What is your security setup these days?

good advice my friend

 

AppGuard is a powerful combination of Antiexcutable and policy based restrictions.

 

yeap and very powerfull protection it replace faronics anti-executable and now with parental controls

 

So J and Dave, you guys are officially AG fanboys?

 

I just had a BSOD and my lappy was unable to start. Good thing I tried a few times and was able to boot. I have a feeling that it was from Timefreeze.

 

I'm wondering if I need to add anything else to my setup? Is it strong enough?

 

Hello,

Mine has been revised after input from others. It runs very light and I cannot tell I have any security apps running based on performance.
WRSA-E (Webroot Secure Anywhere Essentials)
WFC (Binisoft Windows Firewall Control)
AppGuard (BlueRidge Networks)
EMET (Microsoft)
OpenDNSCrypt
Toolwiz TimeFreeze
Image for Windows/DOS/Linux (TeraByte Unlimited)
For browsing I use IE9 with AdMuncher and RoboForm (Siber Systems).

 

Count me in for Faronics DeepFreeze as well.

 

Nice setup indeed !

I don't understand why do you need EMET, you have AppGuard

 

Hello,

I may be wrong but this is how I understand it works. All of my other security software except for EMET for the most part blocks malicious actions or softwares thus preventing most infections. But say what if the infection makes it to or tries to use or alter the softwares I am protecting with EMET? EMET injects its dll into these softwares to block certain exploits from using them. Hence it is additional protection on a different level for a group of exploits. I kind of see it as the final line of defense. If my interpretation of this is wrong or off, I am ready to learn why I should not run them both. Additionally, EMET uses virtually no CPU power and very little resources.

 

Oh okay. I was putting in my thoughts.

 

LOL. Okay but how about HitmanPro? I thought you loved it Dave. Aw? Now look what you did. You made the poor little HitmanPro cry! It cleans craps out of your pc and you don't like it no more just because you got that iron clad of a AG and DeepFreeze? And by the way, that Freeze thing does not even do anything. It just freezes itself along with everything else. Too lazy if you ask me.

 

I don t think I said I loved it, I do like Hitman Pro and only scan with it once a month and there is nothing ever found to clean.

 

Ah yes now we are talking. Great.

Hey Dave, do you mind putting your thoughts into this?

 

Hmm....oh then I must have got you wrong. Well then.

 

I think your good as long as browser is secure WSA should suffice.

 

Thx Dave.

 

Ditched avast again. It's like a bad love affair. It's so tempting to use but once you do its not that great.
Trying out PCAV 2. I'm hoping that they fix the problem that everyone is having. Haven't noticed anything odd just yet.

 

Whats so bad about Avast

 

I added two security features to my setup:

1. Online banking and online purchases are conducted in Linux Mint, installed in Virtualbox. After each session, original (clean) snapshot is restored.

2. Once a month I will run CCleaner and wipe free disk space on all non SSD disks, using simple 1 pass overwrite.

Regards

 

Slowing down some of my browsing and opening files. Not a whole lot but enough for me to notice. Might just be me though. Sometimes when I put something new on I over analyse. Of course now PCAV is doing some odd things. It refuses to open and it has some language other than english on the notification icon. It shut down and won't open. I tried repairing it and it couldn't. I'll pass on it for a while till things get squared away.

 

Well,of two evils you must choose one...or not. What would it be?

 

hey Iron Man AppGuard is top notch program and as i cant use DefenseWall in my 64 bit system i use AppGuard and it serve me good with no problems and it is as strong as sandboxie or defensewall and the best thing is that it doesnt slow me down at all

 

hey Iron Man AppGuard is top notch program and as i cant use DefenseWall in my 64 bit system i use AppGuard and it serve me good with no problems and it is as strong as sandboxie or defensewall and the best thing is that it doesnt slow me down at all
note:AppGuard FanBoy why not

 

Yep and excutable lock downs and policy restriction win over blacklist any day.