What is your security setup these days?

I know that Panda AR is a pretty old version by now, even if I use it myself incase I would be infected with a rootkit. Is it still kept up-to-date thanks to its cloud?

 

Hmm,

You got me here, latest version is from may this year. PM Pbust and you will known. Some other AV companies seperate rootkits also date from may this year.

Cheers

 

Cheers, Kees. I'm sure pbust will be here to answer this as soon he has possibility to do so.

 

Sorry, yes I've had SP2 since RC, corrected my post to SP2. Damn thanks for noticing that, I've been posting SP1 in my list for a while now when I've had SP2. Guess that happened cause I just copy over my previous list and modify the updated software and missed the OS part.

dja2k

 

Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit, UAC on, Windows Defender off:
Look'n'Stop
MS Security Essentials (testing)
Shadow Defender
ShadowProtect Desktop
Google Chrome
Ad Muncher

 

Hi,

No problem.

 

My sig now updated.

Removed Shadow Defender and Look n stop.
added Deep Freeze and FF add on called "Random User Agent" And TrueCrypt.

 

Hmm,
the product that 10 years ago I wished would burn in hell.

That the entire company would be leveled by a meteor.

That the colors yellow and black would be banned from the face of the earth.

That anyone with the name Norton, would have to actually look like Norton from Jackie Gleason.

That if I ever even thought of looking at their product line again, my manhood would fall off.

Man, do times change. Do times really change.

 

From this, is it safe to infer that you can now be referenced as, Miss trjam?

 

not as long as I have all this hair on my chest. Lol

 

Found this by chance
Next time please PM me if you want me to jump into a thread

Panda Anti-Rookit (PAVARK) is focused on finding generic rootkit techniques rather than using rootkit signatures. It does have some signatures but its mostly for naming stuff rather than finding it. The techniques it uses are still mostly valid with today's rookits. The problem is getting the time to port it to Vista & Windows7, that's why it may seem outdated. But I can assure you it's still very good at finding rootkitted XP boxes and we still receive loads of new rootkits every day through PAVARK submissions thanks to its generic approach.

 

Full List - July 13, 2009 - Updated , Added , Removed

Vista Home Premium SP2 (UAC OFF \ WD OFF)

Network
Two Linksys Routers (DD-WRT Firmware) in WDS Mode
WEP 128-Bit Encryption & Wireless MAC Filtering Enabled
SPI Firewall Enabled

Resident
Online Armor ++ 3.5.0.32 (Paid)
Sandboxie 3.38 (Paid)

On-Demand
Shadow Defender 1.1.0.278 (Paid)
Active@ Disk Image 3.2.6 (Paid)
VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 - Various OS (Paid)

Browser, Immunization, Tweaks
Firefox 3.5 (Ad-Block Plus, CustomizeGoogle, Better Privacy, TACO, WOT, ShowIP, TrackMeNot)
KeyScrambler Personal 2.4.1.1 & RoboForm Pro 6.9.95 (IE & FF)
Malware Patrol's Block List (via Hosts File)
IP Blocklist file for Online Armor, Bluetack Blocklists (Level 1,2,3 for P2P)
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2 (Partially Immunized \ Excluded Global Hosts)
Spyware Blaster 4.2 (All Protection Enabled + Customblocking.txt)
Vista Services Optimizer 1.1.42.2 (Manual Tuneup)
Ultimate Windows Tweaker 1.1 (Customized)
SpeedGuide.net Vista TcpIp Patch 1.3
TCP-Z 2.5.1.50 (TCPZ Driver Installed)
Greatis Reanimator 6.1.6.13 (Disk Protection - Enabled)

dja2k

 

Thank you, the Panda - I'll try to remember PMing you in the future.

 

Currently:

Avast free
Outpost Pro
Prevx Edge

 

2009 / 07 / 15

1. Vista 32bit SP2 (FW ON / UAC ON / WD OFF)
2. Router Firewall (NAT/SPI)
3. Avira Antivir Personal 9.0.0.403
4. Defensewall HIPS 2.56 (trial)
5. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.39 (on-demand/trial)
6. Acronis True Image 2009 Home (PAID)
7. Internet Explorer 8

 

I still haven't set it up, but I'm planning to make it this way on XP Pro 32:

Resident:

Online Armor
DefenseWall
PrivacyKeyboard
Sandboxie

On demand:

Shadow Defender
TrojanHunter
SpyReveal
Malware Defender
MBAM
Drive Snapshot
Syncback

plus some hardeners


Any suggestions?

 

Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit, UAC on, DEP on, Windows Defender off:
Look'n'Stop
Avira AntiVir Premium 9 (web/mail guard off)
DeepFreeze
ShadowProtect Desktop
Google Chrome/IE8
Ad Muncher

 

Windows 7 x64.
Avira Free
Chrome

That's it. Minimal.....

 

Kerodo,

Do you know what is true about the (fairy) tale that Avira's rootkit protection does not work completely at 64 bits Vista/Windows7 ?

Cheers Kees

 

This is subject to change as for now I got Outpost working if I allow all with Avira's WebGuard and turn off "detect full screen mode."

AntiVir Premium 9
Outpost Pro
Prevx Edge

 

Hi all,

I decided to try something different.
I removed Avira and running this as resident:

OA+ w/ip blacklist and all guards active, DefenseWall 2.56, SpywareBlaster and WinPatrol +.

I believe all bases are covered.

I respect your opinions here.
If you think I'm off the wall, let me know.
Thanks

By the way the computer is alot more responsive without the scanner running constantly.

 

Hi danny9,

Well, I have two of your four as resident and I am feeling pretty confident that I am good to go!

ds

 

Thanks for the reply and so am I.

SpywareBlaster and WinPatrol+ are like 2 old friends.
Besides an extra couple layers never hurt.

 

If you install Avira on a x64 machine (I have) there is no provision to scan for rootkits. I don't know whether this means it won't detect any downloading, but it won't scan for rootkits on demand (I could be wrong, but I think this is due to the x64 Kernel Patch Guard).

 

Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit, UAC on, Windows Defender off:
Look'n'Stop
Faronics AntiExecutable V3 (testing)
Shadow Defender
ShadowProtect Desktop
Google Chrome
Ad Muncher