What is your security setup these days?

Main PC
Avira Suite
SAS Inactive

Other PC
KIS 6.0.1.411 very quick and quite
SAS Inactive

 

one of the features i see missing from antivir suite and the av is password protection. what if you have children that will just turn it off then its useless.
I dont think f-secure had it either which is kinda funny since it had parental control.
it should be quite simple nod32 and kaspersky have it.
i guess others do as well.
lodore

 

Not only kids disable it . I have a clients/company which used AVG before (now NOD) . The Admin had problems with users/employees who had a very bad habit to turn off AVG . When he saw NOD he was quite happy because he can password-protect it from being disabled and from changing the settings. Lodore , there are different people in the world . These people can't give appropriate answer why did they disable the AV ,they said the icon was annoying
Very strange people , by the way

 

ye i know some people turn it off because it slows them down lol
i guess not in the case of avg because its light.
thats why i like having the option of password protection.
at first i was gonna turn on password protection with kaspersky so i dont right click the icon and click exit by mistake and then have to start it again.
but i haven't accidentally clicked exit yet.
lodore

 

My security settings:

Active in memory:
-Kaspersky Internet security 6.0.2.523 (with personal anti-hacker rules)
-Look'n'stop 2.05p3 (with phant0m's rules)

On demand:
-Spybot S&D
-Asquared Free
-Process Explorer

Host:
-Hostman (a good way to keep a host list updated and you can easily disable all restrictions when you don't need them).

Hardening:
-Windows xp up to date
-Personal registry security tweaks
-A lot of unused windows services disabled
-Immunity against 8305 malicious activeX
-SocketLock
-Limited windows user

Memory usage:
-I use 120mb after the boot


I'm really in doubt about my protection, it's light, but maybe Nod32 and outpost in memory could improve it (So if you can give me some advices, I'll be pleased to listen it ;p).

The real question: is Nod32 and Outpost a better security bundle than KIS and LNS (Including memory issue).

 

Hi,

first thing i have to say is how your 2 active firewalls didn't conflict with each other

Second, may be you can try NOD32 and LNS together

MaB

 

Kaspersky Anti-hacker isn't fully activated (low security);p... I use it only as a blocking inbound traffic purpose on some ports (When you have many ports to block kaspersky stay better than lns).

 

Here is an article about security software.

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST06-009.html

 

Soon to be my final security setup:
-Common sense
-Backup system: optical media, offline HDD, networked storage
-UTM router(testing IPCop, Endian and pfSense)

-System hardening: services tweaks, WWDC, SafeXP, BugOff, Script Defender, SpywareBlaster with custom list
-Jetico v1 w/NTWrapper and Bluetack lists
-GeSWall free
-Link Scanner Lite
-Firefox with all security add-ons(NoScript, AdblockPlus, Dr Web Link Checker, etc)
-Thunderbird tweaked for security
-Jotti/Virus Total online scanners prior to executing any install/compressed/document file

-AV: Deciding between Antivir Premiun and NOD 32
-On demand scanners: SAS Free. Thinking about an integrity checker like Sentinel

 

like MaB69 suggested, try NOD32 with LooknStop.

u can also try KIS alone. theres no need to have LnS as well.

 

Active Protection:
Hardware firewall with a custom rule set
Locked down IE7
McAfee SiteAdvisor
AntiVir PE Classic
Comodo Firewall
Avorax
SpywareBlaster

On demand only:
Adaware SE
A-Squared
SuperAntiSpyware
Avorax AnitSpyware


I know my on demand list is a little much, but sometimes you never know!

 

Avira Antivir PE
Spyware Doctor 4.0
Zonealarm Firewalll Free

I am thinknig of getting Comodo personal firewall instead and getting sandboxie

 

Why you use LinkScanner Lite because it doesn't support Firefox (at this moment)?

 

Although I'm Still looking for an Anti-Virus for my system I'm using these:

Zone Alarm
WinPatrol
SpywareBlaster
Spybot S&D
Adaware SE

Also Firefox with NoScript added

ourwilly.

 

NAT routing
Dropmyrights
Sandboxie
Noscript on Firefox
<don't download "free software" unless you really trust vender...>


Simple security, but effective.

 

Right, I´m waiting for Firefox support. In the meantime, I´m going to use IE7

 

Latest "changes" in bold as of 12/16/06:

Resident:

DefensePlus
DefenseWall HIPS
LinkScanner Pro
Look'n'Stop 2.05p3[+Phant0m's latest r/s]
Netgear RP614 v2 Router w/NAT & SPI
NOD32
RegRun Platinum 5.0[Upgrade]

On-Demand:

A-Squared(free)
AVG AntiRootkit
AVG Anti-Spyware(free)
Autoruns
Avira Rootkit Detector
BitDefender Rootkit Uncover
DarkSpy[Removed]
Digital Patrol
F-Secure Blacklight Beta
Gmer
HookExplorer[Removed]
IceSword
Process Explorer
Process Walker
RootKit Hook Analyzer
RootkitRevealer
Rootkit Unhooker
Seem
Sentinel
Sophos AntiRootkit
SUPERAntiSpyware Pro
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

System Hardening:

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

Miscellaneous:

Primary Web Browser - Opera(w/UserJS scripts)
Email - PocoMail


Peace & Love,

CogitoErgoSum

 

I'm using

NOD32
Sygate
cyberhawk
Super antispyware
Sana security
Spyware blaster

No probs with any of them. Everything works fine

 

It's written in my signature

I think I have the strong combo with the smallest footprints on the memory.
I had to change this year because AVG and Spysweeper upgraded their programs in bloatware. I have to say NOD32 is fabulous! Well worth the price. Very easy to install too (V2.70.16).

Very happy with Comodo since this summer, install in a breeze automatically, recognise everything by itself and passed the PC flank tests.

A relief with Spyware Terminator after SpySweeper. Small, smartand soooo fast.

What do you think?

 

Excellent!

You use the same that I...

 

XP setup:

added
changed
removed

Resident:

Ad Muncher
CHX-I Packet Filter
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Prevx1

On-Demand:

a-squared Free
SUPERAntiSpyware Free

Other Security / System Hardening:

nLite'd Windows XP (with service tweaking based on TweakHound's guide)
RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack
Xable's Light Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack
Harden-it
SocketLock
Windows Worms Doors Cleaner
xpy
Process Explorer
Firefox extensions: Cookie Button (in the status bar), and NoScript


Vista setup:

added
changed
removed

Resident:

Ad Muncher
Kaspersky Internet Security

On-Demand:

a-squared Free
SUPERAntiSpyware Free

Other Security / System Hardening:

vLite'd Windows Vista
Service tweaking (taken from here)
Process Explorer
Firefox extensions: Cookie Button (in the status bar) and NoScript

 

WSFuser: why do you prefer Cookie Button to CookieSafe?
Just curious on your opinion.

 

i never tried cookiesafe, but i remember seeing it, and i just think cookie button has a nicer icon.

 

Stayed the same:
Added:
Removed:
Updated

Router - Linksys BEFSR41
Firewall - Zonealarm Free
Anti-Virus - NOD32
Utility Suite - Regrun Platinum v5.0 (Previous v4.6)
Anti-Exploit - Linkscanner Pro (Previous Socketshield)
AntiTrojan - Boclean
IPS - Prevx1
Ad blocking - Ad Muncher
Cookie monitoring - CookiePal
Firewall/AV - KIS6
Malicious Behaviour Blocking - SurfinGuard Pro


I really liked KIS6 as a concept, and in use it worked fairly well. But the Firewall was getting annoying. Even when I allowed certain apps "Any activity" I still got prompts. With Regrun, trying to get the updates just looped and KIS just kept on asking if I wanted to allow it. No matter how many times I said yes and "allow any activity" it just kept asking until Regrun said it couldn't establish a connection. Also, the Proactive defence got in the way much too much. In the end I have had to get rid - for my own sanity!

muf

 

8:30 PM North American EST: -Security Software Rotation complete-

Persistent: A very high quality router, BOClean 4.22.002

Firewall: CPF 2.3.6.81

AV: NOD32 2.7.23

AS: SUPERAnitSpyware Pro 3.4.1000

HIPS: ProSecurity 1.24 (Full)