What is your security setup these days?

I figured you did, lol I know what you mean but oh well things change

 

Still using:
Sandboxie and some other stuff.

 

Dragon Browser
Standard User Account
UAC Maximum
EMET Maximum
Windows Firewall Block All Inbound
Router Firewall
AppGuard security level High - Power user setup - Password Protected
CCleaner
Hitman Pro
Shadow Defender
Norton DNS

 

Why two Imaging programs?

 

@ Hammer.......................Why not? I have room on my 1TB external HDD. One fails I still have the other. I mainly use Paragon when I restore an image but if it fails at least I have the Windows image.

 

And you were calling me paranoid. Geez.

 

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Ring ring..........Those ARE NOT running in real time. Having things backed up is way far more important then running 50 million layers of security. You can use all the security in the world but its meaningless if you dont have a good backup. Images are known to fail. Hence the reason I have 2. I have a lot of stuff stored on my pc so I want to be sure its backed up if there is ever a failure with my laptop. Boohya. Notice my sig.

People spend time building there security layer upon layer. Trying new things daily or weekly. All to try and prevent a possible malware infection. Well I could careless if I got infected. If all my tools in my tool kit fail then I mount my stored image and I am backup and running like nothing ever happened.

 

@Page42
By other stuffs you mean Vipre?

 

Hi Amit... Yes.
After SBIE, the AV rapidly loses importance.
VIPRE is sufficient.

 

@Page42
Yeah sbie rocks. But I'm currently not using it. Not needed with my setup. I'll put it back soon though.

 

Can someone explain to me what settings to make Windows 7 Firewall w / Advanced Security?
What do you do?

BTW: can someone give me a link from CIS thread on this forum?

thanks

 

I'm using what's in my sig.

 

norton dns
hitman pro free
avast 7 free
private firewall

 

@THESAWISFAMILY2005
Nice setup I would suggest replacing pfw with either oa or cmd. And why no mbam? HitmanPro and mbam are two must have apps for me. You could also add sbie to strengthen security at zero system performance loss.

 

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=239750

 

HitmanPro 3.6.1 Build 164 the best

 

hey everyone!

still my good old setup...

however, I consider to install Windows 8 on my machine because I got a license for free because my school is part of DreamSpark Premium...

The only thing that I'm not quiet sure about is how long will my Windows 8 license be valid. I read somewhere that the license can be used even when you are no longer a student. I don't want to install Win8 when it's only valid for like 1 or 2 years...

Also is Faronics Deepfreeze and Appguard compatible with Windows 8??

I want to use those applications as a security setup in Win8 as well.

I appreciate any help! Thanks!

 

It's in my sig.

It's been a long time since I've used Avira. Avira was the first av that I ever used, it was called something else back then.

 

removed Comodo Firewall.

i thought it was pretty damn good but 135 megabytes is a little too much when all i want is a firewall.

 

I find that hard to believe. Comodo is very light. Uses about 12-14MB.

 

I'm using what's in my sig.

 

135 megabytes is the disk space used.
it runs very light thought at less than 3 megabytes (without the AV).

 

malwarebytes never has found anything on my comp.

whats wrong with private firewall 7?

 

Mbam would find anything avast! misses. Great to have as layered security.

Nothing wrong with pfw. Only that OA and cmd are stronger than pfw.

Sbie would immensely strengthen your security.

 

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