NoVirusThanks OSArmor: An Additional Layer of Defense

Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by novirusthanks, Dec 17, 2017.

  1. guest

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    I think NVT made ERP and OSA free to home users while SOB is oriented to corporations (because more secure) and is their main source of incomes, so get more attention about development.
    Home users and especially Security forums guys like us are niche market, we don't provide enough incomes for a company to live, however we are a good testing grounds and for free.

    About my block list I won't share it since it will break most systems, it is very customized. I did it once for Appguard and people couldn't handle it.
     
  2. bellgamin

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    @guest -- "SOB" = Smart Object Blocker, right?
     
  3. guest

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    Yep
     
  4. Roberteyewhy

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    Everyone is entitled to their belief.

    "Such is Life!";)

    Thanks, bellgamin, for your kind words,
    Robert
     
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  5. Roberteyewhy

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    Yep.I know what it means too.

    You know how much I respect your opinion.:thumbd:

    Thanks, guest,
    Robert
     
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  6. Roberteyewhy

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    Yep...you have to achieve 'Balance'.

    Robert
     
  7. shmu26

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    Even if you block Powershell.exe, you should still enable Powershell Constrained language. Why? Because sometimes malware runs a Powershell script directly from the dll. Powershell Constrained language will apply to such scripts, while simply blocking Powershell.exe will not help in such a case.

    Powershell Constrained language can be set by SysHardener, as mentioned, or by Andy Ful's Hard_Configurator, or by running a simple Powershell command with Admin privileges. I think you can do it from Group Policy, too.
    If anyone has the instructions handy on how to do either of these methods, please post. I set it by Powershell command, but I forgot how I did it...
     
  8. Buddel

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    Don't go, Robert. People often disagree with my posts/opinions. Who cares? I would definitely miss your informative posts. And you are my go-to guy when it comes overpriced AG.:D
     
  9. Roberteyewhy

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    AG v6 is worth it, if configured correctly in 'User Space'. Same with OSA. in 'Custom Block-Rules'.

    guest, mood and others are better than me. They helped me. No one wants to contradict mirimir when it comes to VPN.

    Plus, they are nice and decent human beings—they have integrity.:)

    Honor above all!

    Aloha Buddel,
    Robert
     
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  10. Roberteyewhy

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    Buddel and other members, trust me when I say, guest knows more about AG Solo and OSA.:D

    I try to do my homework. WFC, I use Alex's last version, not MB's.

    So is OSA v1.4.3. That's why it does not get updates for months already...if it works, why fix it.

    Appreciate the inputs,
    Robert
     
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  11. Rasheed187

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    BTW, have you guys noticed any system crashes after installing OSArmor? Win Explorer crashes at least once a week, this never happened before on my system. For now I have disabled OSA, to see how things go.
     
  12. Peter2150

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    None on Win 7 X64 Pro
     
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    None on Win 10 1903

    Does it say anything in OsA logs ? (right-click on OSA taskbar icon and select open logs folder)
    Does it give any more detailed info about the crashes in Windows Reliability History?
     
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    None on Win10 Pro, fully updated and running SRP default-deny applies to all users.
     
  15. guest

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    none too, and i have enabled almost all options and added a big personal blocklist
     
  16. loungehake

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    I thought that OSArmor was a big factor in my 2006 vintage hardware equipped Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit system hanging. I turned off all the problem reporting features in Action Center and find that performance has perceptibly improved. Now I am using OSArmor again.

    During patch Tuesday updates, the error log previously grew to 1GB+. It's like driving a car with the parking brake on. I wish that I had realised this years ago but, what the heck, it's better late than never.
     
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  17. bellgamin

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    No crashes. None. Nil. Nada. Zip. Zero.
     
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    What's the deal with Smart'O'Blocker? I fiddled with it, but I didn't see it do anything besides interfere with sandboxie's processes. Does it just have all the features of EXE radar, OS armor and all the other stuff?
     
  19. guest

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    It is all by command lines (like OSA's Custom Block list), GUI is almost inexistent but the real deal is it also monitors dlls and drivers (ERP, OSA and other basic anti-exe don't).
    So where some malware may use malicious dlls, SOB would block it while ERP won't.
     
  20. wat0114

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    I ran a couple tests against OSArmor and it stopped them both dead. Impressive little utility :thumb:
     
  21. imdb

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    osa is just a passive interface for windows settings. so it's windows that "stopped them both dead".
     
  22. Krusty

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    Isn't that SysHardener?
     
  23. wat0114

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    OSArmor stopped them. I have logs to prove it.
     
  24. Kerodo

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    That's what I was thinking too....
     
  25. imdb

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    my bad, guys. that's what it was like in its earlier release (v1.0) but apparently it's evolved into more than that in later releases. :thumb:
     
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