What is your security setup these days?

That's a lot of prevention! I am using Online Armor++ along with DefenseWall and that seems like overkill to me at the moment. Are there holes in OA++ and DW that you are trying to fill?

 

Real-Time:
ESET Smart Security 4.0.437.0
PrevX 3.0.1.65
ThreatFire

On demand:
MBAM
Hitman Pro
ComboFix (emergencies only)


FireFox AddOns:
KeyScrambler
BetterPrivacy
Adblock Plus
Cookie Monster
Flashblock
NoScript

Can't help but feel my security is somewhat lacking but I guess that's due to being in these forums...

 

Currently Eset Smart Security 4 real-time
MBAM real-time
Not real-time just in case(conflicts)
SAS
HiJackthis
PerfectDisk10 Pro
PerfectSpeed(formerly PerfectDiskRX) includes the same features with a kick in the tail(hence speed)-oops real-time

Had KIS 2010 but it slowed broad band to a crawl as in like dial up.on a 4GB Laptop-not acceptable so glad we switched.pages took forever to load with the 600MB+ KIS bloat-ware Not so with Eset.
considered Zone Alarm Extreme Security Suite 2010 but like Smart Security now after Kaspersky actually did not think a virus reported was important if after a year with ESS things are not good.then and only then might the ZA suite come into play.the manual updates with KIS were a PITA.athough good Eset stats next to Kaspersky clearly were better with only Zone Alarm not far behind then Kaspersky KIS not KAV.know others that run KAV and Comodo or ZA firewall without any issues.be nice if KIS could lose all those MB's but do not see that happening,in fact heard rumor of an increase instead

 

I was using KIS 2010 and had some slowdown problems too. Went back to 2009, but my license is up in 2 months.

I was wondering, what do you guys think of this setupI'm thinking of ditching the "suite" and going stand-alones)

Avira Prem Anti-Virus
Outpost Pro Firewall
SAS paid
Prevx paid
WinPatrol paid

on demand:
Hitman
Malwarebytes
A-squared
Macrium Reflect

Would that cover me pretty good? And redundancies? I'm a bit uneasy ditching the suite because not sure what all I need to get good protection.

Oh, running Vista SP2 64 bit.

 

Cherub
paid Avira Prem Anti-Virus?
if Outpost works or you,do not foresee a problem
1AV,1firewall should = no problem
not sure Malwarebytes free gives you all the perks
keep in mind like SAS Pro it is just a one time fee.
SAS is 2 bucks less I believe it is still 19.95 to upgrade to lifetime subscription

Vista x64 here too.SP1 at this time though

 

Yeah, I guess it would be paid Avira. When I get home tonight, I am going to test run that set up. Like I mentioned, I'm just wary of mix n matching because I'm not very confident in my knowledge of the software. Just wanted to get opinions on if that test setup would be good.....barring any conflicts on my machine, of course.

So, you think a paid sub to Malwarebytes would be a good thing to have? I could probably swing that.

 

I hear you.Yes I think it would cover your arse well.personally have both SAS and MBAM just MB is set real -time.they're both good with great support if you need it.SAS option does let you enable/disable real-time.like you do not like or want any conflicts.compare both if you want.both are try before you buy deals.glad paid Avira.Good Luck,Mark

 

Currently trialing:
Look N Stop 2.07b1
Avira 9 Premium
Prevx 3.0.4.200 (Beta)

I may swap Prevx for Mamutu since I recently got a 1 yr free license...hmmm...

 

Hey 333halfevil.. Suppose the other half is your brother did you have any conflicts while installing OA++ and Defense Wall. I had serious issues with them, meaning that i had OA installed then installed DW and when i rebooted, i entered a vicious circle of rebooting. For some reason i couldnt put DW on VMware (issues again). But....... on the same system i installed first DW and then OA.... taratataaaaaaaaa Everything sweet. It works. In the meantime i found an option in OA configuration (main menu-programs-defensewall.exe & defensewall_serv.exe). When you right click those processes individually and select Advanced options, you get a list of Permissions for those processes including "Global hooks", "Physical Memory address" blah blah. I enabled them all. I read somewhere in Wilders about these 2 program conflicts. But everything seems fine now. No issues at all. Was wandering if all this was DW was installed before OA or because of the Permission allowances. thanx bRo

 

I now have G-Data on all 3 computers and have to admit, for me it works flawlessly.

 

For the last couple of months, without issues and/or conflicts and a low memory load:

BATTLEFIELD:
+WinXP PRO SP3 (patched on a regular basis)

SHIELDS:
+Avira Antivir Premium
+Online Armor
+Sandoboxie (Free)
+Firefox (ABP/No Script/Turbo Passwords/WOT)
+The Trinity: LUA+SRP+DEP

PARACHUTES:
+SyncBack SE
+Acronis True Image Home

 

Just running the Prevx Beta alone for now.

 

Full List - September 21, 2009 - Updated , Added , Removed

Vista Home Premium SP2 (UAC OFF \ WD OFF)

Network
Two Linksys Routers (DD-WRT Firmware) in WDS Mode
WEP 128-Bit Encryption & Wireless MAC Filtering Enabled
SPI Firewall Enabled

Resident
Online Armor ++ 4.0.0.3 Beta (Paid)
Sandboxie 3.39.19 Beta (Paid)

On-Demand
Shadow Defender 1.1.0.278 (Paid)
Active@ Disk Image 3.2.6 (Paid)
VMWare 6.5.3 Workstation (Paid)

Browser, Immunization, Tweaks
Firefox 3.5.3 (Ad-Block Plus, CustomizeGoogle, Better Privacy, TACO, WOT, ShowIP, TrackMeNot)
KeyScrambler Personal 2.5.0 & RoboForm Pro 6.9.95 (IE & FF)
Malware Patrol's Block List (via Hosts File)
IP Blocklist file for Online Armor, Bluetack Blocklists (Level 1,2,3 for P2P)
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6.2 (Full Immunization w/ Global Hooks)
Spyware Blaster 4.2 (All Protection Enabled + Customblocking.txt)
Vista Services Optimizer 1.1.42.2 (Manual Tuneup)
Ultimate Windows Tweaker 2.0 (Customized)
SpeedGuide.net Vista TcpIp Patch 1.3
TCP-Z 2.5.1.50 (TCPZ Driver Installed)
Greatis Reanimator 6.1.6.13 (Disk Protection - Enabled)

*Added back VMWare Workstation to test Windows 7 more!

dja2k

 

Mine worked out of the box. However, enabling all those permissions, if there were a conflict, should help

I must try it with Prevx

 

yeah bro!! on one OS. My Dell Inspiron Laptop 2.2Ghz 3gb ram boots and when idle, is at 274 RAM. Gotta thank that stripped down version of XP. Performance edition is called. Vmware is just to make my UBCD's, Application Testers (seperate VM's of course) and for my downloads, The sketchy ones. Got an AV etc etc installed in there. And once clean in there bring'em to the real world. Also saves alot of tampering of DW. Nice program but you have to allow entries all the time. ATI2009 services are disabled once i'm done with an image. Though now i think i'm going to drop ATI all together for Active Disk Image. http://www.disk-image.net/. No services running on that. Boots as a seperate OS, creates nice images, only used space of the HDD, backs up MBR, fast. hope it helps!!

 

man nice AV but kills your RAM. 163MB of resources only for an AV?? but then again... so what!!

 

not the 2010 version... its usually best to try it out before u say something thats wrong

 

oh.. and if any one is interested in testing OA as an option, this may also help.. http://membres.lycos.fr/nicmtests/Unhookers/unhooking_tests.htm

 

the top photo is before the installation. the below is after.. it actually makes your system run faster!!

 

Active
DefenseWall 2.56 (All Internet facing app's,CD's,DVD's,USB's run as untrusted)
Malware Defender 2.40 (Network and application protection on / File and registry protection off,covered by DW)

On-Demand
HitMan Pro 3.5
Prevx 3.1.1.65
Malwarebytes AntiMalware 1.41

 

Windows 7 Enterprise K:

with Prevx Edge, Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware with new IP blocking module, KeyScrambler Pro, and AppGuard.

(in addition Acronis TrueImage2010_s_en_5055)

 

Look at my signature.
Nice, simple, fast and secure. Everything updated (OS+Apps).

 

trying some thing new

OnLine Armor Premium got a free 1 year giveaway
AppRanger=licence will expired in 4 months
Mbam Pro Life Time

this set up is very ligth i also run my browser with RunSafer this is my first experience with this firewall,i have not yet get a single pop up

 

this OA has a green border

 

You are going to like Online Armor...very light and quiet. I recently switched to Online Armor++ and this is staying for a long time!