mamas6667 Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 I discovered Threatfire a while ago, today I searched MSFN for NFO on it and nothing, so I decided to recomend it.I has caught things that NOD32 , Spybot, Superantispyware have misssed.Pls post your experience with this program, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungus Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Everything from PC Tools is crap imo. Lots of false detections, and even stuff that can break your installation.That includes Threat Fire, Spyware Doctor, System Mechanic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 I agree with Fungus, a lot of the PC Tools brand software is junk. Spyware Doctor is false positive city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous_user Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 IMHO, I think ThreatFire and the PC Tools Firewall are nice.I tried Cyberhawk (precursor to ThreatFire) and I liked that it ran quietly and using little memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamas6667 Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 (edited) pls continue to pst your opinions, and thks to those who have replied. :-)Now how about suggesting some alternattives to Threatfire !anonymous_user try Jetico Firewall, A pain to configure but best Firewall in my humble opinion. Edited October 15, 2007 by mamas6667 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[deXter] Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 @mamas6667:Can you please write a detailed reply on why you feel Threatfire works, or is actually a good product? Exactly what objects did it find that NOD32 and other anti-malware have missed?@anonymous_user:Can you also please write a detailed reply on exactly how much resources does Threatfire consume? How much space does it occupy, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arie Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Everything from PC Tools is crap imo. Lots of false detections, and even stuff that can break your installation.That includes Threat Fire, Spyware Doctor, System Mechanic...Agreed. The reporting of false positives seems to be a built in feature, to convince users that their software discovers more than other applications do. Avoid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw4rfw0lf Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Hey guys, I recently installed threatfire. Was then told by a friend to install System Mechanic Professional 6. I tried to, but threatfire came up with an application that was performing a portentionally malicious action, category was high. What it was, was Kapersky Anti Hacker. Well, I told it to kill it and quarantine it, blah blah, next thing I know, ALL of system mechanics was removed.What do you think? Shall I install it again? (It is from a bought disk, not a fraudulent copy) and ignore the warning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arie Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I would remove Threat Fire and replace it with a proper solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw4rfw0lf Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Okies cheers. So what prog do you suggest please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous_user Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 If you trust System Machanic, then just select Allow when Threatfire prompts you."Potentionally malicious action" does not mean its malware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoner81 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Threatfire uses too much system ram in my test it uses at least 10% just to run it in the background and shouts at lots of things which i know are ok.As for Spyware Doctor so far its bin the best one I have used (and I have used a few)NOD32 is THE BEST antivirus system that is out on the market today virus bulletin have given Eset their 49th award which you dont get for being crap now do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 NOD32 is THE BEST antivirus system that is out on the market today virus bulletin have given Eset their 49th award which you dont get for being crap now do you?NOD32 has 50 Success / 3 Failure out of 53 tests (95% pass), spread over 10 years. Most vendors aren't even close Plus, it's extremely lightweight compared to all the others.As a quick comparison (VB100 test pass/fail):AVG: 22 Success / 22 Failure, 50% failure rate (and poor detection rates unsurprisingly)Trend Micro: 16 Success / 11 Failure, 41% failure rateMcAfee: 35 Success / 20 Failure, 36% failure rateKaspersky: 42 Success / 16 Failure, 27.5% failure rateAvira: 13 Success / 2 Failure (only been tested for 3 years, new-ish app), 13% failure rateSymantec: 44 Success / 6 Failure, 12% failure rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashUK Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 I run nod32 and Threatfire at the same time.. I find if I only run nod32 on its own.. some virus can get passed.. but runing both works very well if nod32 does miss some thing then Threatfire will stop it.. Threatfire puts all the control to the user so you know its a virus or just some new program your installing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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