What is your security setup these days?

OA became unresponsive.
GUI would not load.
Got an error message. Something to the fact that OA was not responding.
Turned off the firewall part and the hips appeared to work ok.
No other FW installed at the time.
I may try again another time, as I do like OA's features.

 

[Real-time]
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009
DefenseWall 2.45

[On-Demand]
SuperAntiSpyware Free 4.21.1004

[Others]
FireFox 3.0.3 Adblock Plus, CS Lite
Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 Express

 

[Real-time]
Sygate Personal Firewall Pro v5.6 Build 3408 with SPF Log Viewer v1.2 Build 1006 & custom advanced & application rules
PeerGuardian 2.0 Beta 6c
F-PROT Antivirus v6.0.9.1
host file

[On-Demand]
HijackThis 2.0.2
ewido micro
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6
SpywareBlaster 4.1
SuperAntiSpyware Free 4.21.1004
a-squared (a²) Free edition 3.5.0.29

[Others]
Opera 9.61 with Blocklist (only pluggins enabled & clear cache on exit)
CCleaner 2.12.660
TrueCrypt 6.0a

 

Vista 64-bit setup

Avira AntiVir Personal (scan only on writing)
Norton UAC Tool
Windows Defender w/Advanced Membership and changes to software checkbox checked
Windows Firewall

MBAM scan whenever i feel like it

 

Vista SP1 PC:
Avira Premium (weekly scan)
Zemana AntiLogger
Vista Firewall
OnDemand:
Shadow Defender when needed (excellent)
SUPERAntispyware Pro (every 3 weeks scan)

 

Mom's PC (75) behind a Nat Router with primitative FW Athlon 3900, 1,5 GB
- XP Home SP3
- Windows FW
- Avast free
- DefenseWall

At home, behind a router with SPI FW and tighltly configured (https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=216112)

Gaming box
- Vista64 SP1 E6420@3,2GHz 4 GB Ram
- Norton project UAC tool
- Primary Response Safe Connect
- Avira check at write only

Home (general purpose PC), E5200@3 Ghz , 2 GB Ram
- XP Pro SP3
- Power user, with extra rules (see pic1)
- TF v4 with outbound + registry protection (see PIC2) + Frostwire, InternetEplorer, OutlookExpress and WMP are only allowed to execute in their own directory


Unused lisences GeSWal Pro and A2 Malware

 

removed Avira, added my sig. Well protected and the funny thing is, it all works, no slow downs. lol

 

@trjam

Was Avira AV taxing your system's performance and thats the reason why you opted to pull it off or some other issue?

I almost went for Avira this past week but instead stayed with NOD32 as an On-Demand Only assistant.

EASTER

 

UPDATED LIST \ 10-23-2008

My Computer - Vista Ultimate SP1 (Formally XP SP3 MCE)

ACITVE
Online Armor AV+ v3 3.0.0.190 (Paid)
Avira Antivir Personal 8.1.0.331 (Free)
SUPERAntispyware 4.21.1004 (Paid)
Sandboxie 3.31.10 (Paid)

Changed Avira to scan only at writing since Online Armor AV+ will scan on execution.

dja2k

 

ADDED:

MAMUTU

Opera 961

 

I'm also trying GesWall (free - might try/buy pro) with Shadow Defender.

 

added to my set up and signuture is DefenseWall hips
also i am waiting for the outbound protection in DefenseWall,cause i dont want to buy a software firewall

 

jmonge, Kerio 2.1.5 has been working flawlessly with DW on my computer since more than two years now, and it's free.

 

really?where can i get the download link,i want to try it meanwhile Ilya built the firewall in DefenseWall.

 

Again, Geswall and ShadowDefender=Flawless

 

You didn't started setup-hopping again, did you trjam?

 

This just cuts it don't it?

A few really good security programs have been left to history but they still to this day serve an invaluable purpose, even in the face of all the new apps and updates of others.

Over these past few weeks while experimenting with various combinations i been overwhelmed with complete satisfaction by at least this config. I'm sure there are many other various mix n match setups that do quite nicely also.

ProcessGuard 1.50 has rekindled new interest for me insomuch that it is every bit a very STRONG! & RESPONSIVE! deterent as any safety apparatus going in spite of the fact it offers no registry protection. But that's OK, EQS covers file, registry, and program shielding. The two compliment perfectly. Although some times i can get a duplicate alert from EQS, PG is always "First" to jump to attention 90% of the time followed by EQS. Throw in ScriptTrap and add either MBAM/SAS or your choice of an AV for ST scanning, and that covers scripts should EQS miss any, which i'm happy to report is yet to fail to alert on. SandboxIE is a perfect compliment as On-Demand Only whenever the demand requires extra safe protection.

Those 3 for me make up a SUPER SHIELD that's virtually impossible to breach provided the EQS settings for it's blacklist is sufficiently configured to LOCK DOWN all but the basic vital files required to run Windows normally without interruption.

To further complicate matters for malware, theres a choice also between FF 3.1 Beta browser and the newest 0pera which IMO, both are very worthy competitors.

So whatta ya think? No need for LUA/SRP and if the truth be known, EQS with it's blacklist is every bit if not more of a Limited User provider. Also no need for a Virtual System like Returnil although it's present on most all my systems.

To make matters even worse for foulware, if need be, there's also the toss-up between alternating Behavioral Blockers in the newest ThreatFire & MAMUTU; the latter being my choice since it is instantly responsive!

EASTER

 

i agree that by locking you registry is a super idea of preventing any changes to your systems also application for code injection

 

i added Comodo FireWall Pro this morning,it is very quiet here at safe mode for d+ and also the firewall is that good protection both in safe mode?

 

Yes, Safe mode is reccomended.

 

thanks buddy

 

If your using the latest 3.5 build, then it will be quieter.

 

Firewall:
Linksys Router RT31P2
Outpost Firewall Pro 6.5.2358.316.0607
Harden-It 1.2
Windows Worms Doors Cleaner 1.4.1

Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware:
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 8.0.0.454
Mischel TrojanHunter 5.0 (962)

HIPS:
Ghost Security Suite 1.420 (AppDefend 2.000 and RegDefend 3.000)
WinPatrol Plus 15.9.2008.5
DiamondCS WormGuard 3

Block Lists:
MVPS hosts file 10/23/08 + hpHosts host file 10/24/08 + RogueRemover Pro 1.20 (immunized enabled)(with HostsXpert 4.3)

Resident On Demand Scanners:
SUPERAntispyware 4.21.1004
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.30
Dr. Web CureIt Anti-Virus 4.44.5
A-squared scanner 3.5.0.27
Ewido (AVG) Micro 4.0
UnHackMe 4.8
AVG Anti-Rootkit 1.1.0.42
F-Secure BlackLight 2.2.1092 Beta
Gmer 1.0.14.14536 (Catchme 0.2)
Resplendence Rootkit Hook Analyzer 3.02
Trend Micro Rootkit Buster 2.2.0.1014
Packed Driver Detector (Mischel) 0.9 Beta
ESET SysInspector 1.1.1.0
Trend Micro HijackThis 2.0.2

Online Scanners:
HijackThis log file analysis & Networktechs HJT log analysis (HijackThis log analyzers)
VirusTotal
Jotti's malware scan
McAfee Freescan

 

i downloaded from comodo.com i think it is the newest one

 

as today my new security arsenal is:

EqSecure 3.41
SandBoxie beta