What is your security setup these days?

Any thoughts regarding Microsoft "Windows One Care"? for security? Also, anyone using its backup/restore in conjunction with TI and are there any advantages?

 

Don't get Microsoft Windows One Care, there are far better products than that around.

dja2k

 

Nod, Greenborder and nat router, and that is still about it.

 

all this installing and uninstalling cant be to good for your pc

 

who says I ever switched.

 

no one but you might of on one of your many pcs.

I only have two pc's and one is my test pc.

 

One thing lodore, I have never been infested by malware period. No matter what the setup. It really doesnt take much, just some common sense. Which I didnt have until coming here for security.

 

great for newbies, but advanced users may want to look elsewhere.

 

All Microsoft security stuff is crap!

dja2k

 

As in my signature. I only throug 'Sandboxie' out. To many compatibility problems.

 

fwiw

I would have to post every 4 or 5 hours due to my ever changing config (due to helping here).

My main config as always been,.. minimal as possible with good protection. I like a firewall (hardware and software)~(I use (software firewall)Jetico, but like various Packet filters such as CHX / Injoy), good AV (I go off you guys for AV info~ currently use NOD / Kaspersky / antivir), and a HIPS (currently playing with PS (normally use SSM(full))

Oh, yes,... due to my constant changes, I restore from image to a base install_ these installs contain various firewall/av setups(The base`s I have checked out with various programs before creation)

 

Careful Stem, saying that might influence someone to attack the fact that you change setups too much. "not pointing any figures, you know who you are"

dja2k

 

I dont mind,... if a question comes up about a firewall,.. I install it. (if some one posts about a new firewall,.. I install it,.. its playtime)

Well today, up to now,.. I am using online armor+firewall, and NOD. (Good combo)

 

Today

- GDATA Antivirenkit 2007
- Sunbelt Counterspy
- Prevx1

and hardware router, thats it.

 

Hey Stem, I was being sarcastic, I don't mind either if they ask questions, have comments, or have any criticism about my setup. I too can't keep a lineup of software for very long, takes the fun out of it.

dja2k

 

heres my xubuntu setup:

Resident:

Guarddog

On-Demand:

avast! Antivirus

Other Security / System Hardening:

Bastille Linux
Firefox extensions: adblock plus, noscript, and permit cookies


simply eh?

btw for those wondering, i still have windows on my other computer so that setup is not gone.

 

Updated 11-09-06

Blue (Changed)
Green (Added)
Red (Deleted)

ACTIVE SOFTWARE
Primary FD-ISR Snapshot 1 - No Errors

Nod32 (2.70.12 RC)
- AMON, DMON, EMON, IMON (Enabled)
- Blackspear's Settings
Online Armor AV+ Firewall (2.0.1.104 Beta)
- Mail Shield, Spam Shield, Web Shield (Enabled)
- Program Guard & Anti-Virus Engine (Enabled)
- Firewall (Enabled \ Advanced Mode)
- Custom P2P Blacklists (Enabled Globally)
Safe'n'Sec Personal AV (2.5 Beta)
- Advanced Interface (Enabled)
- Activity Control (Enabled)
- Control Policy (Strict)
Geswall (2.5 RC1)
- Web Browsers (Trusted Auto Isolated)
- Chat Messengers (Trusted Auto Isolated)[/I]
BOClean (4.22.002)
- Defualt Configuration
XPL SocketShield (1.1.1.14)
- Block Exploits & Block Sites (Enabled)
Prevx1 (2.0.3 Built 37)
- ABC Mode (Enabled)
RegRun Suite Gold 4.6
- Ultra High Level (Enabled)
- RunGuard, RegistryGuard, RegGuard (Enabled)

Primary Backup FD-ISR Snapshot 2 - May Contain Errors

- Testing Snapshot

Other setup found Here

dja2k

 

NOD32
Online Armor + FW
BOClean
Sandboxie

 

FD-ISR - Frozen Snapshot on clean system (thanks to Erik Albert's regular postings) prefer it to constant scanning apps. Made a habit of rebooting to Frozen snapshot everytime I put the kettle on.

GreenBorder - on trial, but certain to buy. Works now with Firefox and seems just as fast as Sandboxie although it has a bigger footprint.

Roboform - excellent for secure password management

Firefox 2.0

Nat Router (Netgear)

Occasionally use a AV/ AT on free trial offer for a double check scan.

 

KAV5.0
KV2005

ewido

CHX－I 3.0

 

update:

added
changed
removed

Resident:

Ad Muncher
CHX-I Packet Filter
Ghost Security Suite
NOD32
Prevx1

On-Demand:

a-squared Free
AVG Anti-Spyware

Other Security / System Hardening:

nLite'd Windows XP (with service tweaking based on TweakHound's guide)
Xable's Light Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack
Harden-it
SocketLock
Windows Worms Doors Cleaner
xpy
Process Explorer
Firefox extensions: noscript and permit cookies


xubuntu setup

R.I.P. (11/4/06 - 11/17/06)

 

KIS
Sandboxie
BOClean
FF w/No Script
Router

 

Added
Changed
Removed


Realtime:
Comodo
NOD322.70.16 w/Blackspear's settings
SpySweeper 5.2
Prevx1
RegDefend w/ Tony's Rule set
First Defense-ISR no errors ...yet

On Demand:
SpySweeper 5.0 - Memory usage is way down in this version. But I'm getting CPU spikes of about 50-60% every few minutes, so, no real time for this.
Ad-Aware
Ewido
a-squared
Gmer
IceSword
Rootkit Revealer
Autoruns
Process Explorer
CWShredder
RegMon
FileMon
Process Monitor
AccessEnum
Hijack This
Eulalyzer

Other:
Spyware Blaster
SocketLock
WWDC
MVPS Hosts File: Does not get along with SpySweeper
DropMyRights
IESpyad
Firefox w/No Script, DCOM Inspector,Shazou, Form Fox & Adblock Plus
T-Bird

 

after reading post's 82,83 on spywareblaster custom blocklist.i whent to this site.http://koti.mbnet.fi/pattaya1/swb3.htm.and tryed to copy and paste the text into s/b.but it didnt work.can enyone please tell me how to get the custom blocking list to add to spywareblaster........

 

You copy and paste the list to a notepad txt file, then rename it to customblocking.txt and copy and paste it into the spyware blaster installation directory. That automatically inserts it when you click tools and go to the custom blocking tab, then click select all and then click protect against checked items.

dja2k