| Most internet users feel safe and don't often | | | | thus resulting in another phone call to my |
| worry about things such as zero day attacks | | | | cell phone. It is for this reason that I |
| yet those types of attacks along with both | | | | began looking for a Security Management tool |
| spyware and malware are always waiting for | | | | that would not only be easy enough for my |
| just the right user to come along and | | | | family to understand and utilize but one that |
| unknowingly invite them into their computers. | | | | delivers excellent intrusion prevention |
| Having spoken with and knowing a number of | | | | measures and runs quietly in the background. |
| casual non tech savvy users I can tell you | | | | |
| that when you bring up the topic of Internet | | | | Well once I began my Security Research it |
| Security they will often give you a look of | | | | didn't take me long to come across the eEye |
| either disconcert or will sit scratching | | | | website. In case you've not yet heard of |
| their heads wondering what just what you are | | | | them eEye is a company that specializes in |
| speaking of. | | | | analysis and prevention of security |
| | | | vulnerabilities in software. They also make |
| I am the computer guru in my family and am | | | | and sell top notch Endpoint Security programs |
| often asked to install, put together, | | | | for both home and business use. I was pretty |
| troubleshoot and even fix computer problems | | | | intrigued at what I saw on their site and |
| for my mother, father, grandparents, and even | | | | ended up getting their Free Antivirus |
| my wife. I enjoy working with and on | | | | Software download, which was Blink Personal. |
| computers so it's never a hassle but what | | | | |
| gets old is getting calls about what turns | | | | I spent a couple of days trying Blink out and |
| out to be the same problems as before. | | | | was very surprised to find that it did what |
| | | | all of my other security programs did but did |
| The majority of the time I work on a family | | | | it only in one program. The intrusion |
| members computer the problem turns out to be | | | | prevention tools within this application are |
| a virus or spyware or some remote Trojan that | | | | simply phenomenal as they keep out the |
| got installed during browsing or after being | | | | majority of threats and protect from attacks |
| fooled into visiting a specific site or | | | | so when I do run scans, they usually don't |
| opening an email. It is for those reasons | | | | turn up much because there's just not much |
| that I began to bring tools with me that | | | | for it to find. |
| allow me to run a Vulnerability Assessment | | | | |
| test so that I know what I'm dealing with. | | | | After testing Blink Personal and falling in |
| After that I usually install and sometimes | | | | love with it, I ended up upgrading it to the |
| reinstall some type of PC Security Software | | | | professional edition since I run a small |
| on these machines and try to teach that | | | | business from out of my home. I also took |
| remember of my family how to update the | | | | this nice little Security Management software |
| application and how to run simple scans and | | | | to all of my family. I did a weeks worth of |
| what not. They always promise they'll | | | | installs, configurations, and scans for my |
| remember and run it at least twice a week but | | | | entire family all of whom recently haven't |
| it never seems to happen. | | | | called me with any slow down problems, or pop |
| | | | ups, or things like that. I'd be willing to |
| As viruses and back door programs designed | | | | be too that these types of calls will become |
| for data and identity theft become more | | | | scarce thanks to Blink. |
| complex and continue to wreak havoc on my | | | | |
| family's computers I've added a new weapon to | | | | I've since uninstalled all of my old |
| my arsenal that has helped me as of late, get | | | | antivirus applications as Blink handles |
| in, fix the problem, and get out. No more 2 | | | | everything for me rather well. I encourage |
| am drives home for me thank to Blink Personal | | | | anyone looking for comprehensive PC |
| Edition. As I stated they all promise to | | | | Protection to look up eEye at and download |
| scan their PC's regularly yet they never do | | | | Blink. |