I just made a media pc - the third pc of the house - i'm looking for an AV+FW combo that is preferably free since I'm already paying two license fees (NOD32 or as its now called eset smart security center) and dont really want to get any more (media pc data isn't worth money to protect in the same way as a normal desktop).
I wondered what are the 'best' options. Given that best is entirely subjective, my criteria for AV is daily signature updates, customisable system scans and scheduling options.
Criteria for FW is a little more complex. I would like fully customisable application preferences - i.e. what direction it can communicate, what local port it can receive/send data on, what remote computers it is allowed to access and their ports, logging facilities (these can be pretty standard since not much usually happens behind my router anyway - the application controls I use for port forwarding etc). Other than that, just the usuals.
Any help is much appreciated, having used nod for so long I have no idea where everyone else is in the market.
Thanks in advance.
I wondered what are the 'best' options. Given that best is entirely subjective, my criteria for AV is daily signature updates, customisable system scans and scheduling options.
Criteria for FW is a little more complex. I would like fully customisable application preferences - i.e. what direction it can communicate, what local port it can receive/send data on, what remote computers it is allowed to access and their ports, logging facilities (these can be pretty standard since not much usually happens behind my router anyway - the application controls I use for port forwarding etc). Other than that, just the usuals.
Any help is much appreciated, having used nod for so long I have no idea where everyone else is in the market.
Thanks in advance.