What is your security setup these days?

you know you slap my face my friend

 

Changed over to Emsisoft Anti-Malware 6.0 Beta.

 

J what are you using with MBAM pro for your 64 bit?

 

Thanks, I never knew I could get such thumbs up (even sarcasm) in KISS-friendly Wilders.

http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?ExperimentalProtection

I like to get performance, stability, compatibility updates as well. Also, I prefer doing things manually.

 

k i have Mbam Pro and Spyshelter Premium

 

RT/OA
Avast! Internet Security 6.0.1203
WinPatrol Plus 20.5.2011

OD
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Free
Hitman Pro 3.5.9 Build 129 (Paid)
SUPERAntiSpyware 5 Free

NW
TP TL-WR340G 54M Wireless G Router (SPI Firewall)
Mozilla Firefox 6.0 (NoScript, AdBlock Plus, Avast! WebRep)
Google Chrome (AdBlock Plus, Avast! WebRep)

OSH
Disabled autorun/autoplay
Disabled Windows Firewall
Disabled Windows Defender
Disabled Windows System Restore
Blocked unsigned drivers (tweak)
Disabled detection of application installations (tweak)
User Account Control (set to always notify)
EMET 2.1 (maximum settings, Internet-facing apps covered)

R/SR/B
Rollback Rx

 

thats good J..

 

Yeah, GW isn't any like DW. Nothing can be as strong as DW.

Interesting, I didn't know that.
I tried GW a year ago it caused BSOD in my XP3. Now I have Win7 maybe I'll try it.

 

Why did you choose for using avast's firewall included in the internet security suite, and not just using avast! Pro Antivirus together with Windows Firewall?

 

Heh, true. But the free version with Pro version rules comes close

There is a trick to copy the rules for applications, from pro version to free. You install the trial, go to the installation folder and copy Geswall.dat to a safe place in your hard drive. After 15 days when the trial expires and reverts to the free version you just paste back the Geswall.dat. And so you have the rules of pro version for free and you don' have to make rules yourself.

Did you have other security apps installed (realtime) with GesWall? When it BSOD'd.

I had problem with GesWall that it cut internet whenever i tried to use chrome/chromium to access net. Internet Explorer worked fine tho but i got enough Problem was probably my setup with GesWall. Sandboxie Free, Webroot SecureAnywhere, Returnil and GesWall. Was no go

 

Because avast!'s firewall is better than Windows FW?

 

Got my 1 year license for Vipre

 

Back to avast! Free. Thinking of actually running from a LUA and ditching AV.

 

Thank you. If I give GW a try then I'll use the trick.

I had Comodo Internet Security and Comodo Time Machine. The latter helped me to rollback. It always helps.

When I studied GW it wasn't so strong in security as the Sandboxie. Is it the same now?

 

Well, I've done it - no AV. Switched to a standard user account, so am now relying on MBAM PRO and common sense.

 

Installed Vipre Antivirus. It seems to be lite so far..

(But I'll be back, Panda! )

 

same here and mbam pro updates daily and they work hard to removed malware that the antiviruses normally missed from day to day and i also tweak my registry-1806

 

I thought you used bluecoat k9 protection J?

 

been going without a real-time AV for over a year.
hell, look at my sig, im practically 'naked'.

for what it's worth, i think the threat of malware is greatly exaggerated.

 

k in my kids pc i have k-9 i think you made k-9 for the k thing

 

I certainly agree with you here. Employing safe surfing and computing habits is by far the most efficient and effective protection. I haven't been infected for years, the last time I encountered an infection was three years ago on my parents pc (just running AVG Anti-Virus Free back then). The only thing my antivirus product, ESET, did in all that time was blocking some dodgy URL's (so I had to disable ESET to be able to visit them ).

 

if you are the only person using your machine, then protection is a no-brainer.

but if you have relatives using your machine you better be prepared.

 

Knos Demo at last i had a chance to try it

so far so Good it Look like a trimmed down Linux

Good interface

 

Well, running as a standard user turned out to be quite a ball ache. Back to running as admin with avast! Free.

 

same experience here.
why not run admin with UAC?