The application firewall works like most - at least it has a basic
set of rules so as not to annoy basic users, but a popup for
everything else that tries to talk to or listen to the outside world,
so users will still need to be trained to deny if unsure.
The intrusion protection and identity theft are nothing new but are
missing from most PCs, and are now surely required. The vulnerability
report is well done, better than Belark others that are freely
available. Not only does it link to updates to fix holes but even
gives you registry hacks and how-tos when an update isn't applicable.
It's the system protection that stands out. These guys are finding
and blocking holes in Windows months before MS is.
It doesn't support Vista yet - surely a sign of a sensible product.
My overall impression is excellent and Blink is now my security
system of choice for Windows.
cheers,
Peter.
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