What is your security setup these days?

wait for version 4.1 the AV is surposed to be stronger with BB added.
and better cleaning

 

Windows 7 with:

Alphashield firewall.

Chrome running in Sandboxie (paid) with dropped rights.

Prevx with SafeOnline (paid).

MBAM (paid) on demand, running a daily scheduled scan.

Thats it

 

My set-ups

Desktop
XP SP 3
Malware Defender
RVS 2010

Notebook
Win 7 64
Vipre 4.0

 

Desktop Home
ZA firewall free
Avg AV free
TrojannHunter paid
Vista 32 bit


Laptop
ZA firewall paid
AVG paid
SpySweaper Paid
Trojan Hunter paid
Vista 32 bit

 

Avast Free
Samurai HIPS and Hardening

 

GData 2011 is quite appealing me, but it depens on resource usage.
Could you give some details about RAM usage and some other screenshots maybe =).

 

look guys, I am not about to say it will work or no it wont work. Every product on every setup behaves differently and uses different amounts of ram. I urge you to get the free trial and see for yourself. I am not about to recomend you spend money and it doesnt work. 2011 will be out in about 14 days and it is lighter, so you may want to wait.

I still do not understand what heavy means. With G Data if the determing factor is how quick my browser opens, then it passes perfectly. My computer starts up and loads G Data faster then most. If it is processes I do not see where my CPU is hardly even being used with it. Now it goes up fairly high during a scan, but I really dont scan anymore.\

Try it, please dont go on my avatar alone.

 

I will give the 2011 AV a try when the trial is out =)

 

the thing in its resource usage that stood out the most to me was its consistently high IO usage, 100,000-300,000 range for both read and write, rarely went bellow 100,000

 

oh, ok and thank you. Well, it does have 2 engines working instead of one.

 

There any way to disable that little popup "Checking Downloads" without disabling HTTP scanning altogether? That is the only thing keeping me away from G Data as it annoyed the crap out of me.

 

dont know, it doesnt bother me but I see what you are saying. Keep in mind G Data pretty much is set up right out of the box with little configuration ability. But hey, aint that price great.

 

There is enough great about GData, that is why I said GData is really appealing to me.

GData is always on top (or near the top) with third-party tests, higher than my current ESET NOD32.
GData is for what it offers really cheap, €24.95 for the AV, which is a lot lower than ESET (36.95)
GData is getting lighter the last years, ESET is getting heavier.
The new GUI of 2011 looks great in my opinion, I know it shouldn't be a real deal, but I like it.
So if ESET 5 doesn't have real improvements G Data is extremely appealing to me.

 

hi all noob here and here is my set up any advice welcome

xp sp3
router with firewall
windows firewall enabled
defensewall v3 with firewall
a squared antimailware paid
sandboxie with only firefox allowed to run inside
acronis true image for backups

 

I Have Dual Booted Windows XP And Windows 7.

Windows XP
Avira Premium Security Suite 10
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.45 (Real Time)
Spybot - Search & Destroy (On Demand)
WinPatrol (Paid)
OpenDNS
Panda USB Vaccine

Windows 7
Avira AntiVir Personal 10
COMODO Firewall 4.0.138377
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.45 (Real Time)
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2 (On Demand)
WinPatrol 2010(Paid)
Prevx 3.0 (Facebook Edition)
Panda USB Vaccine

 

PC - Windows XP 32-bit

Realtime:

Prevx 3.0 with SafeOnline
DefenseWall 3

On demand:

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Hitman Pro

Flash Disinfector
DEP
Windows Firewall - router with NAT

Notebook - Windows 7 64-bit

Realtime:

Norton Internet Security 2010
SpyShelter

On demand:

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
a-squared Free
SUPERAntiSpyware
Hitman Pro

UAC
Panda USB Vaccine

 

(I) Desktop Windows 7 Ultimate x86 -

Realtime:
Kaspersky 2010 - All protection customised
Kaspersky Sandbox for Chrome, IE8 and Safari
Prevx3 - Realtime & Removal

On Demand:
Avast 5 Pro with P2P shield
Avira Premium 10

Was trying out a spare Outpost licence for my firewall but had major issues on resume from S3 sleep with it
So, read up a bit more on Kaspersky's firewall and finally took the time to configure it properly.

Other machines:

(II) HTPC Windows 7 Ult x86 &
(III) Satellite TV PC Windowds 7 Ult x86 -

Avast Pro 5 realtime
Windows Firewall

(IV) Homeserver - WHS Powerpack 3

Avast 4.8 WHS Edition realtime
Windows Firewall

(V) Laptop Windows 7 Ult x86 -

Realtime:
Kaspersky 2010 - All protection customised
Kaspersky Sandbox for Chrome, IE8 and Safari
Prevx3 - Realtime & Removal

On Demand:
Avast 5 Pro with P2P shield
Avira Premium 10

 

The dualboot box I'm sitting at right now:

Win XP SP3 - LUA/SRP/SuRun
Realtime:
Avira Antivir Free 10
Avast 5 Free (all shields on)
Mamutu
Router (NAT) + Windows Firewall

On-demand:
MBAM (Free)
SAS (Free)
Virustotal Uploader

Others:
Sandboxie (Paid)
SRWare Iron + WOT
Secunia PSI

Gentoo Linux:
Router (NAT) + iptables ('nuf said )

 

My Laptop
DefenseWall V3 RC2
Shadow Defender
Avira Pemium 10 (on demand only)


Wife's Laptop
DefenseWall V3 RC2
Avast Free

 

Removed Comodo Time Machine
Some problems

 

in 2 pcs it is defensewall and prevx and in an0ther pc is prevx and some registry tweaks

 

What kind of problems?

 

It disabled my USB ports and i cannot recover them, i'll be reformatting my PC tomorrow (I posted this on the Comodo Forum)
And i can use my USB ports through VM. Seems like it messed up my USB drivers or something.

Anyway i was expecting a reformat soon, if my pc was brand new formatted i would get upset But not now

 

Is there a reason why you don't use imaging software?
Then you could just revert to the original image and you're good to go.
Just curious.
Hugger

 

I made 2 Manual restore points before installing CTM (Windows one, i know it's not the best but it's handy sometimes) but it looks like CTM screwed my restore points too