What is your security setup these days?

Agree

 

REAL-TIME
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Avast! Customized for Performance
COMODO Firewall w/D+
Sandboxie (Google Chrome, allowed to start/access the internet are chrome.exe and wow_helper.exe. Windows dir is RO)
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MISC
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VirusTotal Uploader
DEP
SEHOP
Samurai
HostsMan (200,000 entries)
Hitman Pro
MalwareBytes
NoVirusThanks
SuperAntiSpyware
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NEXT IN TESTING
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Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 + Sandboxie

 

What´s the best (simplest, efecctive, low resouse usage) way to stop USB based infections (that automaticaly infect the computer in the moment you plug), without using a anti-virus resident shield?
I´m not sure if sandboxie (paid) can do that. Maybe an anti-exe
thanks

(Maybe not the right place to post, i´ll open new tread)

 

I think I may change my security setup to something like this

Panda Cloud PRO
Winpatrol Plus
DefenseWall HIPS
MBAM PRO (On-demand)

I also may put Rising PC doctor on a few machines for a bit, it's been a long time since I last used it and I am wondering how good it's IE URL protection is (for my parents machine).

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715

 

Have a new thing :

Comodo 4.1 Premium (Firewall only, D+ and Sandbox disabled)
MSE 2.0 Beta
Ad Muncher
IE8

 

AppLocker is quite useful and powerful. See https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=272761.

 

added Mamutu 3.0

 

Added Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Beta x64. No problems so far.

 

Old setup
Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 v11.0.1.400
Pirelli router(medium level firewall inbound protection)

My laptop is old, so I changed my setup, because it was running too slow.

New Setup
Avira Antivir Premium 10.0.0.603
Windows XP SP3 Firewall
Pirelli router(medium level firewall inbound protection)

Firefox + Adblock+ BetterPrivacy

Anybody can suggest me more light and same level or higher level protection?

Because I like multiplayer games, and i need good solution for best gaming performance and computer security.

If I have a quad core machine, I think every application can run great

 

Really looking for some sound advice on my security setup. I guess there's a bit of overkill on some of my anti malware/spyware apps etc. For example, does having the paid version of Hitman Pro negate the requirement for PrevX (although PrevX does offer SafeOnline)? I've listed all the security measures in place in my signature.

The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing definitely applies to me! I would like to have a coherent security setup rather than a rag bag of various apps. For example, yesterday I edited the registry to improve windows 7 security closely following the instructions I read (I think) at MS TechNet, Problem is I cannot even remember what the name of the security strengthening alteration was! Oh dear....

Any advice warmly received

 

Is VBA32 compatible with Win 7?

 

after all these years, "What to choose."

 

Hi.
Please specify which apps are resident and which are on-demand.

 

I don't think I have any resident apps save eset. All the rest are on demand which becomes tedious in the extreme! And SEHOP was what I installled the other day. Not entirely sure what it does but it sounded like a positive step in reinforcing the armoury

 

So TF, Prevx, MBAM and SAS are all on-demand?
TF is worthless as an OD scanner, aside from serving as a bit of an ARK.
You definitely don't need Prevx if you're not running it real-time as HMP has you covered there (like you said).

7 x86 or 7 x64 and which flavor (Home Premium, etc)?

 

MBAM is the Pro version so is real-time I guess as it occasionally pops up a warning about a blocked ip address but is pretty much on-demand the rest of the time. PrevX is paid so it does offer real-time protection.

SAS is also Pro with real-time protection enabled. Although with respect to SAS this real-time protection has never alerted me to any nasties and it is only when I run an on-demand SAS scan then it will pick up the odd tracking cookie. Yes, I'd heard conflicting reports about ThreatFire. You think I should bin it? What is an ARK?

I've looked into SRP but it looks too complicated and time-consuming but I could be wrong.

I'm running x86 Vista Ultimate.

Thanks for the advice - it all helps me get a bit more understanding of what is a very complex area!

I think my biggest source of confusion is LUA. I hardly ever log in to my Admin account and so if I need to run HMP under my LUA I have to enter the admin pw; same goes for MBAM and PrevX has started throwing irritating error messages about my license but that's another issue which should be resolved soon.

I have a very bad habit of implementing 'stuff' without really reading in detail about the implications/pros and cons of these actions. Basically, I am lazy!

 

Okay, you're actually running 4 resident scanners atm then.
I'd definitely ditch TF.
Would also disable the real-time protection of SAS, MBAM as well tbh.
That'd still leave you with both ESET and Prevx as real-time scanners (still one more than I'm personally comfortable with, but not overlapping or anything).

ARK is anti-rootkit.

My advice is to disable some of the resident scanners and add Sandboxie.
That said, there's more than one way to skin a cat.

Hey, anytime.
Feel free to PM me if you have any questions, happy to help if I can.

 

Same as always and below in my signature in not any particular order. I will say Trust-No-Exe old as it might be is still a formidable enough security componant as is EQS as a Super-HIPS Security Software.

Greets and Salutations Friends

EASTER

 

Windows XP Pro SP3

• PU (Power User)
• SRP (Software Restriction Policies)
• Windows SteadyState
• Prevx SafeOnline free

Macrium Reflect FREE

 

PeGuard 2.1 and Hitman Pro

 

Gaming/Family PC:

• Windows XP PRO SP3
• LUA/SRP/ACL/DEP
• Microsoft Security Essentials
• Internet Explorer
• Macrium Reflect

Banking/Browsing PC:

• some Linux Live CD

 

MSE
Windows Firewall
Router Firewall
UAC
Common Sense

 

+ Added PE Guard 2.1

Need advice what do u think about this setup?

 

i think it is nice set up cause if a malware bypassed avira PE Guard will give you a pop up alert