What is your security setup these days?

A temporary change:

added
changed
removed


XP setup 1 & 2

Resident:

avast! antivirus
Comodo BOClean
NOD32
Online Armor free

Other Security / System Hardening:

nLite'd Windows XP SP2 (with service tweaking based on TweakHound's guide)
RyanVM's Post-SP2 Windows XP Update Pack
Seconfig XP
SocketLock
xp-AntiSpy
Process Explorer
Firefox extensions: AdBlock Plus, Permit Cookies, RefControl, and Secure Login

 

AntiVirPersonalEditionClassic 7.06.00.270
WebrootDesktopFirewall 5.5.10.20
ThreatFire 3.0.11.0
Opera 9.50 beta
D-Link 604
WSF 101

Added or upgraded...

 

I use one box that only has only these for security setup.


AntiExecutable = Instant BLOCK any executable not whitelisted.
PC Security = Locks/Conceals any FILE/FOLDER/DRIVE of system
SandboxIE = Traps anything entering via IE channel.
Kerio 2.15 = Dependable Rules-Configurable Network Monitor.

 

Avast and Comodo

 

For the last 9 months - see my signature

 

Wow to yourself and smartcard!
Refreshing to see the use of a few programs compared to some who need an index just to keep track of what they're running.
Dan

 

I just bought [FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica][SIZE=-1]BitDefender Total Security 2008 (3 computers / 2 years) and will be installing it on my laptop soon. Not sure what other resident software to run with it; currently debating on either BOClean or SAS Pro, possibly along with Threatfire.
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Added
Removed

Resident

Online Armor (Free)
McAfee AV
SnoopFree
Hostsman
BOClean
Spyware Blaster

On Demand

Spybot 1.4
Ad-Aware SE
AVG Antispyware
A-squared
SUPERAntiSpyware (Paid)

Backup

Acronis TI 10
FD-ISR

Other

Firefox with NoScript,AdBlock+,Scrapbook,Site Advisor,RefControl,CookieSafe,Filterset.G,Tab Mix Plus
Sandboxie
CCleaner
Easy Cleaner
Filemap by BB
FingerPrint
WhatsRunning
RegShot
Tiny Watcher
MJ Registry Watcher
FileChangeAlarm
Returnil

 

Here is my current setup

Comodo Firewall Pro
NOD32
PREVX (FULL)
Threatfire
Boclean 2.5

Always run internet sessions via Sandboxie
RoboForm
FIREFOX w/NoScript & Firebug
Keyscrambler

Linkscanner Pro
McAfee SiteAdvisor

I wrote a nice post on my site about safe web browsing a few days ago for those interested:
Here it is: Web Browser Security http://www.hermes-computers.ca/index.php?pid=46

 

Isn't there overlap with both Prevx and Threatfire?

 

Yes, but everyone is always asking me if these play nice together.... so in order to answer them truthfully... the overkill!

The main difference between the two is PREVX doesn't pump out Key logger FP's every twenty minutes...

 

Since the k is long gone, this is my set up now:

AVG Plus FW
BOClean
WinPatrol Plus
SpyWareBlaster
SpyWareGuard

SuperAntiSpyware-on demand only

BootBack and EAZ FIX Pro for restore.

All behind a Linksys Router

Made one adjustment.
Took out AVG Firewall and added OnLine Armor free.

 

I would dump anything that kicked out FP's even daily.

 

Yes... But in fairness this Threatfire is actually incredibly useful to those unwilling to dish out a few $$$ for proper defenses. For something free It actually works. Just a few glitches on how it handles Keyloggers. Besides If more users had it installed it would go a long way in reducing malware proliferation.

 

Trend Micro IS 2008
Hardware Firewall
Netscape 9 + Noscript
Latest Windows Security Updates

Cheers!...

 

Yes I know. Check #1602. I was commenting on the FP-headache. No issues with TF. PrevX is another story for me, although I haven't tried the upgraded version.

 

What happened with the old PREVX (I'm only really familiar w/v2.0) Tried the old and removed fairly quickly as I was simply testing a rather large number of utilities. This round I felt more comfortable with it. Enough so that I signed in to become a reseller...

 

It slowed my 1G/ram 2.9Ghz to a crawl and often failed to load on reboot. Back then I didn't have the patience to try to find the conflict. I'd like to give it a spin again some day by itself, and my router of course.

 

Sig says it all. Nice and light.

 

All in my sig

 

Just so you guys know, there are new Online Armor builds today all available in the download section. Nice to see this thread is still going...

dja2k

 

Hi,
i am new here so i want to ask you guy's what you think about my setup.
-Comodo
-BOclean
-Spywareterminator (hips enabled)
-superantispyware (free)
-Avira antivir

Comments are welcome

greetz

 

Delars,

Realtime
You have good a wel respected FireWall (Comodo), a good free AV (Antivir), a reasonable to good AS (SpywareTerminator) with a nice IDS and easy HIPS and a AT memory scanner (BOCLean). SO your are covered all the way.

A Wilders Member alway says "do not fix it when it is not broken", so when you are happy with it keep it that way.

PC behind a hardware FW (NAT + SPI)

- ThreatFire with custom rules https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=191802
- DefenseWall with P2P download directories, sdefend and 7ZIP marked as untrusted
- AVAST free, only three forward checking modules enabled (Web, P2P, I-net Mail) on high

I do not care about black lists, but the forward checking (e.g. Avast's scanner checks web content before it is executed) capabilities of Avast and update frequency makes it sensible for me to use.

Loading and browsing of Opera is real fast on this Athlon 3900 PC.

 

Online Armor is still not working with Vista?

 

Had one or two changes recently.

Current setup using Windows XP behind a router with hardware firewall:
1. Windows Firewall
2. NOD32 v3.560.0
3. A-Squared Anti-Malware v3 full version with realtime guard(free 12 month updates with the latest PC Advisor magazine.).
4. Realtime Cookie & Cache Cleaner v3
5. Browser Sentinel v2.1.1


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