Which Type Of Program You Trust To Protect Your Systems?

For realtime Prevx with SafeOnline, Look'n'Stop Firewall with Phant0m``s Look 'n' Stop Ruleset Deluxe v1 Build: 008.2, WinPatrol Plus also behind a Firewall Router! Why? The most minimal impact on system plain and simple for novices if need be! For On-Demand if necessary Hitman Pro Licensed, MBAM Lifetime Licensed, SAS Lifetime Licensed, Trojan Hunter Licensed, Trojan Remover lifetime Licensed, Emsisoft Anti-Malware Free, VMware Workstation 7 licensed to try new programs and test some malware and also have VIPRE AV licensed on my 3 VM's and Acronis True Image 2010 for weekly system backups! I also have Shadow Defender lifetime Licensed on my other system as I don't know if it will work properly on my new system with SSD drives.

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EDIT: Sorry #1 thing to have is some common sense!

 

Sry Blasev, had to copy your line
Sanboxie+AV+BB+HIPS+FW, plus... Mild system hardening (UAC and EMET)

LUA+SRP(via parental controls)

Windows 7 Firewall Control (binisoft one)
Microsoft Security Essentials
Prevx SOL
MBAM Pro
ClearCloud
SpyShelter Premium
WinPatrol Plus
Secunia PSI

Finally found my setup, after long search.

Bunch of on-demand scanners in equation.

 

I've become a believer in anti-executable type HIPS.

 

me too my friend you feel secure

 

HIPS ftw~

 

For me it's: HIPS + AV/FW + BB + Tweaks or "Hardening" + SRP

 

I agree with moontan - use everything the OS provides first. I feel very safe in a Standard User Account along with a default deny Software Restriction Policy.

See my sig. for other settings/programs I feel add useful layers to a balanced security setup. It has so far withstood the "attacks" of 2 teenagers and a computer noob partner (hope she's not reading this! ). Now that's an example of real-world protection

 

yea HIPS for me too

 

Light virtualization like Shadow Defender, and a Good AE like Appguard. Extremely secure, and very light on memory & resources.

 

Prevx anti-malware, Comodo Firewall with Defense+, Shadow Defender, Sandboxie, Trusteer Rapport, Acronis True Image.

 

All malware are placed here ----> 1st -- Primary Protection (Sandbox, HIPS, Virtualization, Common Sense)

If malware bypasses primary protection ----> 2nd -- Secondary Protection (Antivirus, Firewall)

If malware bypasses secondary protection which is quite impossible ----> 3rd -- Ternary Protection (On-demand scanners, system tweaks, etc.)

 

Presently I am tired of using HIPS. So, I prefer to use a non-HIPS firewall along with a decent or light antivirus with good web filtering. I don't prefer antiviruses that rely on browser addons to block pages. Although I don't prefer HIPS but I do prefer to use something that will alert me of new startup/ IE addons like Winpatrol or Anvir Taskmanager. Although I prefer safe browsing, but I use a good DNS server that will block malicious pages for me. I also prefer to use WOT that will alert me about page ratings. Overall I will go for overprotection duing browsing. Sometimes I use Sandboxie to perform jobs that can affect my system. To perform dengerous jobs I use virtual machines like VMWare. I avoid malware attack from USB drives I use No Autorun and also Panda USB Vaccine for automatic USb vaccination.
This is my layered security approach. I use administrator account without UAC. I take occasional system images.

 

1. KIS (Anti-Virus, Firewall, HIPS)
2. Sandboxie (Google Chrome (+ security/privacy extensions) sandboxed + few other sandboxes like multimedia, game, general, and IE)
3. Deep Freeze (System drive only)
4. Software Restriction Policy (very few exception only)
5. On-Demand Scanner (Emsisoft Command-line Scanner)
6. Process Explorer + CleanMem Mini Monitor + Drive Speedometer bar to keep an eye on all resources (processes, CPU, memory, HDD R/W)
7. Common Sense (Beta2)

 

Hardcore system hardening! (it does not require additional resources and also provides foolproof security)
System Virtualization ie. Returnil 2011 FREE
Antikeylogger: undecided. probably the next version of Spyshelter.


For blacklist:

• DNS w/ malware blocking ie. Clearcloud
• IP Blacklist/Filtering software ie. Peerblock
• Local Proxy w/ advanced Filtering / adblocking ie. Privoxy

 

I'm trying to figure out something. If hardcore system hardening provides foolproof security, why would you need antikeylogger and a blacklist approach?

It doesn't make any sense.

 

Any protection armament that was made in Europe, especially if it's made by a Russian. Coz I felt am carrying an AK-47 of which is the no.1 assault weapon in the world...proven & tested in any battle zones. Whatever...hehe..

That's why I prefer to have NOD32 and DefenseWall Personal Firewall running all the time.

 

I am using DefenseWall and Returnil on my main computer and am happy with both.

 

Virtualization = Sandboxie
Anti-Malware = Malwarebytes
Behavior Blocker = Mamutu
Scanner = Hitman Pro
System Image = Macrium Reflect

Puppy Linux with a USB flash drive when I want to go to a red WOT site.

 

keep posting we are getting here very good ideas and advises

 

Light Virtualization with Sandbox, Anti-Executable and or HIPS.
Scanners are only for checking downloads.
Image backup,IMO, is a must.

 

Not Carnivore etc anyway

 

DefenseWall (policy based sandbox), Emsisoft Anti-Malware (behavior blocker enabled) and LooknStop firewall. I run some other small things (EMET, occasional UAC, etc.), but with the first three running feel secure.

 

HitMan pro is very important here to confirm system is clean

 

Blame it on my paranoia