What is your security setup these days?

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by dja2k, Dec 15, 2005.

  1. Acadia

    Acadia Registered Member

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    Sandboxie
    ShadowDefender
    VoodooShield
    WindowsDefender

    and should those all fail me I could recover using (of course I would have to know that I am infected in the first place):
    Macrium
    Raxco InstantRecovery
    Windows built-in imaging
    Aomei
    Image For Windows

    If that is not enough then I give up. :eek:
    Acadia

    EDIT: forgot my first two defenses, my router and Windows10 built-in firewall.
     
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  2. Moose World

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEOJxUEApso


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  4. gery

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    comodo firewall emsisoft antimalware NVTH OSArmor
     
  5. The Seeker

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    Removed AdGuard. I like the software but I've found it slows down browsing just a little too much for my liking. Plus, I've grown too attached to using uBlock Origin in Medium mode.
     
  6. imdb

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    ubo's unrivaled in class. :thumb:
     
  7. wat0114

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    Lenovo E580 Laptop, Windows 10 Professional:

    Full disk Bitlocker encryption aided with TPM v1.16

    Secure boot on

    Several Group Policy settings enabled or disabled for privacy and security enhancements - Attachment below

    SUA account with UAC at Default

    Windows Defender Security Center:

    Real Time Antivirus monitoring off

    All other settings at Default, except with Memory integrity set to on

    Latest beta version Chromium browser

    Extensions:
    • uBlockO; 3rd-party frames blocked

    • Windows Defender browser protection3rd-party cookies blocked

    Disk images using Image for Windows

    Group Policy Settings.PNG
     
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  8. imuade

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  9. imdb

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    are you using osa with default settings? if not, what tweaks did you make?
     
  10. imuade

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    I checked everything without any warning icon and with orange warning icon. I kept unchecked every item with a red warning icon
     
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  12. Rasheed187

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    Yes but that's the thing, they are bashing on next gen AV, but once you allow malware to run, AG will probably fail to protect you from certain malware. For example, let's say a keylogger is allowed to run, it will be able to collect data and connect out, isolation won't help.
     
  13. mekelek

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    no, cause Appguard is default deny, it will not let anything else than whitelisted stuff to run...
    that's the whole point of it
     
  14. guest

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    - The basics of AG is that you just need to know what is System-Space and what is User-Space. Anything in System-Space is allowed, anything in User-Space is blocked whatever it is a dll, an exe or a driver.
    - You install AG on a clean system (obviously), set your policy that fit your needs (basically adding/removing stuff from those Spaces) and forget it.
    - Then if you decide to install something new, you must be sure it is clean; it will be your fault if you install malicious stuff (reason why AG recommend the use of an AV alongside).

    That is what any SRP do.

    Now Appguard differs because it uses Memory Isolation (SMB version) plus Memory Protection (for Enterprise version).

    i don't say it is invulnerable, but if used properly, you have a quite strong protection, no prompts to answer and simpler than anti-exe to use.

    Also
     
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  15. Rasheed187

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    Correct, but my point is that isolation without AV and behavior blocker is pointless, because you need to know if some app is malicious is not. For example, it wouldn't have protected against the CCleaner attack, unless it was marked as untrusted.

    Exactly, so don't bash on next gen AV and behavior blockers! Isolation is mostly effective against exploits and certain type of malware that perform code injection. I do believe that Memory Guard is very useful, it would be cool to test it against aggressive code injection methods. Does AG protect against process hollowing?

    https://www.endgame.com/blog/techni...-technical-survey-common-and-trending-process
     
  16. mekelek

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    isolation is for people that install apps they need and then never install again
    or companies

    i agree with your statement, i find isolation to be useless for 90% of the people that don't just live in box.
     
  17. Eru

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  18. LoneWolf

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    Kaspersky Security Cloud
    AppGuard Solo
    Shadow Defender
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  19. imuade

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    Misc: NoVirusThanks SysHardener, Windows Privacy Dashboard, O&O ShutUp10, K9 Web Protection, uBlock Origin, OPSWAT File Security
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  20. The Seeker

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    Switched from Quad9 to Cloudflare for my DNS lookups. Also reinstalled AdGuard and have noticed browsing is more snappy than last time, I suspect due to the aforementioned DNS change.
     
  21. ReverseGear

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    Removed ublock origin and added back adguard premium as the speed of adguard has now improved considerably since last time
     
  22. Rasheed187

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    No, I didn't say isolation is useless, I say it's not enough to protect against all kinds of malware attacks. Like I said, AppGuard will not fully protect the system once malware is allowed to run, so you should always combine it with AV/behavior blocker. I'm still waiting on guest's answer regarding process hollowing.
     
  23. guest

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    i think people misunderstand the isolation part in Appguard (i talk about the SMB one, not the Enterprise version).
    AG doesn't act like a classic sandbox, it just has some containment capabilities.
    A Guarded Application (one in user-space or in system-space and susceptible to be a vector of attacks like cmd or powershell) cannot modify protected OS components (Windows and Program Files folders, some registry keys and those eventually added by the user) and process memory.
    Also, Guarded Apps are MemoryGuarded so they can't read or alter the memory of another process.

    AG can prevent exploited interpreters to execute unless the malware managed to get SYSTEM rights, then there is nothing AG (or any security softs) can do.

    In the latest version Solo v6 , lsass.exe is MemoryProtected so running processes can't modify it.

    Check this video to get an idea how AG works, AG installed in an infected system then blocking (not remove) the infection.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEOJxUEApso
     
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  24. Peter2150

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    That doesn't make sense. Of course once malware is running you have a problem. But when I was testing against live malware, nothing got by it to run. Not a single failure
     
  25. moredhelfinland

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    AV: Emsisoft (got it free)
    HIPS: Spyshelter Premium(custom ruleset)
    Firewall: Zonealarm Pro(the best for blocking low level boot time connections, use wireshark to check)
    Anti-Ransomware: Hitman Pro Alert(disabled keystroke encryption, because Spyshelter covers this a lot better)
    Others:
    - Blackfog Privacy(conflict with HMPA if using DoD 3 deletion pass, works with 1 DoD deletion pass)
    - Process Lasso Pro (because i just want to support one man quality softwares)
     
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