What is your security setup these days?

XP Pro playing machine

- LUA
- SRP (deny execute user space)
- ACL (removed limited user access to all vulnarable HKU keys and program startup folders)
- Group Policy to much to tell, goodies limited user not allowed to
a) change search engine, start page, change settings of Cross site filter, phising filter, smart screen settings, disable pop-up, change zone-settings, only allow plug-ins of keyscrambler and adobe flash, set security to normal-high with warn for executable code (also in Iframes)
b) Mime sniffing and filtering (all processes), add tasks, promotion of file extensions and zones, etc,

- Real time:
a) Avast 5 beta (behavioral and file shield) free
b) Keyscrambler free

- Browsers
a) Chromeplus (with internal Chrome sandbox, without Chrome privacy issues) for daily browsing
b) IE8 for online banking only


Just added a new Samsung 1TB disk, this single core oldie is blazing fast, thanks MicroSoft for making XP Pro such a good OS and thanks Avast for its brilliant cache options.

Regards Kees

 

Avira Premium Security Suite
A-Squared
Hitman Pro
Finally added a HIPS, Online Armor

Returnil

 

Avast AV free
CCleaner (runs on boot)
Spybot Search n Destroy (on demand)
Spyware Blaster

FireFox 3.5.5, Ad Block Plus
KeyScrambler Personal Free
GesWall Free

Only just found Wilders yesterday and heard about KeyScrambler and GesWall so early days lots of reading still to do

 

Active / DefenseWall 3.00 ~ Shadowdefender 1.1.0.315
On-Demand / KeyScrambler 2.6.0.2
Scanners / A-squared 4.5 ~ MBAM 1.42
Imaging / Macrium Reflect
Hardening / SeconfigXp
OpenDNS ~ FireFox

 

My Laptop:
Microsoft Security Essentials
Winpatrol

My Experimental Machine:
Counterspy 4 Beta
Rising Pc Doctor
Threatfire
PC Tools Firewall Plus

 

Avast Internet security 5 (Working awesome)
A-squared (paid)

 

My gaming desktop, uses about 105mb ram on bootup and this old XP machine is still the most responsive computer I've used.

Configuration: XP, NETGEAR WGR614 router serving as hardware firewall, Windows XP software firewall with exceptions blocked, DEP for all programs, automatic updates, Limited User Account with SRP.

Real Time: Nothing

Software: Firefox with adblock, betterprivacy, and Web of Trust add ons. Secunia PSI ran monthly to make sure everything is up to date, A-Squared Free run monthly on demand, keep Malware Bytes installed to run a couple times a year on demand, same goes for spybot with immunizations enabled, and have Microsoft Security Essentials installed but disabled completely, I turn it on and scan with it every couple weeks (recently changed from having AVG 9 configured as an on demand scanner, going to try out MSE and prefer it so far). Run HijackThis on occassion also.

Wifes Laptop - Windows 7 64bit, DEP enabled for all programs, UAC enabled, only 2-3 things in firewall exceptions list, MSE running in real time and full scans scheduled weekly, A-Squared Free on demand scans ran every week or two, MalwareBytes fully scans once a month or so. I have Hijackthis installed, will run that every couple months too.

One time in the past 3-4 years I had a scanner show something other than a tracking cookie, my wife downloaded an mp3 on my computer when my xp machine was configured as admin account by default, A-Squared detected a trojan in the mp3. I reformatted to be safe and taught my wife how to use the computer a little safer. At times I wonder if I scan too frequently.

 

REALTIME
ESET SS 3.0.695
MBAM PRO 1.42
PROCESS GAURD
WINPATROL 2010
SPYWARE BLASTER
ONDEMAND
HITMAN PRO
MALAWARE
SANDBOXIE 3.42
UPDATE CHECKER(FILE HIPPO)
BROWSERS
FIREFOX 3.5.5 with ADBLOCK PLUS , DOWNLOAD HELPER , SMOOTHWHEEL
GOOGLE CHROME 3.0.195.33

REMOVED
MAMUTU
SSM
IOBIT 360
SAS

 

DefenseWall firewall v3 with firewall off both inbound and outbound.
Constantly conflicting with Avast IS

 

Avira AntiVir Personal + Online Armor Free

 

Norton Internet Security 2010
MBAM Realtime

 

nope, Purchased nortons older versions, nothing but trouble for the past two years before 2009 was released. Not buying again, reformats work too to bypass trial, good thing for me I format every 3 months.

 

Normally I would agree, But I love what they have done with the 09 and 10 version. Simply because I can put it on a computer of people that know nothing and it will protect them better then most AV's, simply because its Idiot proof. The redesign of 09 + has made me go back to putting Norton on non techy computers.

 

PCTOOLS FIREWALL PLUS
AVG 9 PAID
MAMUTU MBAM FREE, TROJAN HUNTER paid

 

Put System Safety Monitor to sleep and wake MalWare Defender up

so my new set up for my old unpatch xp2 is as follow:
MalWare Defender/PE Guard 1.2/WinPatrol Plus/MalwareBytes Pro

 

I'm foaming at the mouth for either avast free/IS 5 or A-squared 5/mamatu 3 to come out. At the moment Avast IS 5 is running really well with a-squared 4.5 running. I don't care for the 3 zone settings for the firewall. Kinda vague. I wish there was a salivating emoticon.

 

Real time:
Mamutu

On demand:
a-squared free (for right-click and weekly scan)
Hitman Pro (daily scans)
a-squared hijackfree (analysis of start-up, processes, outgoing connections etc)

Lightest setup I've tried so far.

 

what will u do if mamutu crash at the time of attack(suchas Autorun)??
i uninstalled mamutu bcoz it crashed frequently when alerting .

 

99.9 per cent of the files I open are safe, so I've wondered why i need continual scanning of all the files I open, everytime I use them.

A regular user, installing anything they please, they do benefit from scanning always on.

All my work is backed up. If something gets through, I'll attempt to remove it. These days, what's the benefit in someone destroying a hard disk for no reason, and with no financial gain? These days, most malicious files are wanting to run in the background, monitor data, obtain passwords and financial information, create fear to sell you something.

Besides, Mamutu is light as a feather, and if it does crash (never had it crash - any program can if running/conflicting with many other security programs), either the on-demand scanners (Hitman Pro and a-squared), will take care of the malicious file, or hijackfree will. In what I've tested it (hijackfree) against, it does a great job in kill/quarantine any active process, service or process making an outbound connection.

With puran defrag, this system is booting up faster than you can count to 10 (well almost) and flying my man! The shackles are free brother!

 

ps - sandboxie or shadow defender may be loaded if any problems arise in the future. Sandboxie will not slowdown any system.

 

Bought license keys for NAV 2010, ZoneAlarm and ShadowDefender..

Replaced Avira on XP with NAV, and avast! on Win7 with NAV..

Added ShadowDefender and PeerBlock on Win7 system.

 

Prevx paid, Malwarebytes Full, Noscript, and Windows Firewall.

 

McAfee NetProtect Plus (Hardware & softare firewalls) SUPERAntiSpyware, SpywareBlaster & Windows Defender.

Oh, & using Brain.exe

 

i added OSSS: Security Suite v1.3 Beta

 

Experimental Machine

--Added--

DefenseWall

--Removed--

PC Tools Firewall Plus