What is your security setup these days?

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by dja2k, Dec 15, 2005.

  1. Securon

    Securon Registered Member

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    Good Afternoon! Eset S.S.7...W.S.A.Security Plus...and AppGuard...and HMP Alert...Eset is one Superb Product...never any conflict with the other apps...the Firewall is transparent in it's operation...and provides Zero Boot-up Time Issues. At the moment One Happy Camper! Sincerely...Securon
     
  2. Rompin Raider

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    Added new version of Malwarebytes 2.0 along with WSA Complete. Sleeping well at night!!!:isay:
     
  3. Noob

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    Im still running EAM + OA + HMP + HMA. :D
     
  4. Does Ad-Aware update itself regurarly?
     
  5. roger_m

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    Yes it does, but I'm not sure how many times a day.
     
  6. asaens

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    I'm thinking about installing AppGuard and was interested in knowing what might be a good setting to start using it without going overboard. I'm using ShadowDefender so I'm not worried about getting a difficult to get rid of malware program on it but just general defense against such things. Once I let it run a few days, or weeks, I'll probably change the settings to more closely suit my needs. I've read many users have tried it and seem pleased with its performance so I decided to give it a try.
     
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  7. bellgamin

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    Despite Microsoft's impending cessation of support for WinXP, I shall stay with that OS until my computer explodes. Ergo, I hope my security (as follows) is adequate for the task . . .

    • Baidu AV
    • MBAM (on-demand)
    • Kerio FW (old but greatly loved. If a nasty crashes the gate, me & Kerio shall hold hands & go down together)
    • EXE Radar Pro (prob switch to VoodooShield when it attains 2.0)
    • DropMyRights
    • Keriver clone every 3-5 days (I retain each clone ~2 months)
    • PopPeeper email client (THE most secure email client IMO)
    • 2 file integrity checkers (ADinf & TinyWatcher)
    • Shadow Defender (no longer supported, but runs grrreat)
     
  8. kjdemuth

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    Welcome Back Bellgamin. I think that everything you have their is more than adequate. I think that Qihoo 360 IS made mention somewhere that they were supporting XP till 2018. "Users of Windows XP? Have no fear. We will be supporting Windows XP until at least 2018!" 360 IS has a better detection than Baidu. Also the proactive defense is a little more responsive.
     
  9. KaptainBug

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    There is a nice tutorial to AppGuard for beginners made by pegr. You can find the details in the link below
    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=2298875&postcount=5
     
  10. dja2k

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    March 20, 2014 - Updated, Added, Removed

    • Desktop - Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center x64
    • Laptop - Windows 8.1 x64
    Built-In Security
    • USER ACCOUNT CONTROL: HIGHEST SETTING
    • EMET 5.0 TECHNICAL PREVIEW: RECOMMENDED SECURITY SETTINGS
    • WINDOWS SMART SCREEN: ENABLED
    • WINDOWS DEFENDER: DISABLED
    • WINDOWS FIREWALL: DISABLED
    Network
    • Three Netgear WNR3500L-100NAS (DD-WRT Firmware)
    • Four Netgear PowerLine AV 500 Adapters
    • Wired Cat5e Connection between all 3 Routers
    • WPA2-PSK AES Encryption
    • SPI Firewall Enabled
    • OpenDNS Configuration
    Resident
    • Online Armor Premium 7.0.0.1866 (Paid)
    • Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.1.0.40 (Paid)
    • Appguard 4.0.17.0 (Paid) - Locked Down
    • NVT ERP 3.0.0.0 Build 15 (Paid)** - Lockdown Mode Extreme
    • Sandboxie 4.09.1 Beta (Paid) - Sandboxie Container Folder on RAMDisk
    • DNSCrypt 0.0.6 - HTTPS Enabled
    On-Demand
    • Shadow Defender 1.3.0.457 (Paid)
    • Macrium Reflect 5.2 build 6504*
    • Aomei Backupper 1.6*
    • AX64 Time Machine 1.4.1.48 Beta* (Trial)
    • VMWare Workstation 10.0.0 build-1295980** (Paid)
    Browser, Immunization, Tweaks
    • Firefox 29.0b1 (EasyPrivacy + EasyList + Fanboy's Annoyances List + Malware Domains) via ABP, HTTPS-Everywhere, BetterPrivacy - Firefox Profile Folder on RAMDisk and Sandboxed
    • Homepage and Search Provider set to Startpage (Firefox & IE)
    • Tweaks on How to eradicate Google from Firefox Applied
    • LastPass 3.1.0 Premium (Firefox & IE)
    • Bluetack Safepeer SPLists (via OA for P2P Only)
    • Spyware Blaster 5.0 (All Protection Enabled + Customblocking.txt)
    *Macrium Reflect (Weekly - Full Backup) and Aomei Backupper (Daily - Differential)
    **VMware Workstation and NVT ERP only installed on Desktop

    dja2k
     
  11. justenough

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    Removed AV, added AppGuard to go with Sandboxie, things got faster.
     
  12. Jarmo P

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    Regarding AppGuard, is there something for me in it? Not running with an admin account, except sometimes very few installing software there,

    I am not really much willing to accept conflicts with Sandboxie as I always believe it will not run so well with any other security software. AV I can do without of course.
     
  13. chris1341

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    Welcome back bellgamin. Reading your informative posts was always a highlight of visiting Wilders, hope to read many more in the future.

    I concur SD runs grrreat but support over the last year has been quite good I think for a one-man band developer. Whatever the reasons for Tony's previous sabbatical we had a number of releases (7?) last year and he has responded to a number of support requests, including one from me in the last month.

    A little quiet for now but that is because he's workinh on track 0 virtualisation as part of the shadow mode protection I hear.

    Cheers
     
  14. chris1341

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    I run them both together and consider them a good combo. They do different things although have the same goal of restricting the behaviour of guarded/sandboxed applications.

    Pegr's excellent beginners guide https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=2298875&postcount=5 as referenced elsewhere gives you a really good overview of what AppGuard does.

    Is there some redundancy? Undoubtedly, but also wider protection coverage for no discernible additional resource or performance hit.

    There are no conflicts now as long as your SBIE container is in user space or you add the default SBIE container (C:\Sandbox) to the user space tab in AppGuard.

    AppGuard blocks any baddies, SBIE flushes them away.

    Cheers
     
  15. FleischmannTV

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    AppGuard and Sandboxie work well together as part of a lean setup. I wouldn't run HIPS or AV with it, though. It's less because I am expecting issues but rather because of the opportunity to get rid of them. If I want to install something permanently, I'll scan it against Virustotal with their uploader, which checks the MD5 hash against its database before it uploads anything.
     
  16. G1111

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    Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64

    Firewall:
    Router NAT/SPI (Password Protected)
    Look’n’Stop Firewall 2.07 (Phant0m’s Ruleset)

    Anti-Virus:
    Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.1.0.40

    Blocking/Hardening:
    VoodooShield 1.30
    MalwareBytes Anti-Exploit 0.10.0.1000 Beta
    SpywareBlaster 5.0 (Ad-Aware custom blocking list)
    Norton ConnectSafe DNS (Malware, Phishing)
     
  17. jmonge

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    G1111 good security aproach:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
     
  18. G1111

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    Thanks jmonge. Unfortunately new machine came with Windows 7 & 8 x64 discs and I was forced not to install DefenseWall. I miss it. Thought about Sandboxie, but for now going with what I have and added MBAE and Norton DNS.
     
  19. Securon

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    Good Afternoon! Interesting approach FleischmannTV...Sincerely...Securon
     
  20. Eru

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    Realtime: Sandboxie + Windows Firewall Control + NoVirusThanks EXE Radar Pro
    Web browser: Firefox + Ghostery + NoScript
    Password Manager: S10 Password Vault PL
     
  21. Jarmo P

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    Thanks Chris. I guess the only way to know is as usual to install and learn. That is what I am hesitant to do. Every HIPS or policy restricted software I have known breaks Windows somewhat. Sandboxie does that in its own sandbox and does no permanent damage to Windows. Uninstalling AppGuard will not leave any permanent changes to Windows?

    Also are the benefits of AppGuard more beneficial to an Admin account user than to a normal Win7 User account user?

    Yes FTV, I think also that AVs and antimalware scanners are a thing of a past. I still have Avast, but I really have no use of it. And if it has changed like this spying out computers in the latest update, perhaps time to get rid of it: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29118253-New-Avast-update-screen-
     
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  22. DoctorPC

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    No offense but I think some of you guys go a bit overboard with security products that probably don't add a whole lot of security.

    You'd be surprised at how effective domain/IP scanning/blocking is at preventing intrusions/infections. Which is why this is where the IT field is generally leveraged. Don't believe me? Try a good blocking IP program, and then try to infect a machine from a malware domain list, even zero day. See how it fares. It's pretty difficult to infect - but a LOT of the setups posted here totally ignore IP/Domain blocking, HTTP/S port scanning. <puzzled>

    Now stack those port blockers, and you have a layered defense that is incredibly efficient, no machine slowdowns, and extremely minimal traffic impact. I don't see a reason for buying/layering 10 different products personally, and do not see any evidence this does nothing more than impact machine performance.

    ONE good SOHO router with Commtouch resource updates would negate a half dozen products. Seriously. So consider where you are dumping your money. There are quite a lot of placebo like products out there, charging a lot of money with little additional security offered in the real sense of things.
     
  23. jmonge

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    G1111 same here no more xp's or 32 systems so I have to continue in life to what is available,i see a lot of potential in AppGuard:thumb: also webroot and emsisoft:thumb: and hitmanpro :) the best:)
     
  24. Rasheed187

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    I agree, I sure hope that dja2k, is not using all of these apps on 1 PC. :D
     
  25. WildByDesign

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    I was thinking the exact same thing when I read that previous post. Whatever happened to productivity... LOL

    But anyways, I get it though. I've followed Wilders forums for years. And a few years ago all of the security software and all brought out the OCD in me for sure. For a lot of people, I think there's sort of like an addiction for installing this, uninstalling this, installing this, etc. Some sort of never ending search for peace of mind and security yet never being satisfied. You finally get that "perfect" setup and then feel the need for a change. Or who knows, maybe for some people it truly is paranoia.

    After all these years, for me now it's all about using the least amount of software layers and reducing the attack surface.
     
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