What is your security setup these days?

I would not run A2 with Avast at the same time because they are both real time AV's.

 

I have removed everything from my system and installed just one program. It covers everything and has a 100% prevention and detection rate.

Norton Maximum Security 1.0 Beta

 

I don't know why i'm not commfortable with that statement at all !

 

Cherub, I think u can install Returnil, antivirus like Avast/Avira/CA/CIS, PC Tools or other firewall, Malwarebytes, maybe KeyScrambler Free if You use Firefox or Zemana Antilogger from Softpedia giveaway ( if You want I have working key for Zemana ). This is a good set, for free.

 

Thanks. I do have keyscrambler for Firefox. I guess I don't really need Zemana but appreciate the offer.

IBrad, I'll uninstall A2 then. Thanks for the help, I wouldn't have known both were AV's. I knew A2 was more than just anti-malware but didn't know it was a true AV.

My main computer is Windows 7 64 bit so I have been focusing on that but I gave this 32 bit XP to my Mom and didn't want to spend any money on its security if I didn't have to(I've already spent too much on my main,lol) I had lost a little knowledge on the latest free security for XP so this information really helps me make my decision.

 

Zemana is really good soft, I can recommend it. And if You want You can always install Prevx SafeOnline as web browser add-on. But this what i posted higher is more than enough.

 

ZoneAlarm Firewall Pro 9.1.507.000
AVG Pro Antivirus , Trojan Hunter, SpySweaper AS pro
SAS free
very happy with this set up. light and trouble free

 

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Currently trying this setup without any scanners in real time:

Shadow Defender
DefenseWall HIPS v2.56
Online Armor Premium
Sandboxie
Zemana AntiLogger

 

I believe that with above security setup you don't really need Zemana AntiLogger.

 

I'm testing avast free 5, pctools and MBAM pro, on my wife's laptop. So far so good. She hasn't called me yet so it must be working well. She only plays on facebook and a little web surfing so she should be ok.

 

You mean keyloggers are covered by DW and OA?

 

Correct

 

Keyloggers are covered by:
- classical HIPS - OA,
- sandbox policy & silent HIPS (but in this case it will inform you about read keystrokes) - DW,
- virtual partition/container on hard disk - SandboxIE (flush the toilet and malware/keyloggers gone) and SD (do restart and every changes gone)

+ Zemana product it looks for me like overkill.

 

ZoneAlarm Pro

Avira 10 Free

a-squared Free

SUPERAntiSpyware

Sandboxie

 

Switched out ShadowDefender,to try Returnil 2010 for awhile.
added No-Script to Firefox.

@ChineseChicken: Great Screen Name!!

 

Do you still have SD installed? If so, does its processes start with Windows?

The reason I am asking is this.

 

- Avira Premium 10
- DefenseWall v3
- Zemana AntiLogger
- Malwarebytes' Pro 1.45

very light and very strong combo

 

This doesn't prevent keyloggers and other malware from calling home during the browsing session, right?

OTOH, do you see any other benefits from running double virtualization i.e. system level (SD) and application level (SBIE) at the same time?

 

Thanks SafetyFirst.
No, I completely removed Shadow Defender via its uninstaller,and then did a full registry search to get all keys. Even legacy. Also CCleaner.

I did the same each time I upgraded ShadowDefender to another version.
It takes awhile,but it can also save time in the end.

 

I dont know about keyloggers that are already on your "real" system,but Sandboxie congigured to prevent Start/Run,Acess Internet,to anything but the browser exe,
should stop them from doing anything from the browsing session..

 

Right (however in SbIE case I've heard that it is possible to stop outgoing connections from other processes), these two (SD, SbIE) are great when we are talking about cure - few sec/min and you have clean from malicious files system - so called fast back up to the previous state (state before shadowing in SD case).

It depends on you SbIE gives you ability to remove all files/folders/registry keys during session by flushing the toilet - et voila, In SD case, you have to do system restart. SD also allow you virtualization other partitions and creates special file in system dir where all changes are saved - this file with every restart is removed.
And one more thing... Choice between SbIE and SD can be crucial when you i.e. would like to test software which require a restart to properly working - here SD fails, but SbIE not.
So summary, SbIE - monitoring and sandboxing specific programs as determined by the user while SD works like a clonning software and clonning any changes made to the entire system partition/other partitions.

 

Yes, I have SandboxIE configured to invoke Eraser to securely wipe everything on sandbox shutdown.

I wonder if it could be done with SD too? Do you know where SD stores data and if it is possible to erase that file before SD deletes it automatically on system restart?

 

When volume is in shadow mode, then is created a file named "diskpt0.sys" in the root directory of this volume.
Please note that you can not open this file and I doubt you can delete it.

 

Thanks, Creer, you've been very helpful.

Thanks to Ratwing too.