What is your security setup these days?

The inscrutable HKEY1952.

 

I doubt I'll be contributing to this thread much anymore until I upgrade to Win7. Comodo FW/D+ & Sandboxie are just so light and effective for my needs. Adding Sandboxie has made my life here at Wilders pretty boring, actually. Nothing to talk about anymore.

 

Nice Vipre system tray icon but it would have been better if they used the snake logo.

 

Kingsoft PC Doctor

 

Ok, thanks.

 

No, it is not enough. Tell you what, uninstall everything including Windows and install LinuxMint or your favorite Linux flavors and enjoy peace and tranquility.


Thanks. .

 

Have you tried Eset's HIPS? ,


Thanks.

 

I trialed it but I dont think I changed the default.

 

Yes, I learned that too, it's amazing how I do not have to worry about security and not have to lose performance with AV/Firewall, etc..

 

Actually, Linux Mint is actually good. I'm awaiting the 12th iteration of openSUSE though, I want to drive test the latest Linux kernel.

However, for my Windows XP SP3 setup...

Avast Free Antivirus
- File System Shield (default)
- Behavior Shield (default)

Online Armor Firewall Free
- Settings are standard
- All possible HIPS options active
- Run Safer on all browsers and email clients

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Free
- Daily on demand scans (or when I'm not lazy)

Macrium Reflect Free
- Weekly back-ups

Other layers/software installed:
- Secunia PSI
- OpenDNS
- CCleaner

I'm still running my machine as an administrator though, but since I don't visit dubious sites, I guess I should be fine. Definitely relying on Avast and Online Armor to protect me -- and finally, Macrium will save the day if all else fails. I'm thinking of adding some sort of browser security (leaning towards BitDefender TrafficLight, is it light? I don't want to slow down my daily browsing), any suggestions?

 

BitDefender slowed down my browsing and it took alot of space on my drive just to for browsing safety?
And it seems you already have an excellent security setup!

 

Eset's HIPS is kinda noisy and annoying even if I have set it to Learning mode for a few days.

 

You are not so brave after all. .

Thanks.

 

You are a good human being. .


Thanks. .

 

Best of luck my friend, you'll need it. By the by I can guarantee you that good looking and professional websites cannot be hacked, only dubious ones are. .


Thanks.

 

I understand what you mean there, my friend. That's the reason why I've set OA's RunSafer on Internet facing apps. If it works as advertised, it should keep me safe.

But of course, using LUA is much much more secure than my current setup. Pretty much in Linux, I never use an admin group/root account as default. Except only when there's a need for elevated privileges. I just find the implementation of user groups/types in Windows XP too cumbersome, not unlike the more streamlined user types of Windows 7 (or Linux). Well, I guess its just a matter of personal taste.

 

OK, I woke up the Panda again. Panda Cloud is back on with LnS. A few days with WSA Antivirus trial and half a dozen FP's which I reported and I decided to set things back right...ah yes...

 

I returned to the old security combination (I quit CIS - for moment):
- Avast Free + Malware Defender
- Sandboxie + Shadow Defender
- Malwarebytes'Anti-Malware Free

It seems to me better than CIS. Why? Because:
1) CLT test:
a) CIS = 340/340 if ruls in sandboxie (CIS sandboxie); 290/340 if not ruls in sandboxie
b) Avast Free + Malware Defender = 320/340

2) Spyshelter KEYLOGGER test:
a) CIS =
Keylogging - PASSED
Webcam capture - not test
Screenshot - FAIL
Clipboard monitoring - FAIL
System protection:
- registry access 1 - PASSED
- registry acces 2 - PASSED
- driver registering - FAIL
Sound record - not test
b) Avast Free + Malware Defender =
Keylogging - PASSED
Webcam capture - not test
Screenshot - FAIL
Clipboard monitoring - FAIL
System protection:
- registry access 1 - PASSED
- registry acces 2 - PASSED
- driver registering - PASSED
Sound record - not test

3) MDL test (Malware Domain List):
Detection rate Avast Free + Malware Defender > CIS

CIS and Avast Free + Malware Defender (action / detection - both) = high security settings (heuristic, detection, etc.)
Conclusions: CIS = data security depends too much of user's decisions / Avast free + Malware Defender is lighter than CIS (CPU and RAM) / Detection rate (total/overall) Avast Free + Malware Defender > CIS
I know this test is not professionally test, but ... may be indicative.

 

I dont need to be brave, but just need more stopping power. Sandboxie Restricted and Appguard in lockdown.No resident scanners.

 

Since you mentioned Comodo, should I just ditch Spyshelter and use Comodo's D+ as HIPS?

 

NAT/SPI Modem/Router
Comodo Firewall (D+)
Firefox
Sandboxie
KeyScrambler Pro
Faronics Deep Freeze Std.

 

Look'n'Stop 2.07 (Enhanced RuleSet)
Sandboxie 3.60 (Restricted)
AppGuard 3.2 (Lockdown)
Shadow Defender 1.1.0.325 (Always in ShadowMode)

Macrium Reflect 4.2

System Explorer ~ AdMuncher ~ OpenDNS ~ Opera

 

Added the plug-ins for PDF and Flash of Chrome and disabled Adobe versions. Uninstalled Adobe Flash and PDF, installed Sumatra PDF reader instead (for reading downloaded PDF's).

 

Using ScriptNo experimental builds. I'm allowing scripts etc but blocking:
<IFRAME>
<FRAME>
<NOSCRIPT>
tags.

Using user-agent spoofing (Firefox + Linux 64bit) and referrer spoofing. The rest of the settings are default.