What is your security setup these days?

I think that it's unnecessary with my current setup and my computing practices.

hqsec

 

IMHO you should keep it.

 

Absolutely.

 

How comes? I don't see SBIE or anything similar in your signature

hqsec

 

You need to be logged in to Wilders now to see signatures. That changed with the new website.

 

ams963 still doesn't have Sandboxie in his signature and I doubt hqsec wrote his post without being logged in

 

As FleischmannTV pointed out I can see signatures. I was just wondering why ams963 advises me to use SBIE, yet they don't use it.

hqsec

 

Yes, Very good point.

 

Calm down my friends. I do use Sbie. I've been using it for a long time. I have kept it permanently in my desktop. It's on and off in the laptop or more precisely netbook. I also use MBAM Pro and Hitman Pro as on-demand scanners, Drive Snapshot for backup and a couple of cloud storage services, Lastpass, ABP and NoScript as add-ons. I don't include all these in my sig because I thought it would clutter. Also because I love WSA. I wanted to spread the word you know. That being said, I try to recommend all the other products and services mentioned as much as I can.

Also I try to recommend or suggest based on my own experience. I don't consider myself techie enough to recommend based on any other method.

 

XP Home SP3
Windows Firewall
DropMyRights
Norton Connect Safe
System Recovery Off
24 Services Modified (Black Viper)
EMET 4.1 (Deep Hooks On)
SBIE
MBAE

No Silverlight installed
Only NET 4 installed
No JAVA Installed

FIREFOX (ABP,Ghostery,WOT,Noscript,HTTPS EveryWhere,Toggle Referer)
* Security Test Browserscope 16/17 *

Comodo Dragon Portable (HTTP Switchboard)
* Security Test Browserscope 16/17 *

I.E.8 (Occasional Use )
* Security Test Browserscope 11/17 *

Trick 1803 (Good for Drive-By-Download)
Script off (Press F12)
No Flash installed for I.E.8

On Demand

Hitman Pro
HiJackthis portable

 

@ams963 Thank you for clarification. I didn't know you were using other security tools also

hqsec

 

Eset is very nice btw.

 

Yes it is. Really stable, light and simple. I hope that it stays that way.

hqsec

 

Why

Why is WSA that great then can you explain that?

 

No prob. We all are here to share our experiences and learn.

WSA simply is the fastest and lightest out there. It's strength in preventing, detecting and removing threats is increasing incredibly with each passing day. It also offers one of the best support if not the best. WSA is extremely user friendly and I don't even know it's there.

Well that's enough for me. But to each his own. WSA is not perfect nor is any security product and cannot satisfy or make everybody happy. It's just the best for me.

 

It sure works for me! Like you said, not perfect but I prefer it after trying most of the others. Kind of addictive with the speed. But it's not the only game in town...quite a few good ones! IMHO

 

@Rompin Raider in Raider

 

lightness, once you are used to it; all other AVs seems slow like snails

 

New to the forums, so thought I would chime in...

Both PC and laptop I have Kaspersky AV, MBAM 2.01, Hitman Pro.
Mobile devices I have CM Security

 

I have added Outpost Security Suite Pro as an on demand scanner since I had an existing lifetime licence.

My Current Setup:

On Access Protection
None

Proactive Protection
Outpost Security Suite Pro

Download Scans
Baidu Antivirus (Downloads are automatically scanned upon completion.)

Firewall
Outpost Security Suite Pro

On Demand Scans
Outpost Security Suite Pro
Baidu Antivirus
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (v2.x)


I have had issues with slowdowns with previous versions of Outpost which is why I have real time protection disabled.

 

Good Evening! Homeland Security Mk 5. Vipre I.S.2014...WSA Security Plus and AppGuard. Malware Be wary! Lol! Sincerely...Securon

 

Windows 7 Ultimate with router and NAS
- Set Windows Firewall also for outbound control (in GPO)
- Use full UAC, DEP, SEHOP, ASLR and EMET for scripting programs
- Set UAC to only elevate executables that are signed and validated (GPO)
- Block 'write' holes in Windows folder and block execution in user space (SRP)
- Disabled risk-ware services & features (GPO) and write access to HKCU autoruns (ACL)
- Lock settings (GPO) and run internet facing virtualized (REG) as basic user (SRP)
- Run IE and Adobe add-on's in protected mode with drive-by block (1806)

On-demand
- VT-scan with Process Explorer (Running processes) and Sigcheck (of UAC protected folders)
- HitmanPro loadpoint scan (with VT check of files flagged by Early Warning System)

 

Windows 8.1 Update 1 64bit
Switched to ESET AV, runs great, even lighter than AVIRA anything else see signature

 

KIS has been here for a few days and i find it really ok. Computer is responding really well and no slow downs till now. I can even watch videos without interruptions. Good job Kaspersky

 

What is "Trick 1803"? I often see such "tricks" posted in here as well, like "Trick 1036" (random example) and never have any idea what the people are talking about. My curiosity finally got the better of me here.

Thanks in advance