Programs that served you good in 2009:)

[jmonge]

hi friends 2009 is almost finish and i realized that another year past without getting infected and i want to say thanks to all friends and stuff members that made this posible,i learned alot from the forum and firends on how to best keep my pc clean and with some advises i feel secure again;) now there are 2 programs that served me good in 2009 without any isues or complaints and the developers of these 2 programs deserve more than cash but respect,hats off for Malware Bytes and DeFenSeWall developers,they did and will do a very good job at protecting my 3 computers:thumb: good job:)

[Kees1958]

For me the winners are

DefenceWall Beta V3

Pretty Good Security

ThreatFire

Comodo Time Machine beta

Partition Wizzard free

Paragon backup free 10

Syncback free

Hitman Pro

MSE

Avast beta 5

Presto (linux distro)

Norton UAC tool

Keyscrambler free for IE

On three different PC's

[SIR****TMG]

:thumb: Defensewall for sure :thumb:

[Creer]

{QUOTE-> :thumb: Defensewall for sure :thumb: <-QUOTE}
+1 ;D :thumb:

[Threedog]

Defensewall + Prevx for me. :thumb:

[RSpanky]

Another thumbs up for DefenseWall :thumb:

[DOSawaits]

Firefox & Avira Antivir,
nothing else was needed for keeping me safe.

[arjunned]

1. Sandboxie
2. Hitman Pro
3. Panda Cloud AV (as of now) :)
4. Shadow Defender

[Tony]

DefenseWall :thumb:
ShadowDefender
Avira Premium
FirstDefense-ISR
RoboForm
Firefox
Karens Replicator
SandBoxie

[1boss1]

Malware Defender
Norton Internet Security
Common Sense :thumb:

[acr1965]

Hitman Pro
Malwarebytes
Norton UAC Tool

[firzen771]

Avast and Hitman Pro.

[wat0114]

VirtualBox
Sandboxie Paid
ShadowProtect
SuRun
Partition Wizard bootable cd

[MaB69]

Hi,

Online Armor
Defensewall
Hitman Pro
MBAM
Ad Muncher
Common Sense v2009 ;D

Regards,

MaB

[apathy]

I'd buy Ilya a beer any day of the week.

Defensewall
Hitman Pro
Prevx
Process Hacker
Clipmate
Online Armor++
Image for Windows/Dos
ShadowProtect

EDIT: These apps are wonderful. Some of these apps I've used for years have saved me dozens of times. A tip of the hat to these developers and also a tip of the hat to the Wilders Security Forum because if not for them many of us would not have learned as much as we know and gotten familiar with these great programmers.

[Warklen]

AppGuard and Avast 5 Beta

[Chuck57]

After trying way too many, I have settled on:

1. ShadowDefender

2. DefenseWall (which I'm currently trialing and will probably purchase.)

With this combination, I feel pretty confident nothing is going to get through.

[jmonge]

{QUOTE-> After trying way too many, I have settled on:

1. ShadowDefender

2. DefenseWall (which I'm currently trialing and will probably purchase.)

With this combination, I feel pretty confident nothing is going to get through. <-QUOTE}good choice;)

[BG]

NIS2009, 2010
MBAM

[apathy]

{QUOTE-> After trying way too many, I have settled on:

1. ShadowDefender

2. DefenseWall (which I'm currently trialing and will probably purchase.)

With this combination, I feel pretty confident nothing is going to get through. <-QUOTE}

That's a killer combo and even better if you put your Documents and Settings folder for your account on another drive and protect the os drive continually with Defensewall protecting the rest.

[Ilya Rabinovich]

{QUOTE-> I'd buy Ilya a beer any day of the week. <-QUOTE}
You mean, juice? :) I don't use alcohol at all. Hate it!

[jmonge]

{QUOTE-> You mean, juice? :) I don't use alcohol at all. Hate it! <-QUOTE}that's good Ilya other ways our RollBack feature will not function properlly;D

[apathy]

{QUOTE-> You mean, juice? :) I don't use alcohol at all. Hate it! <-QUOTE}

Ok, juice it is.. No one likes a programmer on the sauce anyways. ;D

[SIR****TMG]

:thumb: I find it almost amazing that almost all of us here on the forum use Defensewall. Ilya even showed up to put his two cents in. I find that amazing :thumb:

[chris2busy]

Knowledge..my setup is consisted by a large number of settings and a few apps,but in the end of the day its me that makes the final result either if thats an FP , judgement call(hips lets say so,firewall popup e.t.c)..its the learning i earned from 2009's teachings that saved me :P
Got wilders to thank for that ;)

[LoneWolf]

DefenseWall
Shadow Defender
Malware Defender
Ad Muncher
Look'n'Stop
Malwarebytes AntiMalware
Sandboxie

[Page42]

{QUOTE-> hi friends 2009 is almost finish and i realized that another year past without getting infected and i want to say thanks to all friends and stuff members that made this posible,i learned alot from the forum and firends on how to best keep my pc clean and with some advises i feel secure again;) now there are 2 programs that served me good in 2009 without any isues or complaints and the developers of these 2 programs deserve more than cash but respect,hats off for Malware Bytes and DeFenSeWall developers,they did and will do a very good job at protecting my 3 computers:thumb: good job:) <-QUOTE}
Well said, jmonge. Like you, I am thankful for the friends and forum members here who have taught me and helped me get through another year without infection. ZoneAlarmPro has been on my computers the longest... many years in fact. GeSWall got added in 2008. avast! has been keeping me company for about three years, and Prevx is the newest addition, having been resident on my computers for six months. It is inspiring to me to belong to a forum like Wilders, where I get the benefit of so many great (and maybe a few not-so-great) minds. I learn from everyone... even if it is a lesson in how not to conduct oneself. I have to single out PrevxHelp (Joe), for being the guy who showed up here most frequently and demonstrated for many of us a new level of support. I think his performance is hard to match... except for probably Ilya Rabinovich, who is cut from the same cloth. I hope I have not offended too many members here this past year, and I will make it a priority in 2010 to be the best fellow member I can be. :thumb:

[the Tester]

My short list:

Opera 10
Win Patrol Plus
MBAM
Hitman Pro.

[Franklin]

Sandboxie version 1.15 Beta Released - Fri Aug 20 2004.
2005 - Sandboxie.
2006 - Sandboxie.
2007 - Sandboxie - Returnil
2008 - Sandboxie - Returnil.
2009 - Sandboxie - Returnil.

For cleaning up quite a few other machines usually rogue infected then Malwarebyte's takes the cake. :thumb:

[LnSrocks]

Iobit 360
Iobit Smart Defrag
Iobit Game booster
Iobit Advance System Care
+
Other softwares

Except:
MalwareBytes

[Boost]

Online Armor
Malware Defender
Defensewall 2.56
Nod32
Avira
Returnil
Deepfreeze
Shadowdefender
Keyscrambler

[Franklin]

{QUOTE-> Iobit 360
Iobit Smart Defrag
Iobit Game booster
Iobit Advance System Care
+
Other softwares

Except:
MalwareBytes <-QUOTE}
Looking for a punchup eh LnSrocks ?

[jmonge]

{QUOTE-> Well said, jmonge. Like you, I am thankful for the friends and forum members here who have taught me and helped me get through another year without infection. ZoneAlarmPro has been on my computers the longest... many years in fact. GeSWall got added in 2008. avast! has been keeping me company for about three years, and Prevx is the newest addition, having been resident on my computers for six months. It is inspiring to me to belong to a forum like Wilders, where I get the benefit of so many great (and maybe a few not-so-great) minds. I learn from everyone... even if it is a lesson in how not to conduct oneself. I have to single out PrevxHelp (Joe), for being the guy who showed up here most frequently and demonstrated for many of us a new level of support. I think his performance is hard to match... except for probably Ilya Rabinovich, who is cut from the same cloth. I hope I have not offended too many members here this past year, and I will make it a priority in 2010 to be the best fellow member I can be. :thumb: <-QUOTE}yeah same here agree:thumb:

[trjam]

OpenDNS
Avast
Prevx
Eset
Kaspersky
Malwarebytes
oh hell! All 3000 of them.;)

[jmonge]

{QUOTE-> OpenDNS
Avast
Prevx
Eset
Kaspersky
Malwarebytes
oh hell! All 3000 of them.;) <-QUOTE};D :thumb: ;D your list maybe the biggest

[ePost]

Was this tread limited to security apps? Because my favourites are CCleaner, Defraggler and Quick Launch. I guess Quick Launch isn't a program but nevertheless...

[jmonge]

{QUOTE-> Was this tread limited to security apps? Because my favourites are CCleaner, Defraggler and Quick Launch. I guess Quick Launch isn't a program but nevertheless... <-QUOTE}it has no limits but what served you good in 2009;)

[Mongol]

I would have to tip my hat to Prevx and Online Armor Premium (note my Signature). Been using them all year without a hiccup. More than I can say for myself...hic...;D

[bellgamin]

{QUOTE-> :thumb: I find it almost amazing that almost all of us here on the forum use Defensewall. <-QUOTE}Not me. Not that I am anti-DW. It's just that I prefer SBIE.

My good servants include:
SBIE
Avira Premium
Malware Defender
PopPeeper (http://www.poppeeper.com/) {email client + spamicide for thinkers}
Image For Windows (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-windows.htm) {when all else fails}

[icr]

Shadow Defender
DefenseWall
Avast! 4.8 (felt best in configuring)
Online Armor
..........last but not least Image Backup

[Chuck57]

{QUOTE-> Shadow Defender
DefenseWall
Avast! 4.8 (felt best in configuring)
Online Armor
..........last but not least Image Backup <-QUOTE}

I had AVAST 4.8 for a couple of days. Had nothing but trouble due to some conflict. In fact, every antivirus I tried had a problem. AVG, AVAST, PCTools, Comodo, Kaspersky and Avira. None would run on this laptop.

I've always liked Avast, too, but it seems no av works right on this thing.

As an aside, I just a few minutes ago purchased Defensewall. Waiting on the license key, probably a day or two according to the return e-mail. It and Shadow Defender will be my protection. I doubt I can do much better.

[Sjoeii]

Kaspersky
Hitman Pro
Malwarebytes
SuperAntiSpyware
A2
GesWall
OpenDNS

[G1111]

Outpost Firewall Pro
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
DefenseWall HIPS
MBAM
WinPatrol Plus
TrojanHunter 5

[Spiral123]

"Pretty Good Security" would be my pick to easily enable SRP for home versions. Thanks... to all involved with it.

[jmonge]

{QUOTE-> Outpost Firewall Pro
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
DefenseWall HIPS
MBAM
WinPatrol Plus
TrojanHunter 5 <-QUOTE}how is TrojanHunter 5?do you recomend it?thanks

[innerpeace]

Firefox w/NoScript and ABP
Online Armor
Sandboxie
Avira free
Returnil 2008 (on-demand)
Mbam (on-demand)
SAS (on-demand)
Free Seagate DiscWizard boot disc for image backups and restores

{QUOTE-> Ok, juice it is.. No one likes a programmer on the sauce anyways. ;D <-QUOTE}
;D

[Osaban]

The following programs (in order of importance) are installed on my best machine (Vista Ultimate32 SP2):

StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop
Shadow Defender
Faronics AntiExecutable V3
Google Chrome

I think this combination is light, versatile, and impenetrable. There are of course other possibilities.

[G1111]

{QUOTE-> how is TrojanHunter 5?do you recomend it?thanks <-QUOTE}

I've had it for a long time. I occasionally activate the TH Guard for upfront protection and do occasional scans. I would recommend it, but whether you need it or not is something you have to decide. There are a lot of products out there and TH does charge a yearly subscription now. I have never had any problems with it and it works well with my other software. It is actively supported.

[Sully]

This year I would have to say
bartPE in ramdisk booted from c: from .img file via boot.ini entry
in combination with
Macrium Free

Other security means are helpful, but since using macrium with its bartPE plugin, I have never experienced such speed and issue free imaging.

Sul.

[Pinga]

Mike Nash deserves credit for developing a world class HIPS/firewall despite being a small company - and for making Online Armor available to all as a free version that is almost as good as the paid one. Well done!

http://www.tallemu.com/

[icr]

{QUOTE-> Mike Nash deserves credit for developing a world class HIPS/firewall despite being a small company - and for making Online Armor available to all as a free version that is almost as good as the paid one. Well done!
<-QUOTE}

It has also been almost a year that I have known this forum(Joined on Sep 2008 ) I have learned many things here from experts, Members I also thank them for sharing knowledge:)

I know this is an off topic post but I would have not known many of the good security applications that I currently used if it would not have been for this forum and the helpful members.

Even the program experts like Ilya Rabinovich, Mike Nash,vlk and many many more are here to help what else do you need.:argh:

[fax]

1. ZA Extreme ;D
2. Prevx and OA++

(on different machines)

[sourav_gho]

Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 and Malwarebytes Antimalware

[Lebowsky]

My God there are a lot of votes for DefenseWall HIPS!
For me too, its been fantastic.
I would add MBAM as well.

[rolarocka]

True Image Home. Saved me many times.

[Saraceno]

DefenseWall
Shadow Defender

a-squared Anti-Malware
a-squared free
a-squared HiJackFree

Prevx
Hitman Pro
Panda Cloud Antivirus
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Online Armor
ThreatFire

Too many good ones to list. :thumb:

[Franklin]

{QUOTE-> My God there are a lot of votes for DefenseWall HIPS! <-QUOTE}
Maybe you could vote below as well. ;)
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=243628

[hamzah95]

Online Armor :thumb: SuperAntispyware :thumb:
Shadow Defender :thumb: :thumb: NOD32:thumb:
DefenseWall :thumb::thumb: KeyScrambler:thumb:
Hitman Pro :thumb: a-squared FREE:thumb::thumb:
Malwarebytes:thumb:

[tonyf1971]

For me it has to be Shadow Defender have a 32bit license and just purchased a 64bit one.

And a mention to Win patrol great program ;D

[Meriadoc]

Backup, backup, backup.

We all need it and should use a backup plan, even the most careful user may need to be bailed out at some stage due to a Windows or hardware problem.

ShadowProtect and True Image has helped me out of a jam this year.

[TheKid7]

Security Programs:

NOD32
Sandboxie (Paid)
Image for Windows/Image for DOS/Image for Linux
SuperAntiSpyware Free
a-squared Free
Firefox
AVG LinkScanner
AVIRA Rescue CD

Other Programs:

Syncback Free
7-Zip
HashCalc
Clipomatic
Foxit Reader
GIMP
IMGBurn
AShampoo Burning Studio Free
GParted (Puppy Linux as OS)

[rolarocka]

About backups and such. If my AVs detect something during an install (could be already too late to stop infection) i always play back a clean image from the previous day. Better, safer and faster then going through all the disinfection routines. It takes a few minutes and you have peace of mind.

[chris1341]

The staples on my various set up's this year were the same as the previous few years, Namely:

Defensewall
Sandboxie
Malware Defender
A2 Anti-Malware
Returnil
KIS

All have served me well at various points during the year but this year has seen me really sold on a new security app:

OA++

Using it with Sandboxie and with regular backups courtesy of Paragon HDM I feel as secure as I ever have. Product of the year in my book. Great FW/HIPS combo with top tier blacklister, scanning only unknown files and even then only on execution and my sytems fly! Oh yeah, and Mike and the Tall Emu guys are brilliant. MD licence is perpetual but the others will go as they expire and be replaced by OA++ and Sandboxie on all my machines during 2010 I think.

[Ed_H]

DefenseWall
Online Armor++
ShadowProtect

[nomarjr3]

Almost every member is using DefenseWall :o

I, for one, refuse to jump on the bandwagon.
8)


For XP:
Outpost Firewall -- My first and foremost layer of protection.. protects me from identity theft (this is the worst internet threat imo), suspicious driver installations, and of course inbound/outbound port.

VirtualBox -- Allows me to test malware and security apps... this VM is 'virtually' unrivaled ;D

Returnil -- Still the best sandbox virtualization I have ever used... easy, simple, feature-packed. Free version is just as good as paid version.


For 7:
PCTools Firewall Plus -- As always, my primary protection is always a firewall + HIPS/Anti-keylogger... This one is the best by far. Very easy to use even for a novice, and more customizable than Sphinx's Windows 7 Firewall Control Free.

Microsoft Virtual PC -- best VM for Win7 at the moment... just love how it synchronizes with Win7 with that hardware acceleration... and with Windows XP pre-installed, it's a bargain deal, for FREE ;D

Microsoft Security Essentials -- If they keep making this as good as it already is, a lot of anti-virus vendors are going to lose jobs ;)

[LagerX]

Prevx :thumb: :thumb:
Comodo Internet Security (Defense+ and Firewall parts only):thumb:

Last month or so Comodo Time Machine just in case :)

For my relatives, I have choosed Norton Internet Security 2010.
It has served them good :) Only one failure occured with nasty virus.

[tomazyk]

Firefox with ABP
Acronis True Image
System Safety Monitor

and many others ...

[wtsinnc]

The legacy applications that have continued to perform well are CCleaner, WinPatrol (free), Malwarebytes (free), Glary Utillities (free), and Temp Cleaner from ADDPCs.com.

New this year are Sandboxie, Comodo Time Machine, Macrium Reflect (free), Easeus Partition Master Pro, and (so far) Avast 5 (Beta).

-Also-
Faststone Image Viewer.

All in all, a very good year to-date. :thumb:

[Dark Star 72]

Have used and like all of the following:
DefenseWall (waiting for v3 :thumb: )
Prevx
Zemana
Returnil
Shadow Defender
Outpost Pro FW

But the following are now my stable set up:
Online Armor++
Sandboxie (paid)
Deep Freeze
And probably the most important one of all:
Macrium back up - this has saved my ass several times and never fails me

[Minimax2000]

So far

FD-ISR
ShadowProtect
Outpost Firewall

[jmonge]

{QUOTE-> So far

FD-ISR
ShadowProtect
Outpost Firewall <-QUOTE}is shadow protect sort of returnil like protection?

[LoneWolf]

{QUOTE-> is shadow protect sort of returnil like protection? <-QUOTE}

ShadowProtect = Imaging

[DOSawaits]

I forgot to post about the best one (and it seems most here forgot too ;D)

- VMWare Workstation.:thumb:

[Dundertaker]

Hi;

Avira Premium
Online Armor
Sandboxie
Mbam (on-demand)
SASpy (on-demand)
HitmanPro (on-demand)
Macrium Reflect free(BartPE)
Firefox (Keyscrambler/WOT/NoScript/ABP)
Google Chrome
Opera 10
Comodo Firewall
TrueCrypt
The Vault
CCleaner
TuneUp Utilities


Regards,

Dundertaker8)

[Meriadoc]

{QUOTE-> I forgot to post about the best one (and it seems most here forgot too ;D)

- VMWare Workstation.:thumb: <-QUOTE}
Aha, that takes the prize of serving me good for the last decade, well from intro in 2001-2009.

[jmonge]

{QUOTE-> ShadowProtect = Imaging <-QUOTE}thanks:)

[IBadget]

I have used CIS most of the year. I have used Avira Free, Sandboxie, and GeSWall off and on. I have recently used Online Armor Free. Now, I am using DropMyRights, along with Avira Free. Google Chrome is my usual browser due to its built-in sandbox technology.

[HJO]

Windows 7 :thumb:
If it counts...

[onigen]

DefenseWall: for myself.

MalwareBytes: for cleaning clients computers that AVIRA, KAV, Dr. Web CureIt, SuperAntiSpyware all failed to do.

IMO Both are tops in their area.

[NAMOR]

For most of 2009 I would have to agree with the Defensewall votes. It just ran silently in the background. Can't run it now that I switched to Win7 64 bit. :'(

[Securon]

Good Evening ! Vipre...Prevx...P.C. Tools Firewall Plus...S.A.S. Pro...Malwarebytes...and Windows 7. All work well with one another, and fingers crossed, well protected so far. Sincerely...Securon

[EliteKiller]

MBAM
CureIt
HJT
Combofix
CCleaner
Hitman Pro
Prevx
Firefox
Root Repeal
Avira Free/Premium
Avast!
NIS2010
Eset online scanner
F-Secure online scanner

[Zimzi]

Windows XP Firewall
Avira AntiVir
Weather Watcher Live (saved me many times)

[prairie dog]

OA premium:thumb:
SAS pro:thumb:
MBAM:thumb:
Hitman Pro:thumb:
Sandboxie:thumb:

[deanmartin]

CCleaner
Auslogics Defrag
Avira Premium
Shadow Defender:thumb: :thumb: