What internet security do you use?

[banjo71]

Hi,

I was wondering what kind of internet security is popular these days? I had been running avast! antivirus, but you had to shut the real time protection off every time you wanted to launch Pro Tools. So I got Kaspersky 2011 Internet Security, and it works much better, you can launch Pro Tools without worrying about turning off the protection. It has a lower CPU usage.

What other kinds of anti-virus protection is out there specifically good for running a main program like Pro Tools?

[Dism]

None, is best, really.

Keeping off the internet on your rig is the best security.

[banjo71]

That's not an option for me, I've got one computer and I can't afford another. I usually disable the network card anyway before I launch Pro Tools. That way I don't get traffic while I'm recording/mixing. I don't have loads of space or money to be spending on extra stuff - so again, what is a good internet security program?

[lincol1]

When I used windows I just used avg free...

[Emcha_audio]

I've got a dual boot on my system drive. My normal boot. has the AV, while my pro tools boot doesn't.

Booting with pro tools means that only what I need for pro tools is being loaded. No network card, don't even have any browser installed, nothing that relates to the Internet, and a whole lot of others things were not installed either. Then with my normal boot, I got everything else for Internet surfing etc. I can run the AV on my normal boot, to scan all my drives, even the partition that has the boot for pro tools. This way I stay safe, and I don't need a AV on my pro tool boot.

Easy to do, partition your main HDD in two, install two instance of your OS, one on each partition. On your normal one install all you want and the AV. On the PT one, only install what you need for pro tools and the tools you usually use to record/compose/mix with. And Voila.