What is your security setup these days?

To me the primary purpose is to restore to a different snapshot.
New gui's, a couple new features. I really don't care.
I like trying new software and playing around with different settings.
If I screw up up or don't like the software I just want it to restore to the previous snapshot.
This it does very well.
Has not let me down yet.

 

Ubuntu Linux, nothing else.

 

I've laid out my config around a situation-response idea.

Laptop with XP Home.



Privacy / ID Theft / Physical Theft :

Dekart Private Disk 2.02 (special offer)​

Internet - Prevention :

Up to date software & browser plugins - online scan at www.secunia.com ​

Firefox with NoScript Addon, SWare Iron , Internet Explorer 8. ​

Threatfire, ​

VirusTotal - scan of downloaded files.​

AVG internet security suite – (paid). ​

USB - Prevention :

AVG internet security suite - (paid).​

VirusTotal - scan of new files.​

System Investigation

SysInternal’s Process Monitor (free)​

Recovery from Malware:

Log-in using XP’s Safe Mode.​

Scan/Remove with MalwareBytesAntiMalware (free)​

Scan/Remove with SuperAntiSpyware (free)​

Scan/Remove with Drweb CureIT ( free)​

Recovery from System Crash

XP’s System Restore ​

XP’s Last Known Good Configuation.
​

 

Real-time:

Avira AntiVir Premium without WebGuard - heuristics set to medium for real-time, high for the scanner.

Prevx 3.0 (beta)

ThreatFire

Secunia PSI


Software FW? None. Hardware FW setup correctly. If malware really wants to bypass your outbound protection - it eventually will somehow. I save myself the hassle and resource usage of a software FW, plus that I keep my browsing speed at its absolute peak.



On-Demand:

SpywareBlaster



Browser: Opera

 

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Happy Easter! Avira Security Suite-Version 9-Prevx-Edge 3.0. Sas Pro & Malwarebytes Paid Version. Sas & Malwarebytes on demand. All Apps are light on resources and compatible with each other. Completely satsified! Cheers...Securon.

 

new set up in my xp2 laptop:

WinPatrol Plus
SpyWare Blaster
MalWare Defender

wife's laptop vistasame set up)

DefenseWall Hips
Prevx Edge
WinPatrol Plus

 

Real-time

. Avast 4.8 Free
. Rising Firewall 2008 Free
. Spyware Terminator 2.3
. WinPatrol Free

Prevention

. SandboxIE
. Returnil Free
. SpywareBlaster
. Spamihilator

 

Removed OA Firewall Free and installed Rising Internet Security 2009 Free.

 

Droped SpyWare Blaster

 

Added PC Tools Firewall Plus v5

 

Extremely light setup...

Real-Time

DriveSentry
Windows Defender (advanced spynet member - HIPS activated)

Firewall/Monitors
Vista Firewall
NetWorx bandwidth monitor

On-Demand

SUPERAntiSpyware Free
MBAM Free
A2 Free

Drive Cleaners/Reg Cleaners

CCleaner
Comodo System Cleaner
Wise Registry Cleaner

Defrag Programs

Smart Defrag

Recovery

Acer eRecovery Management (backup image)

 

Back to basics:

Defense Wall
Windows Vista Firewall
A2 Anti-Malware (On-Demand only)
Shadow Protect in case something slips by

If feels like I got a new PC without all the resident software.

Undecided at the moment if I need Online Armor in addition.

 

Any specific reason why? Just curious

My setup these days:
- Windows Firewall
- Spywareblaster
- SAS On Demand

 

still using F-Secure AV and nothing else. Totally pleased with its performance over all the rest.

 

Realtime:
DefenseWall HIPS v2.53
Online Armor Premium v.3.5.0.3 (public beta)
Proxomitron.

On-demand:
MBAM (scan about once per month)

 

@L815 for the that i set couple of rules within malware defender to block addware/tool bars/etc even cookies in real time plus i have winpatrol plus barking all the time,the only thing i will miss is the system snapshot from spyware blaster

 

still member of three security software

KIS2009
PrevxEdge
Sandboxie

 

Uninstalled PCTools Firewall.

Rising IS 2009 already has a firewall.

 

just added sandboxie to my laptop set up and remove winpatrol plus

 

AVG does have a high I/O at boot up afterwards is a fine (about 30 times more than Avast and about 40 times more than Avira when I set them to check at writes only) AVG can not be set to check at writes only, so on D drive now checks at read plus writes.

Idea behind this setup
1. GeSWall as simple firewall and containment for internet facing aps with Chrome extra contained with GW virtualisation option to REDIRECT.
2. Drive Sentry only protects C drive plus registry, this is a precaution for social engineered installs (setting it to trusted with GW)
3. AVG Free checks downloaded files on D:\Data partition (can not be saved on C:\Programs partition due to GW restrictions), this is a precaution to prevent spreading malware to others by forwarding downloaded stuff. It also filters out known badguys at download.

 

Uninstalled Rising IS 2009.

Instead, I installed Rising FW and Rising PC Doctor.
Also installed AntiVir 9.

 

At the moment (old setup):

Resident
CIS
BOClean
Avira free
TF
SBIE

OnDemand
MBAM
SAS
A2

Other
Acronis TI
CCCleaner
and some other stuff...

I plan trying GesWall and give just another chance to Drive Sentry (because of its registry protection), any ideas on this?


Regards

 

Back to a real-time setup of:

CIS 3.9 beta
Prevx Edge

 

There have been reports of Sandboxie and Geswall not running well together and given a choice between these two, particularly on Vista, I would stick with Sandboxie. Similarly, I would stick with Threatfire compared to Drive Sentry.

If your present setup has protected you and is light on performance maybe it would be a good idea to stick with it

But I would have thought that just running CIS and Sandboxie in real-time, with Avira set as an on-demand scanner would be more than sufficient and would lighten your load.