What is your security setup these days?

I´m thinking about adding Arovax Shield to my list, it works a lot better than WinPatrol. I´m currently also using Sandboxie, really cool if you want to check out certain apps without the risk of any damage to your system.

And do mods actually read these threads, why isn´t there an option to edit posts or to delete posts?

 

Yep but instead of dealing with that problem in this thread We ask that you start a thread in our General Topics Forum where We discuss possible forum related issues.

Regards,
Bubba

 

resident protection/prevention:
- Deep Freeze
- Process Guard (full)
- Core Force
- KAV
- SnoopFree Privacy Shield
- Spywareblaster

"on demand" scanners:
- Ewido (free)
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- Ad-aware
- KAV

"on demand" sandbox protection:
- Sandboxie
- VMWare player

encryption:
- TrueCrypt
- GnuPG

other:
Eraser

 

Real-time

Nod32
Process Guard
Ghost security (app and reg)
Wormguard
RegistryProt
Netveda

On-demand

TDS3
Spybot SnD
Ewido (free)
M/S A/S
SpywareDoctor (free..at the mo)
Tracks Eraser Pro
MRU Buster
various registry cleaners and defrag tools.

 

Real time:
SB Kerio FW
Rollback RX
BOClean(or Ewido... depends if it's raining or not! lol)
Spy Sweeper
DefenseWall HIPS
Nod32

On demand:
Ewido (paid)
Spyware Doctor
Ad-aware(paid)
MSAS

 

*Updated List*

RealTime

• Dr.Web 4.33
• ProcessGuard (full)
• Outpost Firewall Pro
• Microsoft Anti-Spyware
• Ewido (paid)
• BOClean
• SpywareBlaster
• OnlineArmor

Demand

• A-Squared
• Spybot S&D

Other

• FireFox
• CCleaner
• Thunderbird

 

Updated...

Realtime - PLUGINS ACTIVE

NOD32 2.51.20 (BLACKSPEAR SETTINGS)
LOOK N STOP 2.05P2 (PHANTOM RULESET)
EWIDO 3.5 (GUARD ACTIVE)
ONLINE ARMOR 1.1.0.630 BETA (ALL PROTECTION ACTIVE)
SAFE'N'SEC 2.0.854 + AV (REGISTRY SYSTEM ACTIVITY AND NETWORK ACTIVITY ARE OFF)
REGRUN GOLD 4.50 (ALL PROTECTION ACTIVE + ULTRA HIGH LEVEL)
GGS 1.110 - AD (ACTIVE) \ RD (ACTIVE w/ CUSTOM GROUPS)

Additional Hardening

SECURE-IT
HARDEN-IT
BUGOFF
SAFEXP
IE-SPYADS
SPYWARE BLOCK LIST FILE
SPYBOT IMMUNIZED
SPYWARE BLASTER + CUSTOM LIST
SCRIPT SENTRY
COMPUTER SECURITY TOOL
AUTOPATCHER DEC FULL + JAN UPDATE
CURRENT WINDOWS UPDATES
EXTRA SERVICES OFF
MVPS HOST FILE
HOSTS SECURE UPDATE UTILITY

Extra

FIREFOX MAIN BROWSER
JV16 POWER TOOLS
REGISTRY FIRST AID
DRIVE SNAPSHOT
TREND MICRO CWSHREDDER
TREND MICRO ANTISPYWARE
SPYWARE DOCTOR 3.5
KASPERSKY 5.0 BACKUP SCAN
AD-AWARE
SPYBOT
HIJACKTHIS
A-SQUARED
PROTOWALL + ANTI-P2P LIST

 

What can you tell any opinion on your usage of Core Force? Is it any good and beneficial to other security and hardening programs?

dja2k

 

Personally i think Coreforce is darn difficult to use, unless you are an expert like TNT.

 

Linux NAT and Firewall Router

workstation: Kerio 2.1.5
laptop: Kerio 4.2.2

Antivir (current)
Bitdefender 8.0 free

Spybot Shearch and Destroy (current)

xpy (current)
Sysinternals Toolset (ProcessExpl., tcpview,....)
HijackThis

BRAIN 1.0 (sometimes :- ) )

 

always a fan of quality freeware

Resident/Real-time Protection:
- avast! Home Edition
- MS Antispyware
- Kerio PF 4x
- SpywareBlaster

On Demand Scanning:
-avast! Home Edition
-ewido
-a-squared

Additional Malware Scanners:
-MS Antispyware
-ewido
-a-squared
-ad-aware
-spybot SD

Additional Tools:
-CCleaner
-Firefox
-HijackThis
-fully updated windows of course

its my current relatively basic setup, but i find it rather solid and reliable

 

Yes... it is actually one of the best security apps for Windows I've seen. But as said, it requires some learning and a bit of time. Also, it's not an application where "you just try", as misconfiguring it would give a false sense of security.

 

Is BOClean free?

 

Nope.... Go see the price here http://www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/e...CID=0&CUR=840&DSP=0&PGRP=0&ABCODE=&CACHE_ID=0

 

Any updates or changes to your security lists? Is anyone changing AV's or AT's? Or how about Firewalls? Anyone ready for OA + AV combo? Who is still trying out KAV or KIS 2006 - any comments?

dja2k

 

My setup on Windows XP Pro SP2 (Update):

Realtime:

AntiVir Classic | Process Guard (free) | ZoneAlarm Pro 6 | Arovax Shield | Script Defender

On demand:

AD-Aware SE | Spybot-S&D | RootkitRevealer | F-Secure BlackLight | Sandboxie

System Hardening:

BugOff | SafeXP | XP Antispy | Samurai | DropMyRights (+ Software Restriction Policy)

System Monitoring:

Process Explorer | Pserv.cpl | AutoRuns | Currports | All Seeing Eye | Startup Control Panel (AK software)
DriverView | ActiveX Compatibility Manager | ADS Spy | IceSword | MS Security Baseline Analyzer

Online services:

Jotti´s Malware Scan | VirusTotal | Windows/Office Update | Secunia.com
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IE/Windows setup:

- Internet Zone/Local Machine Zone locked down (Disabled/Set to high almost every setting)
- Disabled dangerous ActiveX Controls
- Disabled dangerous URL protocols
- Disabled HTML Application Host
- Disabled Windows Scripting Host
- Disabled Command Prompt

 

Btw, I´m still looking for 1 or 2 HIPS, the contenders are: Kaspersky AV 6, System Safety Monitor, Prevx1, CyberHawk and BufferZone. But all these apps need to be improved a lot.

A couple of comments:

• Other apps like DefenseWall and AppDefend/RegDefend are interesting too, but I do not like the GUI.

• Process Guard full is not an option since it does not protect the registry and lately it hasn´t really been improved.

• Online Armor looks interesting but there is not a lot of info on their website plus I do not like the GUI.

• I might install Windows Defender for on demand scanning but overall the approach of the app seems to suck.

 

Online Armor is a very good program. That would definately be a good addition. Also Appdefend\Regdefend is very good too especially cause of the the customization that can be done using other peoples' gsr files. I use both of those plus ProcessGuard as a third level of defense.

dja2k

 

Updated...

Realtime - PLUGINS ACTIVE

KAV PERSONAL PRO 5.0.391 (EXTENDED DATABASE)
LOOK N STOP 2.05P3 BETA (PHANTOM RULESET)
ONLINE ARMOR 1.1.0.650 (ALL PROTECTION ACTIVE)
PROCESSGUARD 3.200 FULL (BLOCK GLOBAL HOOKS DISABLED \ BLOCK REGISTRY DLL INJECTION DISABLED)
REGRUN GOLD 4.50 (ULTRA HIGH LEVEL \ DISABLED REGISTRY TRACING)
GGS 1.110 - AD (ACTIVE) \ RD (ACTIVE w/ CUSTOM GROUPS)

Additional Hardening

SECURE-IT
HARDEN-IT
BUGOFF
SAFEXP
IE-SPYADS
SPYWARE BLOCK LIST FILE
SPYBOT IMMUNIZED
SPYWARE BLASTER + CUSTOM LIST
COMPUTER SECURITY TOOL
AUTOPATCHER DEC FULL + JAN UPDATE
CURRENT WINDOWS UPDATES
EXTRA SERVICES OFF
MVPS HOST FILE
HOSTS SECURE UPDATE UTILITY

Extra

FIREFOX MAIN BROWSER
JV16 POWER TOOLS
REGISTRY FIRST AID
DRIVE SNAPSHOT
TREND MICRO CWSHREDDER
TREND MICRO ANTISPYWARE
SPYWARE DOCTOR 3.5
EWIDO 3.5
NOD32
AD-AWARE
SPYBOT
HIJACKTHIS
A-SQUARED
PROTOWALL + ANTI-P2P LIST

*Will remove KAV 5 from my active list once I trial the new Online Armor + AV this upcoming week.

 

Hi Rasheed,

I agree the site can be a bit difficult to navigate at times, but we do have a reasonably large amount of info up there.

Can you tell me what sort of information you think is missing from our website, and if appropriate I'll make sure it gets updated ASAP.


Mike

PS.. Why don't you like the GUI

 

First of all I have to say that I´m perhaps a bit strange when it comes to the GUI, but if I do not like the look and feel of an app, I will not use it (well most of the time, I do use PG because the GUI is acceptable ).

About the OA website, I now see that all of the features are covered in the "features" section but a couple of more screenshots would sure be nice. And at the moment I do not see any advantages that OA has over the other HIPS.

Also, I´m perhaps not the best software tester, but I often judge an app very quickly, I guess it´s that "look and feel" thing again. For example, I know that AppDefend/RegDefend are powerful apps, but when I tested them, some things (GUI and the way it behaved) annoyed me. So at the moment they are not on my list.

 

thought id update my config:

Resident:

nod32
looknstop
regrun gold
proxomitron
HostsMan (with MVPS Hosts, Mike's Hosts, and Block Adverts)
firefox extensions: javascript options, noscript, permit cookies, and netcraft toolbar

On-Demand:

ewido anti-malware
Spybot Search & Destroy

Other Security / System Hardening:

nLite'd Windows XP (with service tweaking based on TweakHound's guide)
RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack
Harden-it
BugOff
Windows Worms Doors Cleaner
Samurai HIPS
Spybot Search & Destroy immunization
spywareblaster
process explorer

 

Thanks Rasheed,

I'll try and make the website a bit easier to navigate around; As for the GUI .. hmm, well, I am sorry it's not to your taste If you have suggestions for improvement I will gladly take them on board.

Not to drift too far off topic: advantages of OA - hmmm. I think we have a few - breadth of coverage of features, support, upgrade/pricing policy and so on.

 

I'm thinking about posting mine for a while, but it's changing every two days or so.. Lol

nicM

 

@ MikeNash, well you can´t please everyone, I guess. And about the advantages, perhaps an idea to compare OA with Kaspersky 6, SSM, Prevx1 to name a few? Of course not in this thread.

And btw to name a few other apps that do not seem good enough at the moment: KAV 6, can´t believe how many bugs there are in it at the moment (if I look at the KAV Forum), plus it seems to be way too intrusive. I also had to dump BufferZone, nice concept but it´s a resource hog.

@ nicM, are you serious, there are not THAT many security apps I believe?