Posted by benny in
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I have a very important and really sensitive documents in my computer, and any hack or monitoring attempt will make a serious difference in my life
i need to completely secure my computer and stop worrying about it, I have purchased BitDefnder 2008 and everything seems fine, but im not 100% relaxed about it
Is BitDefender the best software out there? are there any better ones ?

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Encryption is the answer, not firewalls. If it’s properly encrypted it doesn’t matter if someone gets the file, they cant read it. Keeping several copies of the encrypted file in different places ensures you never loose it even if the laptop gets stolen. Set up a virtual encrypted drive on your computer and put everything in it. The virtual drive image file can be copied and put anywhere.
Whatever you do don’t forget the password which should be long and random and don’t loose the keys.
Well, first of all, if you have sensitive data, that data should be encrypted. I’d highly recommend TrueCrypt for that, but any encryption software will do if you’re comfortable with it.
There’s good reason for you not to be relaxed about having BitDefender 2008. It’s no worse than any other protection software, but protection software isn’t really that effective anyway.
Good security requires a multi-layered approach, and the least important layer by far is running some kind of anti-malware program (in fact, if you take care of all the other layers, you don’t even need an anti-malware program using up extra resources).
In order of importance:
1. Create and use almost exclusively a limited user account instead of the default administrator account Windows sets you up with
2. Read up on social engineering and how to avoid it
3. Don’t download illegal copies of software, music, or movies
4. Set Windows updates to install automatically
5. Make regular backups. If possible, back up your entire installation (using Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image)
i would say kaspersky internet security with steganos data safe
The danger:
Every year more than two million laptops are stolen worldwide. And countless USB sticks and other portable media go missing everyday.
Deleting the data on your computer doesn’t mean that it’s gone. There’re plenty of data recovery applications that can retrieve fragments left on your hard drive.
The solution is Steganos Safe™ 2008
Creates a password-protected virtual safe to store your photos, music, documents, and movies. Click a sequence of pictures using PicPass so you never have to remember another complicated password again.
Turns your USB stick, iPod®, or other USB device into a device key. Just plug it in to open, pull it out to close.
Shreds unwanted data. Steganos Shredder helps you to permanently and unrecoverably destroy data. Deep cleans the free spaces on your hard drive that hide data fragments.
Go with the safe bet. Protect what’s important to you with Steganos Safe™ 2008
Recommended: AVAST/AVG (freeware)
Eset NOD32/KASPERSKY
Hope this helps…
If they are important or sensitive you should consider placing the documents on a dvd or cdrom in a secure place not on the computer.
Hmm.. I don’t hear about BitDefender.
I’m using Avast Home Edition+Spyware Cease.
It has been half a year that there is nothing bad to me:)
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