What is your security setup these days?

I agree securon and thanks dja2k

 

Dumped WSA. Oddly enough all the issues I was having with firefox and some of the mail programs was in fact WSA. The explorer issue still isn't fixed. Last checked it was running around 309K. I thought that sandboxie was causing my yahoo and gmail to seize up. Also Firefox started to take about 30 seconds to start. Craziness indeed. So I dropped WSA for the moment and am trying out CFW with 360 TS and sandboxie. TS is running 110K with 2 procs at idle. Not too bad I guess. I also added HMP alert for the browser since I don't have WSA anymore.

 

I had the same issues with WSA, and everyone said I was 'making things up'.. Opera takes roughly 60 seconds+ to start with WSA, like your Firefox issue. I had the massive explorer spikes, as well as random 'odd' activities with other programs when WSA was running. I found it entirely troublesome, regardless of which PC I ran it on. I tend to be 'annoyed' my most AV products, in one way or another. When we are dealing with very fast PC's, even slight pauses become annoying, and even a .5 second delay loading a web page becomes intolerable. Folks on slow/slower machines may not understand this, but the faster you get, the more nuances become noticeable/troublesome. It's like a guy in a Indy Car, tweaking the air pressure in the tires by a mere 2PSI, and racing 3 seconds faster.

I'm close to running no AV at all to be honest, and just running locked up with Appguard. Currently testing Eset.. In the words of Princess Leia "Eset your my only hope".

 

same here , Webroot said "it is due to the pagefile use of memory, it will not impact your system responsiveness" so this issue is not our priority" but on my 2gb RAM mini-laptop, explorer.exe and other softs abnormally using each 200+mb ram is not nothing.

when you claim to be the lightest AV, you have to fix that asap.

 

When I mentioned the problem with Webroot it was explained away like it was no big deal. I uninstalled it almost 5 months ago and haven't looked back. Money well spent.

Bitdefender Antivirus Plus
Windows Firewall Control 4
NVT Exe Radar Pro
EMET 4.1

 

back to the basic; see signature

 

I've just re-install windows 7 32bit for my non-geek friend
everything is meant to be "automatic" and as easy as possible to use.

EMET 4.1 - recommended setting, with all internet facing software included.
PCAV - with auto quarantine
HMP Alert - no popup
Windows Firewall - On
Autorun - disabled

 

Do you use SD on demand?

 

yep, when i have to test some "unknown softwares"

 

Still Sandboxie, and some other stuff.

 

Moved to Eset Multi-Device, so I can cover a full 10 devices in the home for a mere $149 over 2 years. Factoring per device, over 2 years - it's a good deal. Also Eset 7 is fast, light, and doesn't impact the system while still offering pretty awesome PUA/PUP detection.

ESET
Appguard
Adguard

Adblock w/Malware Database ONLY.
Malware DNS
Malware Security Appliance

Had to remove MalwareBytes, 2x is becoming very bloated/heavy, and causes a noticeable slowdown, especially in the current beta. Not happy with the impact it is bringing, and in my view they've lost direction on the product. So I will fully replace it with Eset until MBAM gets back to it's roots.

 

Is the Emsisoft Anti-Malware 9.0 and Internet Security 9.0 Beta running ok? Thinking about loading one of them up.

 

Yes they run OK and are stable!

dja2k

 

EAM 9 running great here.

 

it is running very smooth here like an turbo charge air plane

 

Page, 4.09.05 is waiting for you.......

Bo

 

XP SP3 real-time: Kerio 2.1.5 + combo Exe/Drive Radar Pro + HMPA
Vista real-time: SpyShelter Firewall, HMPA...i'm still waiting for new stable VS
on both systems on demand: CrowdInspect, EEK, MBAM, Crystal Security (Kardo), WTF (XP)/SD (Vista), Keriver 1-Click,

 

WTF is WTF? Let me guess... Wondershare Time Freeze? Never seen CrowdInspect before, interesting.

 

Yes...you are right

It's easy, useful...just great And as I remeber one of software developers on Wilders...Kardo?...was talking about introduction CI to his app.

 

Thanks dja2k, and G1111 and jmonge. Then I'll load Emsisoft Internet Security 9.0, I think it has their new firewall. By the way, the last few weeks I've been running EAM 8 and have been very impressed.

 

good choice buddy

 

I don't have enough faith in Invincea to put their betas on my computers, Bo.
As far as I am concerned, Sandboxie lives because of Sandboxie, not because of anything that Invincea has done.

 

I've added herdProtect portable to my on-demand arsenal.

 

Good Morning! Currently running EIS V9 Beta...super stable...super impressed...justenough ...you won't be disappointed! And added AppGuard as an additional layer...both running harmoniously...Badda Boom...Badda Bing! Lol! Sincerely...Securon

 

Sandboxie (updated to 4.09.05 beta) and few other things per signature.