I receive e-mails from Cnet Download Dispatch
In this months e-mail they talk about Immunet Protect
Which the program makers say's : -
Common Windows security wisdom says it's a bad idea to run multiple antivirus apps simultaneously. Generally that's true, but Immunet 2.0 intends to play nice with your existing protection and bolster it with help from the cloud and the crowd.

I wondered if anyone has used this service and what others thought of this additional
layer of security.

Jim

PC Mag didn't think much of it:

its full anti-malware scan did an abysmal job cleaning up my test systems, and the malware infesting them has been around a few months.

In a handful of instances, it removed the now-useless executable file from which I had installed a threat while completely ignoring the active threat itself. That's about as useful as blasting an empty velociraptor eggshell while ignoring the ravening beast itself. I counted these instances the same as a total miss, since the actual threat was completely untouched.

Originally Posted by Digerati

PC Mag didn't think much of it:

Thanks for that input Digerati

I got to confess when I first read the write up. I thought it didn't seem something that
would give me a new level of protection. Hence the above question.
To read " its full anti-malware scan did an abysmal job cleaning up my test systems, and the malware infesting them has been around a few months."
Show at the moment its more a danger than an asset and needs to improve vastly to be
of any use in the PC security armour.
My instinct was to give it a miss. The information you gave as reinforced that.
Once again thanks for the input

Jim

The good news is it does not appear to be intentionally malicious. That said, some may feel providing a "false sense of security" is a malicious act. I think in this case, it is misguided, under-developed, and over marketed.