What is your security setup these days?

Your Common Sense version is really far more refined than me...

 

You don't need it, because LUA + SRP will prevent anything from running that you don't install yourself. In practice IMO the only thing that would get past it would be a remote vulnerability or somesuch, which your router would guard against.

Seriously... You're safe.

 

MY SECURITY SETUP
WINDOWS XP SP2 PRO​

REAL TIME
1.SANDBOXIE
2.ANVIR TASK MANAGER
3.SUNBELT PERSONAL FIREWALL

ON DEMAND
1.HITMAN PRO

BROWSERS
1.MOZILLA FIREFOX (ADBLOCK PLUS, DOWNLOAD HELPER, FLASH BLOCK ADDONS)
2.IE 6

BACKUP AND RECOVERY
TODO BACKUP

UPDATE MONITOR
1.FILE HIPPO

 

Security setup:

Immunet protect (1 year license)
Defensewall (Paid)
Comodo Firewall with Defense + (Free)
Winpatrol (Paid)


Its light and safe, only thinking of adding web-protection, just dont know which yet.

 

Konata Izumi

Trusteer rapport free can be set to protect brower process allways, etc

 

Do you have DWv3? If so you can drop Comodo and set Winpatrol only to look at activeX, BHO's and internet settings

 

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
Limited User Account / Access Control List / Data Execution Prevention / Software Restriction Policy / NAT Router Firewall / Google Public DNS

Realtime:

• Trusteer Rapport (will uninstall later, not too happy with the not-so-random keystroke encryption.)
• Peerblock

 

added SUPERAntiSpyware Pro

 

Wow, house phone/internet line went out completely for 2 days man!
The line box was screwed up xD

 

Ok Just Running SandBoxie and Hit Man Pro

 

Might install MD now that my PC is just formatted .
Does MD has conflict with Avast! 5?

 

Online Armor Premium
Avast 5 free

Rock solid !

btw I'm suprised how Avast is doing great job, I mean, from entire HD it found only one threat.
In my case this is awesome because every other product finds at least 20, of course all FP's.
I was kinda looking before I installed it today for some AV with zero-like FP and very good detection at the same time.
When I saw Avast.. wow ! dream come true
For me that is real AV, 'cause I don't want from AV to tell me I have crack for something or some packed executable to be labeled as high risk worms or some BS like that. I need simple and rock solid : Listen buddy, this is really bad file you got there, we've tested it and it's really bad.
I mean jeez ..... before Avast I tried one product (four letters, first letter is P ) it found it's own files as hard-core malware
Never uninstalled anything faster in my life

 

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
Limited User Account / Access Control List / Data Execution Prevention / Software Restriction Policy / NAT Router Firewall / Google Public DNS

Realtime:

• Peerblock
• Avast Network and Web Shield.

 

Installed Malware Defender!

 

No, It doesn't conflict just make sure that all the avast modules are trusted. I have used it with AIS and Avast Free with no problems at all

 

Realtime:
Malware Defender
Sandboxie
RollBack Rx

OnDemand:
Avira
MBAM
HitmanPro

 

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
Limited User Account / Access Control List / Data Execution Prevention / Software Restriction Policy / NAT Router Firewall / Google Public DNS

Realtime:

• Keyscrambler Personal

Browser:
Internet Explorer 8

 

Lean again

 

I'm liking IE8 lol.

I followed your tutorial "Making IE8 the safest webbrowser"
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=262475

The only thing that worries me is I have to open a port when I use P2P.
How can I protect myself from possible attacks from that open port? :<

because of ACL... I can't download executables in IE8 which I seldom do anyway... but I can download .torrents

 

Konata, you nailed it Hopefully my lua trolling influenced you to some degree

 

Windows x64 Ultimate
Avast! 5 Free

Im thinking of using Vipre Antivirus Premium, got it for free from twitter
The only thing i like about it is that it slows down my internet speed/connection.
Can you fix that or is it like that?
I like Vipre because it blocks like EVERYTHING.. Tested it on VM.

 

Are you sure that you really like that it slows down your connection

 

Firewall:
Linksys Router (NAT hardware firewall)
DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.01 (HIPS and firewall enabled)(with Windows XP firewall)

Anti-Virus:
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 9.0.0.736 (a.b)
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.46

HIPS/IDS:
Malware Defender 2.7.1
SpywareBlaster 4.3 (with Ad-Aware custom blocking list)

Resident on Demand Scanners:
Hitman Pro 3.5.5 Build 98
Mischel TrojanHunter 5.3 (994)
Panda Anti-Rootkit 1.08.00
WinPatrol Plus 17.0.2010.0

 

Quick question for everyone? Would be adding Defensewall 3 will I have to much over lap? I am needing a Sandbox/Hips so I can be safe while I research Malware and I figured Defensewall would be a good fit to keep me safe.

 

If you are playing around with live malware, you really should be using an isolated machine dedicated to the task. I've heard tell of rootkits that can break out of Virtualbox, and breaking out of SBIE/Geswall/Defensewall would probably be a lot easier than that.

My humble opinion: pretty much the entirety of desktop security consists of a) preventing things from installing without the user's say, and b) making sure that the user knows whether stuff they might want to install is hostile or not, so that they can make useful decisions. Once you go ahead and deliberately execute something hostile on your main machine, you're relying on pure luck.