What is your security setup these days?

As per signature.

 

indeed

 

Updated:
Windows 7 Home Premium "32bit" UAC + Standard Account
DefenseWall Firewall 3.09
Emsisoft Antimalware (File guard off, BB on, Surf Protection on)
Internet Explorer 9
Emsi Antimalware + MBAM On-Demand "weekly" and scan downloaded files
Puran Defrag free
Windows 7 backup and restore daily

I'm trying to not run a AV realtime. It is a difficult habit to break.

 

Yes it is.
But I don't think I'll ever go back to one.

 

You fearless one...

 

Windows 7 Professional 32-Bit

OS Internals (no extra overhead or cost)

• Safe Admin Tweaks [MANUAL] (UAC Hardened, Autorun and Autoplay disabled.)
• Software Restriction Policy (Disallowed: Set as default)
• Windows FW setup 2-way [IN/OUTBOUND: Block] (Improved via Baseline Security Templates)

Realtime protection

• Comodo Time Machine BETA FREE (Password Authentication to start Windows and CTM GUI settings)
• Spyshelter FREE (Password Protected / Auto Allow - Medium Security Level)
  [*] Emsisoft Antimalware (TRIAL) new!

Tool:

1. ProcessExplorer (replaced task manager)
2. Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 1.0 (for downloading Baseline Security Templates)
3. MS LocalGPO (for applying Baseline Security templates) :
   Baseline Security Template: (Merged IE8SSLFUser -> IE8SSLFComputer -> Win7SSLFUser -> Win7SSLFDesktop : Allow Legacy Apps to run, Allow Administrators Group to debug programs to fix compatibility with EMET)
4. EMET 2 (Maximum Security Setting)
5. CCleaner

Setup:

1. Google Chrome (Browser) ( --safe-plugins | Virtualized by OS | Low Integrity | click-to-play plugin )
   
2. Media Players ( Virtualized by OS | Low Integrity | EMET2)
   
3. All Download directories is in separate partition with low rights, deny ACL to prevent low rights processes executing in low rights container
   (downloaded low rights processes can't execute in medium / high rights directories)
   
4. Locked down IE8 through Group Policy and FW for on-line banking + EMET2
5. Norton DNS

[/QUOTE]

 

Agree!

 

Ditto

 

i was wrong earlier in thinking Macrium was as fast as Windows 7 for imaging.
i think i got carried away in my enthusiasm...

anyway, i just did some test:

Windows 7 :
17 GB used space compressed to 11.2 GB and restored in about 10 minutes.

Macrium Reflect Free:
image compressed to 7 GB and restored in about 20 minutes.

Active@ Boot Disk:
image compressed to 7 GB and restored in about 11 minutes.

i did not post the times it took to do the backups because they were fast and similar.
well, fast compared to the time it takes to restore the images.

 

Ha ha!
avast! is gone and MBAM Pro is now on-demand.
Put Prevx back on.
Getting leaner.

 

good setup Page.

I am liking mine to.

 

I am still waiting for Rising to release Rising PC Doc that fully supports Windows 7. Its a great tool just not full Win 7 support. Its cloud scanner was always my favorite, it was taking the place of WD SpyNet.

I have yet to find a cloud like app that acted like SpyNet/Rising Cloud defense and worked well on my setup.

 

defenitly SpyShelter Premium is very cool and it will for sure run here full time

 

This thread is so large, this will get lost quickly. Head on over to the backup/imaging forum for more details and so that everyone can enjoy and find it.

The being said, I have used it for maybe 2 years now, have made, I dunno, 100 images or so. Only one ever had an issue, and that was written to a network share, so who knows.

An image tool is an image tool I suppose, as long as it works. When I first tried macrium, I liked it a lot right away. Even better that for me it compresses pretty well and is very fast for how I use it. I like the bartPE plugin a lot as well. I have read others have had issues, but it has been nothing short of stellar for me.

Sul.

 

I'm thinking of going the same route with Online Armor but with GesWall instead of sandboxie and drop MSE. Wonder how that combo would work.

 

And you'd replace PC Tools FW, right?
OA is a sweet program AFAIC. I really like the HIPS. And the FW itself, for me, is way better than the one I was using previously, which was ZAP. By "way better", I mean ease-of-use and getting along nicely with other security components. I also ran GeSWall Pro for quite awhile, and I really liked it. I found that I needed help configuring some things over time, but that was not a drawback as support (email, not forum) was always right there for me. The combo I am running now, so far, seems like the very best all around in terms of protection, performance, and lack of conflicts.

 

Added Shadowdefender on demand. Just in case I missed something with sandboxie. Scanners can only find so much. If it plays nice once out of the sandbox then it gets commited. If not, then its a quick reboot and bye bye malware.

 

That's reassuring about Macrium, Sul, thanks. I've just had a frustrating couple of days with a leading (and bloated) imaging program that kept unformatting my partitions when trying to install the image. Never got it working, so I am looking for a simple imaging program that's super-reliable. I'll start a thread in the backup area about Macrium, and quote what you've said here.

 

That's a powerful combination, Page42. These days I'm just trying different programs to see what fits well with Sandboxie.

Trying Macrium. Removed CCleaner. Burned a Linux Puppy disk.

 

And I'm always interested in seeing what you are up to, in terms of your search for a good supplement to SBIE.

BTW, was the "leading (and bloated) imaging program that kept unformatting my partitions when trying to install the image" by any chance Acronis? I hope not. I've had wonderful success with that program, and have recently purchased (though haven't yet installed) TI2011. I cringe when I hear bad reports.

 

Yes, I would uninstall PC Tools firewal and MSE, and install Online Armor. Also, forgot to mention, with firefox, currently using Drop My Rights, Keyscrambler, adblocker and WOT. So I think I'll give it a whirl and see where I end up

 

I hesitate naming the company, because my one experience doesn't say much about the over-all reliability. What's the expression? Individual data doesn't equal truth, or something like that but more non-mangled. Besides, the company gave me a partial refund (at first they said no way, 30 days, etc, but then relented when I said I was active on Wilders )

 

The power of Wilders.

 

I am going tell you folks, you can keep your scanners and like. I am confused why more are not grasping the ability like AppGuard. You are literally 100 percent protected from any new malware.

My one issue going in was adapting it to 3 other users of different tastes. It really wasnt hard but each knew that a scan with Hitman Pro was required after coming out of Off Protection back to High. Other then that, this is no doubt, the best software I have ever used. And I mean that. Sorry, to any other friends but it is frigging awesome.

And I am talking about the beta because to me it is like night and day over the current released product.

 

This is indeed good for ppl who like anti-executable..