What is your security setup these days?

[G1111]

After installing KAV 2011 was getting BSOD on reboot. Decided to drop Malware Defender. Too many kernel level security programs was apparently causing kernel stack overflow, plus tired of answering MD pop-ups. May run WinPatrol in real time to fill void left by MD. Testing below configuration for awhile first. Seems stable thus far.

Firewall:
Linksys Router
DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.06 (with Windows XP firewall)

Anti-Virus
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 11.0.1.400 (a)
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.46

Blocklist:
SpywareBlaster 4.3 (with Ad-Aware custom blocking)

Resident on Demand Scanners:
Hitman Pro 3.5.6 Build 110
Mischel TrojanHunter 5.3 (994)
Panda Anti-Rootkit 1.08.00
WinPatrol Plus 18.1.2010.0

[jmonge]

i am waiting for PE Guard 2.2 version to come out so i can get my registry protection but for now i am using Malware Defender 2.7.2 beta

[hckyo]

Well, now definitly I changed Bitdefender ... and installed F-secure Antivirus 2010 in both laptops ...

Does anybody know if this option of F-secure affect high or in a low way the performance of the system
---- scan and remove viruses from internet traffic -----

Default it comes unchecked

[Kid Shamrock]

Originally Posted by kjdemuth

Tried out returnil 2011 safe system. It worked rather well until the AV portion kept calling one of its own files suspiscious. I then couldn't add it to exclusion or hide it. It kept popping up. Of course I had taken a snap shot with CTM before install. I restored back to the snapshot and all was well. I must say I'm liking CTM and it hasn't F'ed up my MBR yet.

Have a good system image ready before you try to uninstall CTM. That's when any trouble will happen. My MBR was trashed twice. I use Rollback Rx now.

[Kees1958]

Originally Posted by Konata Izumi

LOL. I'm lacking system resources.
I'm using Windows Classic theme XD

Konata, the Windows 7 basic theme with a solid desktop background (in stead of picture) with these settings below (and off course windows indexing disabled), run well on a 3 year old laptop with WEI score of 3 due to graphics limitation. For folder settings you can also disable "Show preview handlers in preview pane". It is my wife's laptop she likes to see photo's in folders without opening.

Win7 basic with Areo disabled, gives just a little more eye-candy

[Kees1958]

Originally Posted by kjdemuth

Added dyndns and Comodo Time machine. I'm thinking if CTM messes up my laptop HD then I can get a new 7800 rpm 500 gb WD. Of course thats what I'm going to tell my wife.

When having the chance have a look at the Samsung F3 1TB or a Solid State DIsk (last years top models have seen two improved versions placed above them, so their prices dropped, while they still have 190MB read and 130MB write speed, they are good value compared to current top SSD's with 220 - 170)

[gazs1]

Defensewall 3.06 with firewall
XP firewall enabled
NAV 2010
Sandboxie free with drop rights and only firefox allowed to run in sandboxie
MBAM for on demand
Acronis for images

Just switched from kav to nav and cant believe how light norton is now, will buy when trial ends.

[Ed_H]

Originally Posted by AlanMcAlan

Please let me know how it is, I've been meaning to try it

Only been a couple of days with Returnil System Safe 2011 but so far no glitches. My laptop is just a bit slower than with OA++ or DefenseWall.

I do like the combination of virtualization and anti-execute. Stay tuned.

[ExtremeGamerBR]

August 22, 2010

Windows 7 Ultimate x64:

Real-Time:

• Avast! Free 5.0.594 > File Guard + Behavior [Password Protect]

Windows:

• SRP (Software Restriction Policy)
• UAC (User Account Control) > Highest
• LUA (Limited User Account)
• DEP (Data Execution Prevention) > All Programs
• SEHOP (Structured Exception Handler Overwrite Protection)
• Applied most of the settings
• Windows Defender > Disabled

Network:

• Norton DNS
• Windows Firewall

On-Demand:

• Emsisoft Emergency Kit > Weekly Scans
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.46 > Weekly Scans

Browser:

• SRWare Iron (built-in Adblock + WOT + McAfee Site Advisor) > Daily Usage
• Internet Explorer 8 (Tweak ScanWithAV) > Online-Banking

Possible changes:

Add:

• SpywareBlaster 4.3 > Immunization

Keep It Simple

[gud4u]

Recently replaced Avira AV with Emsisoft Anti-Malware:
- Happily, no alerts other than many tracking cookies found/blocked while browsing.
- No false alerts whatsoever. None.
- No conflicts with other apps.
- One bad update resulted in W7 freeze, quickly corrected by next update.

MBAM on-demand scans found nothing missed by EAM. SAS on-demand scans have found a few adware cookies ignored by EAM.

Current setup:
- Router.
- SpywareBlaster immunization.
- Online Armor 4.0.0.45 Firewall/HIPS.
- Emsisoft Anti-Malware online AV/AS.
- SAS and MBAM on-demand scanners.
- Paragon HDM 2010 Suite for partition-imaging and disk-cloning.

[m00nbl00d]

Originally Posted by G1111

[...]

Blocklist:
SpywareBlaster 4.3 (with Ad-Aware custom blocking)

[...]

How? I mean, how using Ad-Aware to get a custom blocking list for SpywareBlaster?

[Scoobs72]

Regrettably I've had to drop Malware Defender after a year of use due to it suddenly starting to misbehave (perhaps caused by a recent windows update). Switched back to Online Armor, the latest version of which runs much more happily on my PC than previous versions, with no noticeable lag. So far so good.

[Securon]

Good Evening ! Real-Time...Trend Micro I.S Pro Suite 2010...and Prevx 3.0 & Safe On Line...On Demand...Hit Man Pro 3.5.6 Build 110...Bug Bopper. Currently awaiting the release of Trend Micro Titanium Cloud Malware Product. Estimated arrival Sept.2010. Sincerely...Securon

[whitedragon551]

See sig for latest revision.

[NAMOR]

Originally Posted by hckyo

Well, now definitly I changed Bitdefender ... and installed F-secure Antivirus 2010 in both laptops ...

Does anybody know if this option of F-secure affect high or in a low way the performance of the system
---- scan and remove viruses from internet traffic -----

Default it comes unchecked

It doesn't seem to slow down general surfing. The only issue I have seen is streaming video delays.

[cgeek]

Prevx is back on my system and still thinking about adding RSS 2011. Only time will tell.

[G1111]

Originally Posted by m00nbl00d

How? I mean, how using Ad-Aware to get a custom blocking list for SpywareBlaster?

It adds 9,856 more killbits (active X control blocking). See: http://koti.mbnet.fi/pattaya1/swb3.htm

[m00nbl00d]

Originally Posted by G1111

It adds 9,856 more killbits (active X control blocking). See: http://koti.mbnet.fi/pattaya1/swb3.htm

I wasn't aware that Ad-Aware also sets killbits.

Thank you.

[Kernelwars]

Testing peguard

[ruinebabine]

Originally Posted by Kernelwars

hmmm, mind to say a bit more about what makes you sarcastic in testing PEG?

[clocks]

Originally Posted by ruinebabine

hmmm, mind to say a bit more about what makes you sarcastic in testing PEG?

LOL I was wondering the same, but I think it is just a classic case of overusing emoticons(the bane of all internet forums).

[G1111]

Originally Posted by m00nbl00d

I wasn't aware that Ad-Aware also sets killbits.

Thank you.

May not be Lavasoft, but have had no problems with this Custom Blocking List. The only other one that was available was from Dak, Unfortunately he passed away about two years ago.

[xnevermore]

uninstalled bitdefender total security, noticed my internet connection got slow and had frequent disconnection

[m00nbl00d]

Originally Posted by G1111

May not be Lavasoft, but have had no problems with this Custom Blocking List. The only other one that was available was from Dak, Unfortunately he passed away about two years ago.

An unfortunate reality, I'm afraid. Comes to us all.

I dug a little bit, and Ad Aware SE Plus used to block active-x, according to this PC World page (http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...scription.html)

Maybe the recent versions also do it. I guess I'll to check it out, as soon as I end up performing some tasks.

Regards

[Ibrad]

Redid the Family Laptop setup

Old setup: MBAM PRO + Winpatrol PLUS + Panda Cloud PRO

This worked but because of the low ram it slowed down the boot.

New Setup: Panda Cloud + Winpatrol + ClearCloud