Hi all, After choosing Webroot SecureAnywhere Endpoint for the network I manage at work, I have a home license for WSA, which I am very happy with! I wanted to check with the fine folks here what bases may still need to be covered - for example, what's the best application whitelist software these days? WU is automatic, files are backed up to the big almightly cloud, uBlock with Firefox for browsing, and LastPass for password management. Thanks in advance!
I use WSA and along with it MBAM Pro, Comodo Firewall and HitmanPro Alert. They are complimentary IMHO, and get along fine with minor configuring.
Seems to be interest in WSA over at VS > start here #7181 FWIW ~ I prefer ERP and not a fan of auto WU
Some time ago, I raised a concern regarding the WSA rollback feature if using Shadow Defender in a multi-volume environment, where some disk volumes are shadowed and others aren't, which was never properly answered. Webroot Rollback Feature? - Post #76 Webroot Rollback Feature? - Post #85 There was no reply to post #85. I suspect this could potentially be an issue for any light virtualization utility in combination with a program that uses rollback for recovery if a single tracking journal used for rollback across all disk volumes is maintained centrally on the system volume, rather than a separate journal for each volume in a multi-volume environment.
Good Morning! I've used in the past both MBAM Pro...and Appguard...in tandem with WSA Security Plus...for a layered umbrella of protection! The beauty of WSA is it's been engineered to run harmoniously with pretty much every existing app...that's the way it should be! Sincerely...Securon
Malwarebytes AntiExploit and either VoodooShield or EXE Radar Pro. If you are willing to pay, then you can choose HitmanPro.Alert over Malwarebytes AntiExploit.
But see post #8. It's not clear what would happen if WSA attempted a rollback using a corrupt tracking journal as a result of light virtualization in a multi-volume environment where some volumes are shadowed and others aren't and a reboot had already occurred prior to rollback being activated. Only Webroot can say whether the file system would be left in a consistent state after rollback in this situation. So far they haven't confirmed what the likely outcome would be. Other than that specific scenario, I agree WSA should be compatible with most other security software under normal operating conditions.
On one of my systems used for online banking, I am using AVG IS, WSA Complete, MBAE free, and MBAM Pro concurrently; no config changes were needed to any of these products to make/allow them to run concurrently. There is no noticeable "drag" on this system other than a longer boot-up as the products update their malware databases.
Personally, I run MBAM Pro, Comodo Firewall and Defense+, SAS on demand (though I have a full license) , Emsisoft AM on demand (though I have a full license), Winpatrol Plus, Hitman Pro on demand (though my license has run out and I need to renew). I don't get any conflicts at all with any of that. So really, to answer your question, I would say run MBAM Pro with it and you are pretty much covered. Whilst still taking other precautions like system imaging and virtual machines and sandboxing, of course. Oh, I nearly forgot, Voodoo Shield, that gives another vector of space covered. On a fairly well set up machine (that has its OS built and is not having loads of new programs installed), then something like WSA, with MBAM Pro and Voodoo Shield, would have pretty much anyone covered, with minimum fuss. Each of those does something that the other doesn't. For example, what I am most impressed by with MBAM is its real time malicious website blocking. The day I caught malware was the very day it did not start. It does that sometimes, it's a pain in the ****. I never use its real time malware protection, though on occasion I have and it has worked well. I just don't need it. For me, WSA is super super light weight. If you have a good firewall and hips set up, I don't see why you would need anything more than MBAM and VS on top. Very low cost, very broad range and complimentary protection.
Hi Cruise, The following contains details of the WSA rollback feature. Although described on the Business section of the Webroot website, it applies equally to the WSA Home version. Rollback is central to the way WSA (all versions) works to remediate changes made by programs of unknown status that are later determined to be malware. http://www.webroot.com/gb/en/busine...risk/forensics#journaling-monitoring-rollback The concern I have relates to an edge case where ALL of the following conditions hold true:- A multi-partition environment exists where only the system partition is restored to an earlier time. How this has been achieved - LV reboot-to-restore, snapshot/rollback, re-imaging, etc - doesn't matter. WSA was monitoring and journalling the changes across all partitions made by a program of unknown status right up to the restore of the system partition, which left both WSA and the unknown program still installed. After the restore of the system partition, WSA subsequently determined the unknown program to be malware and performed a rollback operation using its journal to reverse any changes made by the program. Because WSA maintains a single unified journal on the system partition (confirmed by Webroot), the journal may be left inconsistent with the state of the file system in a multi-partition environment after a restore of only the system partition. What the consequence of this would be if the journal were subsequently used to rollback changes made by a program later determined to be malware is unclear (at least to me). This is in no way a criticism of WSA or the way WSA works. The situation I am posing is an edge case, which most users probably wouldn't encounter; but as a regular Shadow Defender user, I was interested to know the answer to this before trialling WSA on my system. Kind regards pegr
I'm using WSA Internet Security Plus and Windows Firewall Control with several images and file backups. I have no worries.
