SteelSecurity for the hardcore gamer.

**MaXThReAT** · 10-31-06, 12:55 PM

Mmmmm I bumped in to this today. Anyone here have anything good or bad to say about SteelSecurity? I'm a bit weary of but it looks pretty good. I need to get rid of zone alarm.

"SteelSecurity is a suite of applications put together into a single interface. It is aimed at the hardcore gamer who wants his/her computer secure while not having it eat away precious resources while gaming, either offline or online."

http://www.steelseries.com/steelsecurity

evilghost · 10-31-06, 01:18 PM

It's nothing more than a re-skinned BullGuard, which is owned by Zone Labs, which makes Zone Alarm...
http://personal-firewall-software-re...-software.html

**MaXThReAT** · 10-31-06, 04:38 PM

Mmmm, had no idea they were all the same people. Thanks for the info man. I'll hold off on anything for now. I do like the idea of a security system tailored to gamers that takes min resources.

Stoneyguy · 10-31-06, 09:40 PM

I have the zone alarm suite and never noticed any kind of hit to my PC's performance. In fact compared to Symantic and McAffe, I find it to be far better.

Bman212121 · 11-01-06, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stoneyguy

I have the zone alarm suite and never noticed any kind of hit to my PC's performance. In fact compared to Symantic and McAffe, I find it to be far better.

McAfee is a great program, but man can it get annoying. It works great for an office pc that I don't do anything on, but forget about doing anything with the pc, because it will deny or delete everything. I have to run NOD32 on my other work pc cause I can't get anything done.

rewt · 11-01-06, 06:22 AM

I'm not too fond of this idea of having to set up profiles for every game. I already have to do this far too often with my SLI setup..

The thought of having popup messages every time I launch a new game or app makes me cringe..

**K007** · 11-01-06, 07:46 AM

Kerio is awsome for the low resources/mem. This is comming from a ZA/Symantec user. Give Kerio ago..i think you will like it.

For Antivirus..NOD32..

Spyware, Spybot S&D

evilghost · 11-01-06, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K007

Kerio is awsome for the low resources/mem. This is comming from a ZA/Symantec user. Give Kerio ago..i think you will like it.

Kerio also has a boat load of DoS and other security vulnerabilities:
http://www.frsirt.com/english/vendor/1818

Including a recent (10/17/2006) DoS relating to a malformed DNS packet.

11-01-06, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stoneyguy

I have the zone alarm suite and never noticed any kind of hit to my PC's performance. In fact compared to Symantic and McAffe, I find it to be far better.

Same here.

10-31-06, 12:55 PM	#1
MaXThReAT Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: EARTH Posts: 1,858	SteelSecurity for the hardcore gamer. Mmmmm I bumped in to this today. Anyone here have anything good or bad to say about SteelSecurity? I'm a bit weary of but it looks pretty good. I need to get rid of zone alarm. "SteelSecurity is a suite of applications put together into a single interface. It is aimed at the hardcore gamer who wants his/her computer secure while not having it eat away precious resources while gaming, either offline or online." http://www.steelseries.com/steelsecurity __________________ Gigabyte V1.1 EP45-UD3R F5 GO-Q6600@3.6GHz 1/2" D5/GTZ Block W/BIX-II Dual 120mm Corsair 4GB Dominator DDR2-8500 5-5-5-15 2t@1066GHz Evga 280 GTX 621/1349/2268 SB X-Fi FPS / Z-5500 + Buttkicker! "Don't mind the posts, I've been around longer than most know."

10-31-06, 01:18 PM	#2
evilghost Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,606	Re: SteelSecurity for the hardcore gamer. It's nothing more than a re-skinned BullGuard, which is owned by Zone Labs, which makes Zone Alarm... http://personal-firewall-software-re...-software.html

10-31-06, 04:38 PM	#3
MaXThReAT Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: EARTH Posts: 1,858	Re: SteelSecurity for the hardcore gamer. Mmmm, had no idea they were all the same people. Thanks for the info man. I'll hold off on anything for now. I do like the idea of a security system tailored to gamers that takes min resources. __________________ Gigabyte V1.1 EP45-UD3R F5 GO-Q6600@3.6GHz 1/2" D5/GTZ Block W/BIX-II Dual 120mm Corsair 4GB Dominator DDR2-8500 5-5-5-15 2t@1066GHz Evga 280 GTX 621/1349/2268 SB X-Fi FPS / Z-5500 + Buttkicker! "Don't mind the posts, I've been around longer than most know."

10-31-06, 09:40 PM	#4
Stoneyguy Mechwarrior Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kaplan, LA Posts: 2,253	Re: SteelSecurity for the hardcore gamer. I have the zone alarm suite and never noticed any kind of hit to my PC's performance. In fact compared to Symantic and McAffe, I find it to be far better.

11-01-06, 06:22 AM	#6
rewt mmm, Beer.. :drooling: Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3,667	Re: SteelSecurity for the hardcore gamer. I'm not too fond of this idea of having to set up profiles for every game. I already have to do this far too often with my SLI setup.. The thought of having popup messages every time I launch a new game or app makes me cringe.. __________________ My pimp'n rig Athlon64 Venice 3000+ @ 2.6GHz (4100+) · Win XP Pro x86, Vista Ultimate x64 · eVGA K8-NF41 nForce4 SLi · Corsair XMS 1.5GB PC3200 CAS2/1T · eVGA 2x 6600GT SLi · Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Deluxe · Western Digital Caviar SE ½TB RAID 0/1 · PowerLink LPK2-30 400W · LiteON LDW-411S OC to 811S 8x DVD±R/RW/ROM · MicroAdvantage 64MB QuickiDrive · Samsung SyncMaster 931B 19" LCD · Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse USB · Sony PSXtoUSB Analog Gamepads · Memorex MX2700 Multimedia Keyboard · Lexmark 3200 Color Jetprinter · nForce Network Controller 1Gb/s LAN (Cable ~3Mb/s down) · ΩPioneer Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

11-01-06, 07:46 AM	#7
K007 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia, Sydney Posts: 9,405	Re: SteelSecurity for the hardcore gamer. Kerio is awsome for the low resources/mem. This is comming from a ZA/Symantec user. Give Kerio ago..i think you will like it. For Antivirus..NOD32.. Spyware, Spybot S&D

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