What is your security setup these days?

I've had 'two different things' conflict on Windows a few times, but I see your point, and it seems to be true of Panda and Privatefirewall. It's been a while since I've run this much security, I'm surprised at how light it feels. And so far everything is behaving.

 

After lot of annoying pop ups and slow down back to Avira Internet Security

Really Love it

 

Went back to the land of AV's
I just can't do it.
Running CIS 5.8 and sandboxie.
Thinking about ditching comodo's Av and running Panda cloud pro. At least then I'll be in the "cloud". That and I here that it runs pretty light.

 

Comodo has a cloud-based blacklist and heuristics in its Defense+.

 

Yeah I know. I still wanted a realtime AV. Comodo is pretty light but I've been thinking about using panda cloud AV pro. That way I get comodo's cloud av and panda's cloud av. Two detection signatures are better than one.

 

What program just slipped Toolbar Cleaner 1.0 onto my computer? Was it Panda?

edit: I'm not sure how Toolbar Cleaner 1.0 got onto my computer, but I ran into trouble after trying to uninstall Panda using RevoPro, everything was freezing up. I have no idea what happened there or which program was at fault, but it is why I don't like running AV programs, they hook deep into the OS. I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible. I've put on a new system image and am back to just Sandboxie and Privatefirewall.

 

Reïnstalled gaming PC of my Son, due to raid problem, now on AMD raid AHCI instead of Intel.

Vista x64 OS-internals
a) LUA (disabled intelligent installer detection)
b) PrettyGoodSecurity (all internet facing running as limited user)
c) ACL of deny execute for everyone on Public Users
d) 1806-trick (deny execute of downloaded executables)

Microsoft security
a) MSE (added USB scan, only scan outbound + downloaded, no scheduled scan)
b) Inbound FW of Vista

Browser
a) Google (off line installer in C:\Program Files (x86) )
- McFee Site Advisor plug-in
- Avast Webrep plug-in

Ad hoc
a) HitManPro free

 

Quick search doesn't show up anything it's bundled with.

Antivirus programs are the one thing I don't use Revo for. For a client - appremover + AV specific tool (except with Avast, as they don't get along with OPSWAT )

 

why security for x64 bit system sucks

the best product i found is Malwaredefender
a lot of appreciation and on that program

but i test a lot of security software on x64 bit system and they all suck
that's making me anxes

 

I was also trying the Chromium browser unsandboxed right after installing Panda, so Toolbar Cleaner probably slipped onto my system while browsing.

Yeah I wondered if Panda was just attempting to protect itself from tampering.

ams963's post about BBs getting along with HIPS gave me the idea of keeping Mamutu on with Privatefirewall. So far, so good.

 

Probably just self-protection as you say. Out of curiosity, why did Panda go so quickly?

I've joined the 'no AV club' with my AMD netbook - as in the two years I've run it, it's never had a single virus download accidentally. I let my wife use it for 3-4 months with no AV, just MBAM Pro and some tight sandboxie rules. Now trying it with just Sandboxie (also Adblocking, Flashblock, etc).

I'm aware that I'm losing the fanstastic MBAM IP protection, but OTOH the Sandboxes do act as anti-executables and the attack surface is low.

 

Decision time was near so I decided to renew and dance with the Panda for another year... How could you not dance with this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtMweQ3cIIQ

 

Sandboxie restricted
Faronics - Anti-Excutable,Default Deny Policy.
Windows Firewall.

 

very strong aproach

 

How did you manage to get WebRep? I thought it can only be installed with avast?

 

Thanks,I hope AE keeps working good.

 

PC 1 (Personal Laptop):

Windows 7 Home Premium x64:

Resident:

• Norton Internet Security 2012
• Sandboxie Paid 3.60
• Ad Muncher Premium 4.92
• KeyScrambler Professional 2.8.2

On-Demand:

• Shadow Defender .325 (To test/run untrusted programs)
• Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Pro 1.51 (Daily updates and scans)
• Hitman Pro 3.5.9.130 (Daily scans)

System Image & Backup:

• Keriver 1-Click Restore Pro 3.0 (Weekly Images)

Browser:

• Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 (Sandboxed)
• Internet Explorer 9 (Sandboxed)

PC 2 (Family Desktop):

Windows 7 Home Premium x64:

Resident:

• Norton Internet Security 2012
• Sandboxie Paid 3.60
• KeyScrambler Professional 2.8.2

On-Demand:

• Shadow Defender .325 (To test/run untrusted programs)
• Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Pro 1.51 (Daily updates and scans)
• Hitman Pro 3.5.9.130 (Daily scans)

System Image & Backup:

• Keriver 1-Click Restore Pro 3.0 (Weekly Images)
• Microsoft SyncToy 2.1 (Weekly Backups)

Browser:

• Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 (Sandboxed)
• Internet Explorer 9 (Sandboxed)

 

Panda went fast because on my computer they all do these days. I think it would be prudent to run an AV, but then I remember my actual experience (which sounds similar to yours): nothing has gotten by Sandboxie in the almost 2 years I've been running it. Which is also about the same length of time I've been learning about safe computing habits, so it's probably all tied in together.

 

Trying out Comodo IS with HMP

 

You got a lot of weapons there.

 

just running ESET Smart Security 5
and hitman pro and i feel

 

running my 'Fast Five' .. ...pcav, sbie, ss, mbam, ks......
pc feels light and safe......

 

Currently.

ESS 5.0
Sandboxie (Paid)
DynDNS

 

+1

I totally agree. That's one of the reasons I stay on 32 bit systems. Patchguard sucks

 

Ultimately Patchguard is a much better solution than 3rd party solutions.

Not only that but 64bit = more random. More random = more secure. ASLR sees some fairly significant improvements with 64bit OS's.