What's your PC Security S/w ?

[kevn09]

This is my first thread to ask your about a software .. I regularly follow this place Coz I get the exact answer every time .. Thanks to all for that ..
Actually, I was looking for a security software that will look after my personal data's by locking down and keep it hidden from snooping eyes .. As usual I want to place that for my Office use..
So can anyone help me out from this...

Suggestions will be highly appreciable ..

 

[kevn09]

I need you guys help .. Can you plz recommend a s/w that will look after my security

 

[Cliffy]

A quick look around at this time of night shows none of the tech wizzes are here and most of the others showing are not necessarily here either, just online somewhere. I'm a Mac geek, so I don't have to think much about security.

 

[kevn09]

Okies .. no problem .. Thanks for the response at least .. Do you think this forum actually depends on MAC totally ??

 

[Cliffy]

Okies .. no problem .. Thanks for the response at least .. Do you think this forum actually depends on MAC totally ??

No. There are a few but sounds like mostly PCs. At least that seems to be what most of the tech minded ones use.

 

[kevn09]

hey guys ... I got one for me ..
It has file/folder lock
Strong encryption/decryption
External device lock ( USB, Pen drive, external hard Drive, Cd/Dvd drive .. etc )
Malware blocking
Even website blocking is integrated to it ..
Moreover some extra features are also there : Desksense - Product Features

So let me know how's this one ??

 

[kevn09]

Am talking about security .. Does desksense suites you what you think ???

 

[Niflmir]

The only thing I have ever used is WinRAR's encrypted rar files. I guess you can have up to 128 bit AES.

 

[cdn_bc_ca]

Sorry for the late response. Here's what I use:

For locking and encryption: Truecrypt - nothing beats it. Runs on Linux and Windows but not sure about Mac. It's even got a hidden volume mode where there's an encrypted volume within an encrypted volume. Useful for those cases where you are forced to reveal your password, it will unlock the first volume but not the second. Truecrypt works by creating an encrypted file on your filesystem. It will then use that file to store the information. The way you access your personal files is through a drive (which it maps on startup or manually). It can be configured to unmap the drive on screensaver, log out, or whatever. You can find more information here:

http://www.truecrypt.org

Best of all, it's open source so there's no chance of anything weird happening behind the scenes that you don't know about. The downside to all this is that if you forget your password, there is absolutely no chance of getting your data back.

BTW, winrar encrypted files are easy to crack.

 

[DurkaDurka]

If you are running windows 7 Ultimate or Business you can encrypt entire disk volumes or by a folder level. Also, what cdn suggested does the same thing if except across the Windows 32 product line.

In regards to malware blocking, a combination of firewall, spybot, antivirus should do the trick

 

[globegenius]

There is no such thing as a totally secure computer since your cache shares information with other programs. Paid or free it does not matter what program or tools you use. The only way to be 100% secure is never go online.

 

[eh1eh]

Right. So use one computer to surf the online world and use another offline to keep whatever it is you need to keep safe. Not rocket science really.
BTW. I use AVGfree, it's, like, free man.

 

[Goober]

Right. So use one computer to surf the online world and use another offline to keep whatever it is you need to keep safe. Not rocket science really.
BTW. I use AVGfree, it's, like, free man.

So with one comp would splitting your hard drive work best?

 

[Risus]

Right. So use one computer to surf the online world and use another offline to keep whatever it is you need to keep safe. Not rocket science really.
BTW. I use AVGfree, it's, like, free man.

LOL, you get what you pay for. Screw AVG.