What is your security setup these days?

Hi roger, what were your thoughts on the korean av nprotect ?

I take it that it didn`t last too long on your system ?

Just curious.

Regards Eck

 

Personally I would go with Voodooshield as is actively being developed and supported. It is also fully compatible with Windows 10 AU and it's requirement for Kernel drivers to be signed by Microsoft if Secure Boot is enabled.

 

On the positive side, it's extremely light, and can be configured not to automatically quarantine threats. However it's still in beta and is too unstable for my liking at this stage. For example, at one point it shut down for no reason, and with no notification. I looked at the icons in the system tray at some point and noticed the nProtect icon was gone, and I had to relaunch it. Once the bugs are fixed, it should be be a good free antivirus considering it uses Bitdefender's signatures. My only reservation with it, is that I don't know how it handles product updates, e.g. if it can automatically download new versions when they are released, or if you would need to manually download and install the latest version from the nProtect website. I don't like it when you have to manually check for new versions and then download and install them yourself.

 

Not enough positives then to make it a resident but it will be interesting, as you mention, to see if the bugs are fixed when out of beta,if ever ?

Thanks for the comprehensive response.

Regards Eck

 

You're welcome. I presume the stable version should be released soon, as the beta version was released two months ago.

 

Just running the latest version of Comodo FW. Chrome with ublock. Backup AX64. That's it.

 

I can see why. I like Comodo FW a lot. But I'm not sure if I feel comfortable putting all me security eggs in one basket. Thoughts on this? Am I paranoid?

 

When VS 3.x came out I switched from VS to NVT ERP because it is very stable & VS was causing too many problems. I'm not sure where it's at now, but I'd suggest having a look through the VS thread. You'll be well protected with either of these.

My current config is similar - NVT ERP, Sbie, WFC (Binisoft), EMET, ZAL/ZAM, Secunia PSI, SyncBackFree

 

For me it's ok. I haven't had any problems with malware in about 7 years or so.

 

Yeah, I can see why. Have you thought of using the free CIS version? I think I might.

 

Win 10 Home/64

Windows Defender

Windows firewall (Block all incoming connections)

Smart screen

UAC (Highest Settings)

Zemana AntiLogger Premium 2.30.xxx

Appguard 4.4.6.1

On demand ...Malwarebytes free

Google Chrome with Adguard ,Vanilla Cookie Manager and Flash Control extension. Camera,Microphone,Plugins etc. Blocked by default
Microsoft Edge with Adblock, Clip to oneNote and Reddit Enhancement Suite extension.


Others:

Autoruns
Everything
ProcessExplorer
TCPView
KeePass
Ccleaner and Wise disk Cleaner Portable
RegSeeker.3.0 (Using very conservatively )

And... Windows Backup

 

On one Win10 machine (so far):

• Windows Defender

Because I had a spare seat;

• HitmanPro.Alert

That's about all.

 

KIS 2016, HitmanPro.Alert and Iperius Backup.
UAC highest settings, Smart Screen, Autoruns, Process Explorer, Everything, RegScanner.

Is there anything else I should use?

 

Are you using default settings or custom/proactive setup for KIS?

 

I have always used the highest settings for my KIS configuration, which has always worked fine for me.

 

Switched to Panda free.Keeping the rest

 

Win 10 Pro/64-Bit

Real time:

SecureAPlus v4.3.1
Panda Global Protection 2016

 

Dropped Windows 10 on 2 computers and went back to 8.1 Using Eset Smart Security

 

Hows panda free so far?

 

Light as a feather...a little delay at startup,but nothing serious for me...i just made 2 backup images with this powerful combo as i always loved the way they are get along together Panda and CFW. at least on my laptop.

 

Are you running windows 10 on that laptop?

 

Win7 x64 Ultimate

UAC(Default)
Shiela USB Shield
Sandboxie
HitmanPro Alert
Zemana Antilogger 2.3
Appguard 4.4.6.1

 

Windows 10 Anniversary Edition
Avira Free Antivirus
Kaspersky Anti-Ransomware

 

Nope,7 ultimate x64.
Added AnVir task manager free.

 

I need a change i might give panda free a spin