Is WSA + Win 7 FW better or WSA + third party FW? I'm currently using Privatefirewall from privacyware with WSA.
Best Wishes,
Amit
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View original@Amit wrote:In public you should be using a VPN service Free or Paid! Windows firewall is great and you said PF is working great and WSA has outbound Firewall I don't know what else to say it's up to you?
Yeah but not whether WSA with Win FW is gonna be enough or WSA with a third party FW like OA or Privatefirewall is gonna be better. I don't need that much protection. I do need protection for when I'm on public Wifi.
I don't have a router. I'm thinking of getting one. But that'll take some months.
Which ones are recommended?@ wrote:
In public you should be using a VPN service Free or Paid!
Daniel ;)
I am not familiar with the Hotspot Shield. I do know that Best Buy also used to bundle Webroot with Trend Micro. The Webroot product was the Spy Sweeper and handled non AV malware while the Trend Micro handled the AV side of things. That was a very popular bundle at the time and if I recall was sold roughly from 2008 to 2010.@ wrote:
Amit, Best Buy used to bundle Webroot with Hotspot Shield, but I don't have any personal experience with it myself. Anyone else perhaps?
Hi Jim,@ wrote:
Amit, Best Buy used to bundle Webroot with Hotspot Shield, but I don't have any personal experience with it myself. Anyone else perhaps?
When I click the link to download hotspot shield I get this from WSA in Firefox:@ wrote:
Amit, Best Buy used to bundle Webroot with Hotspot Shield, but I don't have any personal experience with it myself. Anyone else perhaps?
@AnorexicHippo wrote:I checked it a when you Download you are redirected to CNET Download.com the thing that I have been seeing on many other security forums that Download.com has been adding PUA's to software being downloaded from there which is very sad and even other security software so I don't download anything from Download.com anymore.
When I click the link to download hotspot shield I get this from WSA in Firefox:@ wrote:
Amit, Best Buy used to bundle Webroot with Hotspot Shield, but I don't have any personal experience with it myself. Anyone else perhaps?
No problems with IE though, why is WSA alerting in Firefox but not IE?
Just to make sure things are clear, I don't see the WSA alert when I click Jim's link, I only see it when I click the download link on the website, and only in Firefox.
I am the same. You can download the software directly from the maker. While CNET has always been a convenient place to find the software you want, and have reviews, I only use it now to check reviews/complaints, etc. I do my actual download direct from the software manufacturer just for the PUA issue.@ wrote:
I checked it a when you Download you are redirected to CNET Download.com the thing that I have been seeing on many other security forums that Download.com has been adding PUA's to software being downloaded from there which is very sad and even other security software so I don't download anything from Download.com anymore.
HTH,
TH
@AnorexicHippo wrote:Yes this a known issue with the Web Threat Shield and they will be redesigning the Web Threat Shield in the 2014 products to give us a better experience. Also here is some added info from JimM: http://community.webroot.com/t5/Webroot-SecureAnywhere-Antivirus/Warning-of-malicious-content-just-for-one-moment/m-p/46160#M2160
When I click the link to download hotspot shield I get this from WSA in Firefox:@ wrote:
Amit, Best Buy used to bundle Webroot with Hotspot Shield, but I don't have any personal experience with it myself. Anyone else perhaps?
No problems with IE though, why is WSA alerting in Firefox but not IE?
Just to make sure things are clear, I don't see the WSA alert when I click Jim's link, I only see it when I click the download link on the website, and only in Firefox.
@DavidP wrote:I was downloading directly from the maker, I never went to cnet, note that the website referenced in the WSA warning is mydati.com, I never went there either. When I closed Firefox and downloaded the software in IE10 everything proceeded normally, no redirects and no warnings from WSA.. So my original question remains, why is WSA alerting in Firefox but not IE?
I am the same. You can download the software directly from the maker. While CNET has always been a convenient place to find the software you want, and have reviews, I only use it now to check reviews/complaints, etc. I do my actual download direct from the software manufacturer just for the PUA issue.@ wrote:
I checked it a when you Download you are redirected to CNET Download.com the thing that I have been seeing on many other security forums that Download.com has been adding PUA's to software being downloaded from there which is very sad and even other security software so I don't download anything from Download.com anymore.
HTH,
TH
@AnorexicHippo wrote:I would guess that an ad that the manufacturer site had was flagged by Webroot. When loading in IE, a different ad was showing which was not flagged.
@DavidP wrote:I was downloading directly from the maker, I never went to cnet, note that the website referenced in the WSA warning is mydati.com, I never went there either. When I closed Firefox and downloaded the software in IE10 everything proceeded normally, no redirects and no warnings from WSA.. So my original question remains, why is WSA alerting in Firefox but not IE?
I am the same. You can download the software directly from the maker. While CNET has always been a convenient place to find the software you want, and have reviews, I only use it now to check reviews/complaints, etc. I do my actual download direct from the software manufacturer just for the PUA issue.@ wrote:
I checked it a when you Download you are redirected to CNET Download.com the thing that I have been seeing on many other security forums that Download.com has been adding PUA's to software being downloaded from there which is very sad and even other security software so I don't download anything from Download.com anymore.
HTH,
TH
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