What is your security setup these days?

I was more specific, I referred to the link, where the problem was explained and with all your remarks. This thread is about security setups and changes. If you found other bugs, I will certainly not use it anymore.
I found at least the bug, nobody else did during more than 7 years. That is weird and raises the question : "Are newbies better than experts ?"

 

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changed
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XP setup 1 & 2

Resident:

Look 'n' Stop
NOD32
Online Armor free

On-Demand:

none

Other Security / System Hardening:

nLite'd Windows XP SP2 (with service tweaking based on TweakHound's guide)
RyanVM's Post-SP2 Windows XP Update Pack
Seconfig XP
SocketLock
xp-AntiSpy
Process Explorer
Firefox extensions: AdBlock Plus, CS Lite, NoScript, and RefControl

 

Yeah, i re-read that. Really is a shame because it seems like such a light-weighted issue that could be easily resolved, furthermore, i can't believe more users haven't knocked on the door of it's developer for a potential update and bug fixes long, long ago, but then again, it is REALLY OLD anyway.

More On Topic:

Finally Added This! I forgot to uninstall Power Shadow when installing this but no matter, now i have 2 choices. No conflicts of interest, it's either one or the other. With Retunil you have the virtue of a virtual drive to stow away downloads or move local programs to.

 

I agreed with hiTech_B on his observation of this folder!

Just NEED to follow the golden rules in Safe-Surfin + a couple of critical security apps would more than make up the "hardening" of a rig. So, here is mine~

On my private rigs (3clients + 2mobiles) -
Real-Time: VBA32; SuperAS (mobiles)
on-Demand: clamAV + spyBotS&D (mobiles)
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Real-Time: VBA32; Nod32; CSAV (clients)
On-demand: clamAV + Norman_MC (clients)

At work, the operation was logistically related...
At work (corp data 24/7 ctr) -
Real-Time: vba32 (server editions)
on-Demand: clamAV (premier backup) + spyBotS&D
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Distributed Clients (nationwide)
Real-Time: CSAV
on-Demand: clamAV + spyBotS&D

Of course, we do use additional sec apps but those are all for monitoring only.

 

I am still running the same setup as before which is listed in my sig.

dja2k

 

My set-up is in my signature.

 

Latest "changes" in bold as of 10/21/07:

Resident:

DefenseWall HIPS v2.05
Look'n'Stop 2.06[+Phant0m's latest v8 r/s]
Netgear RP614 v2 Router w/NAT & SPI
Primary Response SafeConnect v2.2.0.1187

On-Demand:

Autoruns
AVZ Antiviral Toolkit
BitDefender v10(Free);[Installed]
CounterSpy v2.5
GMER
IceSword
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Beta
Process Explorer
Returnil[Installed]
RootKit Hook Analyzer
Rootkit Unhooker
Runscanner
Sentinel
SUPERAntiSpyware Pro v3.9
TrojanHunter 5
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

System Hardening:

Applied manual system hardening tweaks
Disabled most WinXP SP2 services
Harden-It
Removed Netmeeting
Removed Windows Messenger
Samurai
Windows Worms Door Cleaner

Miscellaneous:

Primary Web Browser - Opera 9.50 Alpha Weekly Build(w/UserJS scripts)
Email - PocoMail


Peace & Love,

CogitoErgoSum

 

ADDED: To one of FD-ISR's snapshots for review.

OnlineArmor (free)

FileChangeAlarm

 

See my sig

I replaced Jetico1 by OA free because the first one is no longer supported for some time by now

 

I see a lot of people are switching or testing out Online Armor now that its free, thats excellent! No wonder they say that the best things in life are FREE.

dja2k

 

Someone should take an average of all the programs people use and post that.

It would take ages to look through 63 pages of security set ups @.@

Like everyone else, I just want to know what the best of the best is.

Low CPU usage + prevention of spyware

 

their isnt a best, well at least some think so. The best advice is to read the threads. There really isnt a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, except the one that eventually works well for you.

 

Well, tests can be run that test the efficiency of spyware programs. I remember seeing results of tests a couple years ago for some of the leading commericial programs that showed which program had the best rate of detection etc.

 

there are sites, google them. And everyone will give you a different conclusion. My tests say that SAS, AVG-AS, CounterSpy, Trend Micro antispyware,Spy Doctor and Spy Sweeper will rank the highest at all of them.

And then their are AVs that are just as good.

 

AntiVirPEC 7.06
OnlineArmor 2.1.0.18
Opera 9.24
D-Link 604
WSF 101

I see Avira has worked out the "bugs"... *****

 

Added : PC Security as Data Partition Protection.

 

It's in my signature.

Resident:
-Avast
-GhostWall
-WinPatrol (i like it very much)

On demand:
-A-squared Free (twice a month)
-Sophos Antirootkit (twice a month)
-Windows Woorms Doors Cleaner (only when I have new system or when I want to check my security)
-Tcpinfo (to find open ports)

 

This is my current setup:

PC1 (Windows XP) - My PC
AV: Nod32 (real-time), Kaspersky (on-demand)
Firewall: Router (hardware) , Outpost Pro (software)
Antispyware: SAS Pro (real-time), Counterspy (on-demand)
Hardening: SpywareBlaster, Peer Guardian 2, Safe Xp, Secure It, Harden It, IE7 Pro
Privacy: Windows Washer
HIPS: SSM Free (When surfing dangerously)
Encryption: TrueCrypt
System Eraser: DBAN
Backup: FD-ISR snapshot (replaces system restore), Acronis True Image 11

PC2 (Windows Vista) - Family PC
Security: KIS 7, Windows Defender
Privacy: Windows Washer
System Eraser: DBAN
Backup: Acronis True Image 11

Any opinions on how i could improve either setup?

 

Windows XP PRO SP2 (automatic updates set to prompt)
Linksys Router RT31P2 (hardware firewall)
Comodo Firewall Pro 2.4

AVG Free 7.5

DiamondCS Port Explorer

SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.4 (Immunize enabled)
SpywareBlaster 3.4
PeerGuardian

sandboxie 3.02
C/Cleaner 1.26.218
MRU-Blaster 1.5

Resident or On Demand Scanners
AVG Anti-rootkit
Spyware Doctor
Spywareguard 2.2
Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06
Mischel TrojanHunter 5.0
HijackThis 2.02
Prevx 2.0 (like the detection of in the wild malware hate the lockups)

Online Scanners
CounterSpy spyware scan
Jotti's malware scan
Trend Micro Housecall online virus scan
Eset online scanner
Panda activescan

had PGP need to reinstall it...
I'd say that covers it....

 

After trial n error I have removed a few programs and added some.
Now there is no conflicts,no system burp's/hiccups,no unexpected reboots,no explorer crashes,no system hangs and pc is quite fast.
Now if I can just stay with this setup for a while so I don't screw up a nice stable system.

 

Winter must be near, everyone is starting to pile on the layers.

 

My security setup, amazingly, hasn't changed much in the past months.

Blink Personal

and I've recently added

SnoopFree

that's it. I've finally learned not to mess with what seems to be working.

 

changes in sig

 

Added
Removed

Resident

ZA Free
Online Armor (Free)
McAfee AV
Spyware Terminator (No HIPS)
Hostsman
BOClean
SSM Free
Spyware Blaster
SUPERAntiSpyware (Paid)

On Demand

Spybot
Ad-Aware SE
AVG
A-squared

Other

Firefox with NoScript,AdBlock+,Scrapbook,Site Advisor,RefControl,CookieSafe,Filterset.G,Tab Mix Plus
Sandboxie
CCleaner
Easy Cleaner
Filemap by BB
FingerPrint
WhatsRunning
RegShot
Tiny Watcher
MJ Registry Watcher
FileChangeAlarm
Returnil

 

OS: Windows XP Pro SP2

Removed: Neoava Guard
Added: Antivir Classic, Comodo Memory Guardian (I might also add AVG AS Free).

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Realtime:

System Safety Monitor Pro | ZoneAlarm Pro | Comodo Memory Guardian

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On demand:

Antivir Classic

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System hardening:

BugOff | SafeXP | Security & Privacy | SocketLock | DropMyRights (Software Restriction Policies)*

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* Running browsers, media players, picture viewers, MS Office, PDF & ZIP tools in non-admin/restricted mode.
* .BAT, COM, EXE, PIF, SCR, REG, SHB, SHS, MSP and CRT files are not allowed to run without approval.