What is your security setup these days?

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

  1. mercurie

    mercurie A Friendly Creature

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  2. Brandon

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    Hi dja2k,

    I know I reported something in the ewido forum conerning high memory usage of ewido and another program (it could of been oa).

    Well ewdio and a-squared both cover well in the spyware/adware areas also, so if ewido misses a piece of spyware or adware a-squared will probably pick it up with its guard and vice versa.. I have SUPERAntiSpyware for my dedicated anti-spyware, but right now I am only using it for on-demand only as right now it is not really worth running in realtime as it overlaps some features OA has as well as my other programs and I feel that the detections rates of ewido and a-squared are higher then SUPERAntiSpyware's regarding spyware/adware detection rates..
     
  3. dja2k

    dja2k Registered Member

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    So then Brandon, you aren't concerned with the high cpu usage of ewido and online armor?

    dja2k
     
  4. Brandon

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    I think it should be fixed, but not a big deal for me since I am running on 1gig memory ;)
     
  5. dja2k

    dja2k Registered Member

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    Um wait a minute, I was talking about high cpu usage spikes not high memory usage. If OA is not running, ewido.exe is causing high cpu spikes, but if OA is running, the oasrv.exe causes the high cpu spikes. Anyways, I couldn't get a-squared beta on my pc to work, it would crash explorer after reboot. Funny thing is I saw something around the same lines with OA crashing explorer.exe a while back, oh well.

    dja2k
     
  6. Brandon

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    OK then I experienced something like that before but not the way you described.

    Have you tried downloading and installing the latest build of a-squared beta(june 4, 2006)?
     
  7. dja2k

    dja2k Registered Member

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    "UPDATED FROM PREVIOUS POST 416"

    PARTIAL LIST 6-04-06 (Updated 6-07-06)

    CHANGED
    ADDED
    REMOVED


    ACTIVE
    Linksys Routers (Two WRT54G's in WDS Mode)**
    -Sveasoft Alchemy-V1.0 v3.37.6.8sv Firmware
    -Firewall Protection Enabled
    -Block Anonymous Internet Requests Enabled
    -WEB 128-Bit Key Encryption Enabled
    -Wireless MAC Filter Enabled
    -Configured with Look'n'Stop for P2P

    Online Armor AV+ (1.1.1.782)
    -Mail, Spam and Web Shield (Enabled)
    -Program Guard (Enabled)
    -Antivirus Engine (Enabled)

    Look'n'Stop Beta (2.05p3)
    -Phantom Ruleset
    -Beta Features Enabled
    -Configured with Routers for P2P

    Socketshield XPL (1.0.0)
    -Enabled
    -Automatic Updates
    Ghost Security Suite (1.010)
    -RegDefend Active (TonyJL's File)
    System Safety Monitor (2.0.7.570)
    -Paranoiac Setting

    The Following are found on post #416

    HARDEING
    BROWSERS
    ON DEMAND

    dja2k

    *"Had never really posted my router, but since some of you list it as security, I said what the heck....Look'n'Stop and Routers have Port-Fowarding for P2P access to open ports, which are manually disactivated\closed on Routers when not in use.
     
    Last edited: Jun 7, 2006
  8. Brandon

    Brandon Registered Member

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    Update: June 5, 2006:

    added
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    Resident:

    ViruScape 2006
    Outpost Firewall Pro
    A-Squared Anti-Malware beta
    Ewido Anti-Malware beta (for now until a new beta comes out)
    OnlineArmor AV+
    AdsAway beta (just for now since im testing proxomitron)
    SpywareBlaster
    Proxomitron w/ Kye U's Filterset
    System Safety Monitor

    Demand:

    SUPERAntiSpyware Pro (for now)
     
  9. NAMOR

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    FirstDefense-ISR
    NOD32
    BoClean
    Online ArmorAV+
    Windows firewall
    Router
     
  10. aigle

    aigle Registered Member

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    OA AV= and NOD together?!!
     
  11. NAMOR

    NAMOR Registered Member

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    Works fine so far.:D Haven't had any slowdowns or explosions.
     
  12. dja2k

    dja2k Registered Member

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    I used to use Nod32 also along side OA AV+ a while back, but the annoying part was that Nod32 thought OA AV+ was a virus so you kept getting an alert even if you put them in the exclusion list. Other than that, they run pretty good together, but mow I give full trust to OA AV+ and I run that only as my primary AV.

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  13. aigle

    aigle Registered Member

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    BTW I don,t think it is a god idea to use the two at a time.
     
  14. .....

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    During BETA testing of OA AV+ alot of us ran OA AV+ with different anti-virus scanners and it didn't conflict with them. :D
     
  15. dja2k

    dja2k Registered Member

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    Yeah, OA AV+ didn't conflict as OA is not performing realtime scanning, its only on execution as where another AV will run an active realtime scanning process. Running Nod32 active along side OA AV+ was having the best of two worlds, Nod32 and KAV. Now we don't have to make a choice and read all those Nod32 vs KAV threads :D .

    dja2k
     
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  16. NAMOR

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    Accroding to Mike Nash the real-time process works like this:
    http://www.tallemu.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=479&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15
     
  17. aigle

    aigle Registered Member

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    I am not expert but in either case I will never opt to use two Av at time.
     
  18. dja2k

    dja2k Registered Member

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    "UPDATED FROM PREVIOUS POST 432"

    PARTIAL LIST 6-09-06

    CHANGED
    ADDED
    REMOVED


    ACTIVE HARDWARE
    Linksys Routers (Two WRT54G's in WDS Mode)
    -Sveasoft Alchemy-V1.0 v3.37.6.8sv Firmware
    -Firewall Protection Enabled
    -Block Anonymous Internet Requests Enabled
    -WEB 128-Bit Key Encryption Enabled
    -Wireless MAC Filter Enabled
    -Configured with Look'n'Stop for P2P


    ACTIVE SOFTWARE
    Online Armor AV+ (1.1.1.782)
    -Mail, Spam and Web Shield (Enabled)
    -Program Guard (Enabled)
    -Antivirus Engine (Enabled)

    Look'n'Stop Beta (2.05p3)
    -Phantom Ruleset
    -Beta Features Enabled
    -Configured with Routers for P2P

    Socketshield XPL (1.0.0)
    -Enabled
    -Automatic Updates
    Ghost Security Suite (1.010)
    -RegDefend Active (TonyJL's File)

    The Following are found on post #416

    HARDEING

    BROWSERS

    ON DEMAND
    Winpatrol Plus Sneak-Peek (10.0.0.2)

    dja2k
     
  19. WSFuser

    WSFuser Registered Member

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    hey dja2k, how do u use winpatrol as on-demand?
     
  20. dja2k

    dja2k Registered Member

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    Oh I just use it to turn it on manually and let it run when I feel like it. It will start working as soon as you run it by saying there were changing here and there etc. Also it is easy for removing IE helpers, Startups, Scheduled Tasks, etc. Plus the new tab shows hidden files.

    dja2k
     
  21. WSFuser

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    update:

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    Resident:

    nod32
    looknstop
    regrun gold
    proxomitron
    Online Armor
    HOSTS Secure (with MVPS Hosts)

    On-Demand:

    ewido online scan (previously ewido anti-malware)
    spy sweeper
    superantispyware

    Other Security / System Hardening:

    [see post 417]
     
    Last edited: Jun 9, 2006
  22. CogitoErgoSum

    CogitoErgoSum Registered Member

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    Latest "uninstalls" in bold as of 6/10/06:

    Resident:

    BOClean
    DefensePlus
    DefenseWall HIPS
    Look'n'Stop 2.05p3(+Phant0m's latest r/s)
    Netgear RP614 v2 Router w/NAT & SPI
    NOD32
    RegRun Platinum 4.6

    On-Demand:

    A-Squared(free)
    Digital Patrol
    Ewido(free)
    Sentinel
    Spy Sweeper
    SUPERAntiSpyware Pro

    System Hardening:

    Applied manual system hardening tweaks
    Disabled most WinXP SP2 services
    Harden-It
    Removed Netmeeting
    Removed Windows Messenger
    Samurai
    Windows Worms Door Cleaner


    Peace & Love,

    CogitoErgoSum
     
  23. dja2k

    dja2k Registered Member

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    Can I ask why some of you still use regrun 4.5 instead of 4.6? I found out that the 4.6 version did higher cpu spikes when checking for changes, but what about you guys?

    dja2k
     
  24. CogitoErgoSum

    CogitoErgoSum Registered Member

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    dja2k,

    FYI, using Process Explorer, I have observed that RegRun Platinum 4.6's WatchDog causes brief cpu spikes of up to 50% and UnHackMe adds up to 19% when both check for changes at one minute intervals. This does not concern me as I have 1-Gb of RAM. I am quite pleased with RRP 4.6 as it is stable on my system and its RegGuard feature offers both a simple and effective way to lockdown the registry.


    Peace & Love,

    CogitoErgoSum
     
  25. WSFuser

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    CogitoErgoSum - what your processor? having 1gb of ram does nothing for cpu usage.
     
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