About Behaviour Blockers :)

hi,i have DefenseWall which is a policy base sandbox and i am having a hard time finding a good security supplement for DW i tried other aproaches like antivirus which only hog down my system,try Hips but too much pop ups,i like clasical hips for the reaon that they are very imformative but i dont like the pop ups at all now i heard good things about behaviour blockers
will it be a good complament/supplement for DefenSeWall?thanks

 

Once they have it fully implemented, Avast 5 and DW will give you great protection. Avast 5 doesn't slow any of my PC's down. Extremely light on cpu and memory.

Ice

 

cool is it going to be free?and does it fully protects againts spywares?thanks

 

Yes, they have a freeware version which runs great. The paidware will include a firewall and spamware module. The updating of definitions is a bit different but you really don't need that stuff since you have DW. Avast 5 would be a good compliment.

Ice

 

I am running Avast 5 beta with DWv3 beta, only in LUA under XP Pro

I only run the file and behavior blocker (the last is empty by the way until final release)

When you configure Avast file shield to check only at execution and write, it is fast, also has a nice feature to remember safe applications (not check them, both transient and persistent caching (enebaled by default).

See image of this post how effective the cache is https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1567752&postcount=211

The disk I/O of Avast is also remarkably low (often the slowest part in modern PC's now)

Regards Kees

 

that is the beta v5?

 

free like it

 

Si monsieur Avast beta 5, c'est la meme que beta v5

 

got it cool

 

Not really Jmonge, there is one simple reason why - BB mostly based-on blacklists like AV software you still need to download signatures from BB vendors... also BB are very susceptible on FP.

 

I would offer 2 suggestions:

A2 Antimalware, which includes Mamutu behavior blocker will be free for 1 year on November 11. I have used this in the past and it gets along fine with DW. You can disable any of the protection features you don't want or need so it very flexible in that regard.

Online Armor free version works well with DW and once OA learns what is on your PC, which is a pretty quick process, you will rarely see a popup. I never see popups unless I am installing something new.

 

hey i forgot about this promotion for the 11 of november

 

i have a free giveaway licence for Online armor

 

Good old ThreatFire is a good pure Behavioral blocker.

Point is why waist CPU cycles on another security application when you have DWv3 on board.

Only reason I have is: to prevent forwarding e-mails with maleare and occasional fun stuff which is downloaded and which links are sent to friends.

So a behavioral blocker constantly monitors everything (like a HIPS). Mamutu uses surprisingly little CPU time and disk I/O. Threat Fire uses little disk I/O and a little more CPU time (although latest 4.6 is much improved, in the past Mamutu was a lot more CPU efficient than TF).

Regards

 

i know but to add alitle extra blanket to protect againts the flue is a warm good feeling

 

Yeah but don't forget that it can be placebo

 

i know
by the way this DW FireWall is very cool.i tested and it is very good

 

ok fellows DW is a policy base sandbox,do you thing that by adding a behaviour blocker will add extra-peace of mind?

 

I guess part of the answer depends on what OS you're using.
I've use the combination of DW and Prevx with no slowdown at all.
Enjoy.
Hugger

 

i have DefenSeWall and MalWareBytes but i am thinking of adding a behaviour blocker,but if i dont need it i will not use it please advise

 

I'm not as knowledgeable as the rest of you but as far as I know I haven't had anything get past my signature.
Other than DW and Prevx, everything else is on demand.
You could also throw Hitman Pro in there for an occasional scan for for &^%^$ and giggles.
Hugger

 

Hugger i know that DefenseWall is hard to be bypassed but i still have some space for another security application i was thinking of a behabiour blocker but not sure if i really need it,i tried couple of hips but the only disadvantage of too many pop up alerts

 

You need to go with what will give you peace of mind. Anything else and you will continue down the well traveled road to insanity brought on by security anxiety.
Good luck.
Hugger

 

DefenseWall gives peace of mind

 

ok i tried ThreatFire and my system was slowed down,so it was not a good experience then disable malwarebytes for a while and it was ok then i remember i have a Online armor premium licence some where and decided to try it and it when very smooth will i benefits from a pure hips rather than having a behaviour blocker?thanks any advises