System Hardening Tools

Downloaded and tried CST. Disappointed to find it was not a fully functional evaluation copy. It would only secure low/moderate items. Anything higher and I got the caption that I would have to purchase it. $29.95 (I recall that was for one year) was a bit steep.

 

visit the Got Beta link in Notok's sig and try the CST beta. iirc those are fully functional

 

Thanks - The other thing I noticed with CST is that when doing a scan of my system for vulnerabilities WormGuard kept giving me alerts that I was trying to run a file that I shouldn't. The scan seemed to work though. Is there a known incompatability with CST and WormGuard?

 

Notok, can you give some info on why you do not use PreEmpt?
I've been using PreEmpt, WWDC and SafeXP (though I have not looked at that last one in a while) and am testing CST beta, though it doesn't work for me yet (beta). I'll try Harden-It, since you use that one, but first I'd like to see your response. And what will Harden-It do that PreEmpt won't?

 

I mainly dropped PreEmpt because of their customer service. It ranged from unresponsive to downright rude at times. The bigger issue right now is that they might be going out of business, so whatever your opinion it may not be worth it. I would wait and see. The program itself is ok, but it does occassionally cause conflicts here and there due to it's "Virtual Registry".

Although there are a few things that overlap between PreEmpt and Harden-It, they do mostly different things. Harden-It is focused on network functions, while PreEmpt isn't focused on any one thing.

 

Thanks for the reply.
I hear you about the customer service. So many companies are like that. It is unbelievable, really.
And I've had some trouble in limited user with it.

But what does PreEmpt do that is missing from the setup you have without it?
What should I use that will cover all the same things so that it is not needed?

 

You've already got it, puddingalien. CST will have all the same settings in the relatively near future. In the meantime, just use SecureIt.