What is your security setup these days?

Oh ok J. Its up to you man. But still liked the long list lol

 

thinking of prevx maybe with mbam pro what a team

 

What your guys think of this free setup.

All freebie: Windows 7 x86
PandaCloud 1.3
Avira Antivir 10
LavaSoft Adware 9.0
Threatfire 4.7
PrivateFirewall 7.0
CloudMark DesktopOne 1.1
PeerGuardian

I don't see any slow down except when the setup scan for new download and installation. Then again I don't download much. Boot time added extra 5 seconds.

I think it is a well round suite

 

Overkill and overlap.

Avira is superior to Panda cloud. Drop Panda. Drop Adware for MBAM or SAS or even Hitman Pro. Peerguardian and Private FW is redundant. Pick one or the other. Id pick Private FW.

All freebie: Windows 7 x86
Avira Antivir 10
MBAM, SAS, or Hitman Pro
Threatfire 4.7
PrivateFirewall 7.0
CloudMark DesktopOne 1.1

 

Thanks...

That setup would also be good and minimal resource use.
PC Mag gave Panda and Adware "editor choice". Avir did not get suck good feedback except good remark for its blocking ability.

I will still try out your setup to see if it reduce the resource usage during download and install.

 

Does Private Firewall allow to block lists of IPs, as in import them? At their website, they mention

, but it doesn't mention nothing else self explanatory.

 

Nope, It's overkill.
Panda Cloud and PFW (HIPS enabled) should cover you very well.
CloudMark Really? I don't see the need unless you receive that much spam...

 

I think Panda and PFW is a good combination, but I threw in TF for an overlaping protection.

On bootup, PFW load up first then TF afterward. Panda 3th. One after another. I do not see any major slow down or conflict, as my CPU is never max over 65%.

I rather have an overkill system, at the same time, feel protected without an overweight system.

Anyway, I just playing around with these setup trying to get the best combination for the penny. Meant freebie =)

I take any suggestion to see which is best.

 

Little advice needed for never satisfied setup
win 7 64-bit

Realtime:
Norton 360 with advance firewall (Should I change it to Avira or Avast?)
Prevx Full
Sandboxie - Cover all net applications.
No Autorun
Winpatrol

Well I know many recommend Norton but internal testing shows otherwise..

 

Just drop Norton and don't pick anything else instead.

Sandboxie + Prevx Full + WinPatrol + Win 7 64-bit internals (like firewall, uac, sehop, dep) will serve you fine.

 

Upgrading my FireFox addon defense:

Now using: Ghostery
Adblock Plus

 

You can also add something like HMP along with the above.

 

Is Sandbox free --- forget it...i see it is a paid

 

Yes, it has a free version but with a few limitations.

See http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?FAQ_Licensing

 

Stopped using WinPatrol PLUS as I realised I never actually need it for anything. Also, went back to avast! Free; the Internet Security suite has too many things I don't want.

 

I'd be interested in finding out more. That would contradict recent professional tests.

 

I would take PCMag's ratings with a grain of salt.

 

Desktop
Defensewall - Since 2007

Ad Muncher - Since 2006

NOD32 - Since 2004
Have also use KAV since 2002. I swap them year to year.

Browser Sentinel - Since 2004

Running Windows XP SP3 with Windows firewall.

Laptop - Since October 2010
NOD32 64 Bit

Limit user account

Running Windows 7 64 bit with Windows firewall.

 

PC Mag had been my trusted source for review. Also I goes out and search the web for other reviews to compare with.

After that, I install the appz and test it out myself.

FYI. Privatefirewall HIPS was to annoying with all the popups and a little slow. Disable it and let Threatfire do the job.

Installing programs seem to have speed up by .5%

 

Well Rising PC Doctor is was a fun ride while it lasted, though do to some news being published I am going to have to split with you for a while.

 

Prvate Firewall, Kaspersky Antivirus 2011, Sandboxie (paid), Malwarebytes (on demand), SAS (on demand)

 

added Mbam Pro

 

of all of this program the one that i plan to keep and buy again is PrevX

 

Over rumors really?

 

Happy fifth anniversary to this thread

Then:
Windows XP Home SP2 (automatic updates set to prompt)
Linksys Router RT31P2 (hardware firewall)
Outpost Pro Firewall 3.0.557.5918 (437)(real-time spyware protection enabled)

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 5.0.390 (extended database enabled)
UnHackMe 2.5

DiamondCS ProcessGuard 3.150
DiamondCS WormGuard 3
RegDefend 2.001 (with custom Ghost Files from Kent and Tony Klein)
WinPatrol 9.8.1.0

SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.4 (Immunize enabled)
SpywareBlaster 3.4 (Ad-Aware custom blocking)
MVPS Hosts File (12/12/05)(Hosts File Manager Version 1.0.1.2 & HostsMan 1.2)
IE-SPYAD (12/12/05)

FraudEliminator 2.3 anti-phishing toolbar (for IE6)
CCleaner 1.26.218
MRU-Blaster 1.5

Resident On Demand Scanners:
Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06
A-squared scanner 1.6.1
Mischel TrojanHunter 4.2
Kephyr Bazooka 1.13.03
Trend Micro CWShredder Version 2.19
F-Secure Blacklight Rootkit Elimination 2.2.1007
Sysinternals RootkitRevealer 1.56
HijackThis 1.99.1
DllCompare

Now:
Windows XP Pro SP3 (automatic updates set to prompt)
Linksys Router RT31P2 (hardware firewall)
DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.09 (with Windows XP firewall)
Seconfig XP 1.1

Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.4
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.50

WinPatrol Plus 19.3.2010.5
SpywareBlaster 4.4 (with Ad-Aware custom blocking)
ClearCloud DNS
WOT, NoScript & Ghostery for Firefox 3.6.13
CCleaner 3.01.1327
MRU-Blaster 1.5

Resident on Demand Scanners:
Hitman Pro 3.5.7 Build 117
Mischel TrojanHunter 5.3 (994)
Sophos Anti-Rootkit 1.5.4
F-Secure BlackLight Rootkit Elimination 2.2.1092 Beta
Trend Micro Rootkit Buster 2.80.0.1077 Beta
RootAlyzer 0.3.4.47
SpyDLL Remover 4
Mischel Packed Driver Detector 1.0
Trend Micro HijackThis 2.0.4