Security Utilities?

[Yezinki]

Hi Yokenny & all those who use them,

Could you care to shed some light on the practical pros & cons of  Finjan Vital, MVPS Host File, hp Hosts, Open DNS etc as seen in your sig….don’t they bloat IE, slow down browsing or get connectivity problems…..are they like a CC for FF, since you seem to be an authority on them?

Are they really needed......how are they helpful....or just a peace of mind?

Hoping to hear you’re tried tested experiences!

Regards!

[Yezinki]

My computer geek patient's reply to these questions:

"depends on how paranoid you are and what you're doing online. OpenDNS's DNS service is pretty good, but I use Google's DNS now. Their web filtering is about the same as the others"

[Lisandro]

HostMan can manage hosts lists automatically (like MVPS and hp).
Finjan, well, it was good in old times... not sure it does not slow down browsing too much.

[YoKenny]

I do not use Firefox so I can on comment on CC for FF.

Finjan doesn't slow down my browsing but somtimes its slow providing an indicator in Google searches.

I use HostsServer that is included with HostsMan as a browser speedup proxy that also logs the effectivenes of the HOSTS file if Enable log and Log referrer are selected in Preferences.

[Lisandro]

Finjan doesn't slow down my browsing but somtimes its slow providing an indicator in Google searches.

Ok, this is what I've tried to say.