Programs that served you good in 2009:)

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.

 

1. ZA Extreme
2. Prevx and OA++

(on different machines)

 

Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 and Malwarebytes Antimalware

 

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

 

True Image Home. Saved me many times.

 

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.

 

Maybe you could vote below as well.
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=243628

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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)

 

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.

 

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.

 

DefenseWall
Online Armor++
ShadowProtect

 

Almost every member is using DefenseWall

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



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

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

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

 

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

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.

 

Firefox with ABP
Acronis True Image
System Safety Monitor

and many others ...

 

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.

 

Have used and like all of the following:
DefenseWall (waiting for v3 )
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

 

So far

FD-ISR
ShadowProtect
Outpost Firewall

 

is shadow protect sort of returnil like protection?

 

ShadowProtect = Imaging

 

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

- VMWare Workstation.

 

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,

Dundertaker

 

Aha, that takes the prize of serving me good for the last decade, well from intro in 2001-2009.