What is your setup?

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by c0ltran3, Feb 24, 2004.

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  1. luvhirez

    luvhirez Registered Member

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    Browser- Mozilla 1.7.3
    AV- Nod32 2.5
    AT- Ewido
    Spyware- ad-aware,SpybotS&D
    PFW- Jetico
    others- CWShredder,Hijackthis,Erunt/NTREGOPT
    Registry- Regseeker,RegscrubXP
    Cleaners- Adios
    Uninstaller- Total Uninstall

    Cheers :)
     
  2. The Hammer

    The Hammer Registered Member

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    Yes and they have real enemies too. But seriously, it's possible to go overboard on security to the point it uses to many resources and your computer isn't much good for anything.
     
  3. The Hammer

    The Hammer Registered Member

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    Added Eraser5.7 and Free Undeleate
     
  4. WSFuser

    WSFuser Registered Member

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    AV:

    nod32
    avast! antivirus

    AT:

    ewido security suite
    a-squared

    Firewall:

    outpost pro

    Spyware:

    spy sweeper
    spybot search and destroy
    ad-aware
    spywareguard
    spyware blaster

    Other:

    processguard
    secure-it and harden-it
    peerguardian
    regrun security suite
    supertrick xg (HOSTS)
    adblock plus w/ filterset.g (ff extension)
    ie-spyad
     
  5. Rmus

    Rmus Exploit Analyst

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    Simply Safe - - YES!! :rolleyes:

    And even simpler:

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    Kerio 2.1.5
    Deep Freeze
    Brain [engaged] :D
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    About 13 years (significant number) and no malware [yes, the computer is plugged in :cool: ]

    When it gets to 15 years, I'm throwing a party for all those who have gone at least 10 years with no malware!

    Door Prizes:

    Grand Prize to those who use no security products (other than a firewall)
    Other Prizes to those who use one or two

    Those awarded prizes must be prepared to give a 5-minute speech detailing how they have been able to maintain such tight security all of those years :D


    EDIT: Party to be hosted by Marja, as

    THE 'BRAIN ENGAGEMENT' AFFAIR!!

    So, Keep Secure - NO malware!

    -rich
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    Last edited: Jun 18, 2005
  6. Marja

    Marja Honestly, I'm not a bot!!

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    YEAH, THIS OUGHT TO BE INTERESTING, NEVER HOSTED A 'BRAIN ENGAGEMENT' BEFORE! :D

    MARJA:cool:
     
  7. Meltdown

    Meltdown Registered Member

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    @ Rmus: Do I win a special prize if I uninstall my firewall?
     
  8. Rmus

    Rmus Exploit Analyst

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    If you run the next two years until the party w/o a firewall w/o incident, I would definitely create a special prize! :eek:

    You also have to give a speech :D

    Actually, I know of two setups that don’t have a firewall or any other security measure [other than Brain Engaged] :D

    One is a retired individual who runs Win98. To my knowledge his computer has never been down for any reason.

    The other situation is a church library. It also has Win98. Members who want to use the computer on a regular basis have to sign up for a tutorial (about 1 hour). Otherwise, an attendant supervises the session. That computer has been going for six years and has been down only one time when the power supply went bad.

    Regards,

    -rich
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  9. dog

    dog Guest

    Hmmm ... Rich does running no protection on a Linux Setup Count (other than the OS itself) :D
     
  10. NoNuts

    NoNuts Guest

    HI...

    SP2 manually patched, tweaked with LitePC (no IExplorer nor Outlook Express left), scanned with Spybot, but no resident program whatsoever, neither AV
    SafeXP
    XPFirewall coupled with SSM
    DriveImage with complete partition copy.

    That's all

    I pass ALL leaktests and never got infected - and even if I'd be, I systematically restore a clean image at the end of each day in 8 minutes (stopwatch in hand).

    Cheers
     
  11. NoNuts

    NoNuts Guest

    No virus nor worm ever, because of the way I use emails and email clients.

    Should I voluntarily allow a virus on my machine just to see what would happen anyway (DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME), SSM just intercepts it right away.

    Should I authorize (for fun) (AGAIN, NOT ENCOURAGING ANYONE TO TRY IT AT HOME - NOR ON THE JOB, for that matter :D), SSM to allow it to run, the virus never can make it to the registry nor any sensible part of the system, since I always surf in 'limited user account' mode.

    Restoring with DriveImage then did the job to clean up everything, bringing the system right back where I want it.

    Cheers
     
  12. Climenole

    Climenole Look 'n' Stop Expert

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    Firewall : Look'n'Stop
    AV : Avast
    AS : SBS&D + ADAWARE + PestPatrol + Spyware Guard + Spyware Blaster
    HOSTS : MVPs Hosts file + HostToggle

    That's all.

    I Never used InterNUT Expl'horror but Firefox.

    :)
     
  13. Rmus

    Rmus Exploit Analyst

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    Well, I don't know, dog[​IMG] that's not fair... o_O... oh well, OK - I'll have to set up another category :rolleyes: .

    (I'll need to consult with the hostess about the prize for Linux category :D )

    It might be interesting for all if you start a thread sometime about how Linux users set up security :cool:

    -rich
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  14. squash

    squash Registered Member

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    Here is my setup:

    Windows XP SP2 with all patches
    Limited Windows XP Account

    WINDOWS PARTITIONS:
    A:\ Floppy
    C:\ Windows XP partition (5GB)
    D:\ Normal files (save pictures off internet, non-sensitive files, save tv programs, video files, music) (10GB)
    E:\ CD-ROM
    F:\ AES-Blowfish-Serpent Encrypted Partition (384MB - part of D:\)
    G:\ USB Flash Drive (128MB)

    LINUX PARTITION:
    /dev/hda2 Backup/Image of C:\ (Windows partition), D:\ and F:\ (5GB)

    MAIN SECURITY APPS.:
    - Kerio 2.15 (Personal Firewall - Incoming and Outgoing)
    - CHX-I (Packet filter - Incoming and Defragged packets)
    - Avast! Antivirus (Real time) with Standard Shield (Resident antivirus), Web Shield (HTTP Proxy that scans for viruses and block them before they are downloaded) and Network Shield (IDS, Lightweight firewall)
    - F-Prot (On Demand)
    - Process Guard
    - Prevx
    - System Safety Monitor

    Other:
    - Ad-aware
    - Spybot - Search and Destroy
    - SpywareBlaster
    - SpywareGuard

    - Autostart Viewer
    - Filemon
    - HiJack This
    - Rootkit Revealer

    OTHER:
    Eraser - All sensitive files, erased 35 times with Gutmann Algorithm.
    TrueCrypt - F:\ (Personal) drive is encrypted with Triple AES-Blowfish-Serpent (Impossible to crack)
    AxCrypt - All personal files that are backuped to USB Flash Drive are encrypted with AES
    ERUNT - Registry Backup
    Windows partiton (C:\) Drived is imaged with Partition Image
    Personal files imaged with Partition Image and also backup to my USB Flash Drive
    Computer is BIOS passworded
    Computer is Windows XP passworded

    Mozilla Firefox with 3 combined Adblock filters (Perceive, ReZjoR, Mine), NoScript, Permit Cookies, Blocked refferers

    - 3 combined HOSTS Files (MPVC, Mike's, Remember.mine)
    - Disabled uneccesary services
    - Hardened with Secure-it, Harden-it, SafeXP
    - Patched with various GRC.com utilities
    - Hardly ever install software, and if they do they must be bloat-free and reputable
    - Don't use P2P or file sharing and never download files off IRC
    - Turned off NetBios etc.
    - System Restore and Windows File Protection is ON
    - I only use this computer for web browsing, watching TV (with TV tuner), multimedia, school work (Word processing) and image processing.
    - Default admin account has been passworded (the one that needs to go into safe mode)
    - Scripts (VBscript) turned off with Symantec NoScript.exe
    - I use dial-up Internet, so my IP address changes (dynamic) every dial-up.
    - I totally know what I'm doing, I'm not a newbie.

    Nothing has gone through, yet... :)
     
    Last edited: Jun 27, 2005
  15. Alantir

    Alantir Registered Member

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    Main:

    - Outpost Firewall Pro 2.7
    - NOD32 2.5
    - TH 4.2
    - ProcessGuard
    - WormGuard
    - RegDefend
    - SpywareBlaster with AutoUpdate
    - Firefox/Thunderbird
    - MailWasher Pro
    - MVPS hosts

    Backup/other:

    - Ewido (Full version)
    - BOClean
    - A2 Free
    - Spybot S&D
    - Ad-Aware SE Personal
    - Acronis True Image 8

    Running Windows XP SP2 with all patches.
     
  16. digibits

    digibits Registered Member

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    Look 'n' Stop behind router
    GData AVK
    TDS-3
    BOClean
    ProcessGuard
    CounterSpy
     
  17. ErikAlbert

    ErikAlbert Registered Member

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    My setup is what you can call a poor man's solution :

    ZoneAlarm Free
    AVG Free
    MSAS
    Ad-Aware
    Spybot S&D
    Bazooka
    A2 Free
    Ewido Free
    F-Secure Blacklight
    SpywareBlaster
    SpywareGuard
    IE-SPYAD
    MVPS Hosts
    HijackThis
    Firefox
    CCleaner
    MS/Giant SpamInspector
    And I keep everything up-to-date, including win2000proSP4.

    MS/Giant SpamInspector has always done a good job, but since MS bought Giant,
    I don't know what is going to happen with SpamInspector in the future.
    I don't think that you can download SpamInspector from any MS website either. So I think MS gave up on SpamInspector.
    I downloaded one upgrade from the Giant website and that was all.
    I'm afraid, I have to search for a free Anti-Spam software.

    Sorry guys, but I have a hard time to spend money on security software, but I don't take many risks on the internet either.
    At least you can have a good laugh with my poor setup :D
     
    Last edited: Jun 26, 2005
  18. Meltdown

    Meltdown Registered Member

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    Why would anyone laugh? To me it seems almost unethical to use payware when there are good freeware alternatives. I only have three payware applications on my PC, everything else is free.
     
  19. steven72555

    steven72555 Registered Member

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    Hardware firewall (Dlink router)
    Spy sweeper
    McAfee VirusScan

    I haven't had virus,trojan or anything in over a year :D

    :cool:
     
  20. mvdu

    mvdu Registered Member

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    Here's mine:

    Router
    NOD32 (renewed my license because KAV wasn't working well with my firewall - could very well go back to KAV soon)
    KAV 4.5 for backup AV
    BitDefender Free for backup AV
    Kerio Personal Firewall 4.2 RC3 (they fixed some major security issues)
    ProcessGuard
    BO Clean
    A-squared anti-trojan for backup
    Spybot S&D
    Ad-aware
    Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta
    SpywareBlaster
    RegProt
     
  21. peterc

    peterc Registered Member

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    I'm using PC BSD 0.7.5 at the moment with Firefox 1.04 with FF add ons etc with a NAT Router

    peterc :eek:
     
  22. akshay_k72

    akshay_k72 Registered Member

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    Hi,

    Here is my list:

    AV-NOD32.
    Antispyware - Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware.
    Anti Spam - Spam Inspector.
    Firewall - Zone Alarm Free.
    Browser - Opera.
    Registry - Regseeker.

    Cheers

    Akshay.
     
    Last edited: Jul 2, 2005
  23. shek

    shek Registered Member

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    here is my setup:

    windows xp pro sp2 with all the updates

    All the softwares are up-to-date.

    Norton Ghost
    Mcafee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i+Antispyware Module
    Escan toolkit utility
    Jetico Firewall
    Process Guard free
    MJ Registry Watcher
    SpywareBlaster
    Spybot
    Hostman (66K+ entries)
    Opera
    Firefox
    CCleaner
    Regcleaner
    RegSeeker
     
  24. beetlejuice69

    beetlejuice69 Registered Member

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    I use IE6 so I have the extra goodies to go with it. :)

    ZA Pro
    NOD32
    Spyware Doctor
    Spy Sweeper
    TDS3
    Process Guard
    AntiHook2

    Just toys really...
     
  25. mikel108

    mikel108 Registered Member

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    Here my set up and I have only had one major infection in July 2004 ( I was using a different AV then).

    ICF
    EZAV
    Ad-Aware Plus

    I also use every once in a while
    BD Online Scan
    Trend Micro Online AV Scan with Anti Spyware Scan
     
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