What is your security setup these days?

Tried adding a bunch of programs to my current setup. Spyshelter firewall, OA free, Shadow defender and avast pro. Nothing seemed to fit. OA free and Avast pro slowed down my browsing. Didn't really care of spyshelter firewall. Then I realized that I really don't need any more programs cluttering my start bar.

 

Very tight indeed

 

I added SEHOP and hardware DEP for all apps to my main PC. After that Cyberfox couldn't start. I resetted CIS sandbox and it goes OK.

 

i really like ESET Nod32 Antivirus 6 for it's hips feature is very nice and well to be configure

 

Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x86 with AppGuard, HitmanPro, UAC set to max and disabled Windows Defender (because it is completely useless)

 

Switched to Avira now. Somehow it feels more lightweight than MSE.

 

Switched back to Eset. The rest are ok but V6 has really gotten Eset back to their grass roots. Damn good product.

 

'Been using Appguard recently. It's a nice program but I just get a weird feeling from seeing the memory reads and writes it is preventing. I feel almost as if it is breaking other programs, even though they work fine. Also, I don't like the idea of having to drop the security to "Install" mode for installations.

 

trjam

 

I feel the same way about the memory reads and writes.

 

Point taken.....and accepted.
ADDED:
Online Armor Premo with all 3 HIPS guards active plus firewall. Estatic about its HIPS......just the manner i most prefer.....building own rules database/list.

 

Added:
Panda Cloud Free Antivirus 2.1.1
Removed:
Baidu Antivirus

 

Yeah...years of real time testing. Year after year the same ones still come up big. And Emsisoft will wreck your box when you try to uninstall it. Do your homework.

 

Not quite. There are differences in detection rates. This is a hobby of mine. (Guess I have nothing better to do). I have spent a lot of time.

 

I am sure that is possible. My only intention was to mention some of the research I have done. And I have done a lot on AV's. I don't put up comparison tests,with bars, and graphs, the information is out there and is not that hard to find.

 

You didn't mention uninstalling. You mention your "top picks" for AV and EAM was . Not really sure what kind of tests your running but I'd have to say they're flawed. I've been using EAM since before when it was A2. It's always performed well in most test.
I've uninstalled it numerous times and never had any issues.
Maybe you should do your homework and realize that EAM now uses the Bitdefender engine that you gave a .

 

added sandboxie to the mix

 

Don't forget to properly setup ERP to work with SBIE.

 

i am stuying it my friend
any recomendation?

 

To allow ERP to monitor processes started inside SandboxIE you need to:

1) Open SandboxIE
2) Browse to Configure->Edit Sandbox
3) Under the sandbox paragraph (ex: [DefaultBox]) add this line:

OpenPipePath=*\mailslot\NVTInj\*

Example:
http://postimg.org/image/gtpba1ho3/

Then close the sandbox settings file and try to open a process inside the sandbox, it should be detected by ERP and you should receive the prompt dialog to allow/block it.

 

Not sure what setup you are running, but on XP, when you uninstall Emsisoft, then reboot, from that point on, you will experience slowdowns in your startup. Emsisoft uninstallation makes changes in XP registry, that cannot be undone without booting fresh from a disc. I have also discovered malware that has been floating around since 2007? or so which can disable Avast antivirus. It is still circulating. Even Avast 8 is prone to it, as far as I know. And I will admit that I was unaware that Bitdefender uses the same engine as Emsisoft. I have not done MY homework! Thanks for the heads up

 

Eerr.., no. EAM uses its own engine + Bitdefender's engine AFAIK.

Come to think of it, I'm curious about how is EAM's own engine performance without any partner engines.

 

Back to appguard. No realtime antivírus.

 

SandboxIE - always working
Toolwiz Time Freeze - always in 'Frozen Mode'
Windows 7 Firewall Control [Sphinx Software]

AdFender - Ad Blocker to Opera and IE (when used...)
Opera

Just in case...:

Toolwiz Time Machine
Macrium Reflect Free / Redo Backup & Recovery

Nothing of:

. Anti Virus
. HIPS's based app.
. Anti-EXE's programs, and so on...

 

Yes. There is SRP in XP (Pro) too, in the Local Policy settings, along with other things in there to harden with. Group Policy settings as well that you can really spend time playing around with if you want, and/or have the time. In Administrative Tools, where LP & Services are create a new shortcut in there in the blank/white space. Type "gpedit.msc" (without the quotes) to find it, and name the thing Group Policy. You can do a ton of hardening in there.

Also folder permissions, aka Unsimple File Sharing. In "Folder Options" simply untick the bottom most thing under the "View" tab, "Use simple filing sharing (Recommended)". After that you will see a "Security" tab when you right click on partitions and go to "Properties" that wasn't there before, and you can really fine tune permissions there. Combined with SRP and a LUA you can really lock things down nice and granularly. Or even your admit acct. if you wish.

I actually like to do this, and tie down my Admin acct. down as much as I feel comfortable with without sacrificing too much convenience. Then make an LUA that's really locked down for certain situations, that I rarely use.

There are several things in Local Policy, under User Right Assignments & Security Options that many consider trivial, that I personally feel much better knowing it's there.

And in Computer Management... one of the best/first things you should ever do on XP, IMO, is create a secondary Admin acct. and disable the built-in one. It's always the first thing I do after a reformat. And disable/delete any other accounts that I can, including Guest. I have only a secondary Admin account and 2 different LUA's.

And get rid of a bunch of those services you don't need while you're at it too.

XP Pro can be made to be very safe with a ton of work. I could make the argument, the safest Windows OS to date, but don't want to start another holy war here. Home... not so much. And out of the box... certainly not. But in the hands of an experienced, bear bones tweaker and the right 3'rd party apps, you can not only survive but thrive with it.