What is your security setup these days?

Using Nod32 AV beta. It's really nice. I haven't noticed any slowdown with any tasks I've run, and the web scanning is fast (caught a few naughties while browsing). I haven't had issues with malware/viruses in a few years, but it's good to know that not everything is bulletproof.

 

On Access:
Google Chrome ( WOT, AdThwart)
Shadow Defender
NAV 2010
Comodo ( no Defense+, only the Firewall component )
On Demand Scanners:
Malwarebytes'
DrWeb CureIt

 

Any changes : and allways without problem !


Family’s laptop (old xp sp3 - wi-fi) :

Avira premium
Online Armor premium
Win Patrol plus


daughter 1 (old desktop xp sp3 - wi-fi) :

Avira premium
Online Armor premium
Win Patrol plus


family's old desktop (xp sp3 - wi-fi) (on reserve if necessary)

PrevX 3 Safe online
Online Armor free
Win Patrol plus


daughter 2 recent laptop (vista sp2 - wi-fi) :

KIS 2010
Win Patrol plus


Main family recent desktop - powerfull ( core quad ... vista sp2 - internet cable 30 mb/sec)

KIS 2010
Win Patrol plus
Prevx 3 Safe online


daughter's 3 very old laptop (xp sp3 - wi-fi) : on abandonment now

AVG anti virus after license expiration : perhaps … Avira free
Ghostwall
Win Patrol plus
Spyware stopper


daughter 3 recent laptop (vista sp2 - wi-fi) :

KIS 2010
Win Patrol plus



All fully patched + spywareblaster enable and malwarebyte's on demand.
All together on home network.

Why ghostwall ? : incredibly light and a little bit better than xp firewall.
Why Avira ? : light, reactive and cheap.
Why Online Armor ? : light and powerfull.
Why KIS ? : heavy on old computers but very powerfull with recent ones … the best !!!
Why WinPatrol plus ? : incredibly light and very practice to use.

Every month "Acronis true image" full backup on each computer - all the hard disks are build with two partitions and the desktops have got two hard disks for redundant backups.

I hope the daughter's use of internet isn’t too dangerous, but I think the family's computers are well protected.

Hardware router Linksys with firewall on.
Browser = firefox - email filtering: poptray with lot of rules.


That's all folks.

Best regards from France, Vonvon

 

My play PC

XP PRO features which came with the OS
* Windows Firewall (behind a router with NAT/SPI)
* Running as Limited User
* Software Restriction Policy (deny execute on user space)
* Access Control List (deny create subkey, value create, write and delete of vulnarable HKCU registry entries and Start Menu Autostart folder)
* Group Policy
- raised security featuires of IE8, hardened settings (ability to change)
- using Cross Site Filter, Phising, SmartScreen and Pop up (including GPO click jacking protection),
- do not allow executable types to be downloaded, only allowed execution on Admin after removing execute block,
- do not allow non-admin approved plug-ins/helper objects etc.
- made IE Hijack proof (start page, search engine, etc)

Applied RUN-AS registry tweak to also allow MSI files installed with RUN AS

REAL TIME
* Avast 5 Beta (made quiet and password protected)
- file shield (only check on write and execute scripts
- behavioral shield
- network shield

* DataGuard FREE (made quiet and password protected)
- set to allow user change policy
- set to expert user

* Keyscrambler FREE for IE8 (made quiet by only selecting icon animation)

On demand
* Hitman Pro FREE
* Syncback FREE for intelligent data backup/recovery to external harddisk
* Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 FREE for image backups

Security related overhead is combined less than 2 seconds CPU less than 50MB I/O on 4 hours PC usage.

I have to admit I enjoyed getting grip on XP Pro own's features to raise the bar on security with reasonable levels of usability (only need five run-as to elevate to Admin)

Regards Kees

 

Added Dataguard free. Looks pretty nice fwiw.

 

Kees, I understand it but still, in a way I'm surprised you run any realtime.

 

Yep,

But Avast 5 is so low on I/O and CPU, my old single core play PC can bear the weight of it easily. It is more the state of mind that I have a basic filter, so I am not spreading malware (or at least have taken some precautions for it).

On my wife's PC I had DefenseWall running solely, until I got a phone call from my father in law. He is an old IT-er (81, now, an analyst/programmer who used to walk in main frames and still has a unix network at home and still is active as a teacher/support guy on the Dutch elderly network / Senior Web) and was angry because his doughter had send his wife an e-mail with an infected attachement. So to prevent issues like this (even when you won't be infected yourself) I run real time AV.

When Sully can find the time he will adopt PGS for Windows7 and realise some of Group Policy/ACL/SRP tricks for plain Windows 7 versions. Would be nice when some experienced guys like yourself and mrkvonic for instance could help with tips, ideas and testing.



Regards Kees

 

Back again.

Running XP Home SP-2 with Sandboxie 3.4, WinPatrol (free) MBam on-demand, CTM, and Keyscrambler.

I tried Avast Internet Security Beta over the weekend but experienced repeated disconnects from the internet.
All setting were at default, then tweaked. (No virtualization in either case).
Whether at default or tweaked, it seemed to make no difference; I continued to experience random disconnects.
Uninstalled.

(Once again) tried Fortinet Endpoint free version 4.1.2 and they have apparently fixed a couple of bugs, but I experienced spotty performance regarding boot-up and page rendering.
Uninstalled.

Currently using the latest incarnation of CIS (3.13.125662.579).
I still don't like the virus definition updater "hang" at 30%, but when you know to expect it, that is not a biggie.
No problems with boot, surfing, or updates, and the application itself seems more responsive.

More than you wanted to know, probably, but that's the story here.

 

Firewall:
Linksys Router (hardware firewall)
Outpost Firewall Pro 6.7 2983.450.0714 (Host Protection & CoU Blocklist)
Seconfig XP 1.1 (system hardening)

Anti-Virus:
Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 9.0.0.736
Mischel TrojanHunter 5.2 (987)

HIPS:
DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.00 Beta 4

Resident On Demand Scanners:
A-squared Anti-Malware 4.5.0.43
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.43
F-Secure BlackLight 2.2.1092 Beta
Trend Micro Rootkit Buster 2.80.0.1077 Beta
RootAlyzer 0.3.4.47
Gmer 1.0.15.15281
ESET SysInspector 1.2.021.0
Trend Micro HijackThis 2.0.2
WinPatrol Plus 17.0.2010.0

 

a pretty large change this time:

Real-Time:
Avast Internet Security v5 BETA (firewall not installed)
Online Armor (firewall uninstalled, just HIPS)
Comodo Time Machine

On-Demand:
MBAM
Hitman Pro
Secunia PSI

 

Being a pretty safe surfer, I am now using:

Opera
Shadow Defender
Malwarebytes Antimalware - on demand

SourMilk out

 

REALTIME
Eset SmartSecurity 3.0.695
Sandboxie 3.42( Forced all Browsers and Messengers to run in sandbox )
Anvir Taskmanager 6.2
SpywareBlaster 4.2
MBAM 1.44 Made ondemand. (After 1 yr realtime protection i made it on demand bcoz nowadays i noticed that after updating MBAM ,its freezing my PC, forcing me to click reset button of my CPU )
Rollback RX

ONDEMAND
MBAM 1.44 FULL
Hitman Pro (LICENSED)
MalAware

BROWSERS
Firefox 3.5.7 with Adblock plus and Downloadhelper Addons
K-Meleon

BACKUP
Drive Snapshot

Do i need anything else to protect my pc.?? Plz suggest .Thanks

 

No just keep them all updated. You have more than enough to protect you PC

 

kAV 2010, mbam (paid), outpost firewall (paid), shadowdefender (when others using my pc), sandboxie for browsing only (paid), shadowprotect (for restore whole hdd), (for temp restore) rollbackrx (really rocks). just my 2 cents thats it nothing else

 

Threat profile pretty low here:

Patched, updated system.
Few MS apps.

VBA32
Look'n'Stop
Sandboxie (paid)
Winpatrol Plus

Image for Windows
Smartbackup (data / file backup)

 

hi bob we have a similar set up
it is sandboxie paid,defensewall paid,winpatrol paid

 

I subscribe to the KISS philosophy (Keep It Simple, Stupid!)

 

I added Malwarebytes Free to my security setup.

 

Bob i adopted that idea also for simplicity and by the way is kees not kiss

 

~Real Time~
*Norton Internet Security 2010
*Threatfire

~ON DEMAND VIRUS SCANNERS~
*BitDefender Free
*OneCare On Demand

~ON DEMAND MALWARE~
*Counterspy
*Spysweeper
*Iobit
*MBAM
*SpywareDoctor (free edition)
*System Protector

~BROWSER~ (Flock 2.5.6)
*AdBlock
*Pc Tools Browser Defender

~BACKUP~
*Norton Ghost
*Acronis True Image 2010


*sorry that my sig is going to repeat some of this =(

 

Wow that's a lot of scanners. I personally would remove SpySweeper and Iobit though.......

 

ThreatFire is back on my system and working great once again - good, old and effective favorite.

 

ThreatFire feat. Avast without slowdown? You are so lucky

 

Well I'm unsure about avast! nowadays - I'd like to use NIS2010, but with that installed I get COMPLETELY random BSODs. Uninstalled it when getting a BSOD when I was just scrolling a page I was reading here at Wilders. A big shame really... I feel that 2010 is really effective. (Sometimes too effective even. )

 

Vista Firewall.
UAC
Router
MAM
A-squared
and common sense.

Never been infected in over 20 years.