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Abtrusion lets you control what is allowed to run on your system. No, it's not permissions stuff. I already run an anti-virus scanner to monitor incoming traffic and to check if something tries to run that is already on my system that is infected. However, until the anti-virus program schedules its next up update, my system is vulnerable (although that is not long hopefully since I let it perform automatic updates). It also takes time to detect that a virus is on the loose, to determine how to identify it, and possibly to kill it, all of which lengthens the window of opportunity. Abtrusion takes the tack of preventing anything from running unless allowed. I think there is another product called something like System Safety Net (not sure about the name).
I'm interested but wonder about the following:
- How much do these products get in the way of using your computer?
- How much do they slow down opening programs (i.e., what's the impact on how snappy your applications startup)?
We all know that running a firewall is a good thing, especially if you have an always-on connection, like cable broadband or DSL, but a firewall always adds delay. Hopefully not much delay. Even though it causes delay, I'd rather incur the slight and mostly unnoticeable delay and have the protection. However, with dozens if not hundreds of files getting opened and closed every minute, an imperceptible delay in opening a single file becomes magnified and might significantly impact your use of your computer. So it would be nice to have the added protection as long as it wasn't in your face wasting your time and if it didn't make you wait to use your computer.
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I'm interested but wonder about the following:
- How much do these products get in the way of using your computer?
- How much do they slow down opening programs (i.e., what's the impact on how snappy your applications startup)?
We all know that running a firewall is a good thing, especially if you have an always-on connection, like cable broadband or DSL, but a firewall always adds delay. Hopefully not much delay. Even though it causes delay, I'd rather incur the slight and mostly unnoticeable delay and have the protection. However, with dozens if not hundreds of files getting opened and closed every minute, an imperceptible delay in opening a single file becomes magnified and might significantly impact your use of your computer. So it would be nice to have the added protection as long as it wasn't in your face wasting your time and if it didn't make you wait to use your computer.
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