What is your security setup these days?

My current security setup:



Acadia

 

Returnil 2008 beta and Threatfire.

 

Drweb 4.44 and Prevx 2.0 with Rollback RX Pro and a business-standard router firewall.

system mechanic 7 and firefox with a few security/speed extensions.

it will stay this way for many years im sure, unless changes arise in the programs.

 

Thanks
System policies can be quite powerful.

 

When is the last time you became suspicious of some forced intrusion:

Nice List

 

All (no freebies) with latest def/engine updates:

ZA Pro
a-squared antimalware
McAfee Enterprise AV
BO Clean
CounterSpy

 

Hmmmm......BoClean is not free anymore

 

I've changed again, and think I've found at least one program that I'll be keeping for a long time.

Raxco FD-ISR Build 205 with frozen snapshot from a couple of days ago. This will never leave my computer.

SafeSpace

Threatfire (debating whether it's needed.)

Paragon HDM with several images on a second drive just in case.

Hardware firewall on router and external modem.

 

Fresh Tweaked hardened install.

 

New Vista 32 set-up as of 12/25/07(work-in-progress):

Resident:

DefenseWall HIPS v2.10
Netgear RP614 v2 Router w/NAT & SPI
Primary Response SafeConnect v3.0.0.1443
Vista Firewall

On-Demand:

Autoruns
AVZ Antiviral Toolkit
BitDefender v10(Free)
GMER
IceSword
Process Explorer
RootKit Hook Analyzer
Rootkit Unhooker
Runscanner
SUPERAntiSpyware Free

System Hardening:

Applied manual system hardening tweaks
Disabled non-essential Vista services
Enabled Software DEP for all programs and services
Disabled UAC
Disabled Windows Defender
Windows Worms Door Cleaner

Miscellaneous:

Primary Web Browser - Opera 9.50 Beta Weekly Build(w/UserJS scripts; Java disabled, JavaScript enabled, but with options disabled, Iframes disabled and plug-ins disabled)
Email - The Bat! Home


Peace & Gratitude,

CogitoErgoSum

 

Just changed configuration to:

Nod32 2.70.39
Comodo 3.0.13.268
WinPatrol Plus
Firefox

Smooth as silk and little impact on system resources.

 

After some diversions, I am back to the old tried and true

 

ShadowDefender and Threatfire working for me.

 

A few changes and this is the way it will stay...at least for a year or so.

Resident:

DefenseWall v. 2.10
OnLine Armor v.2.1.0.31 Paid
AVG Pro (bought with Firewall but took out to run FW in OnLine Armor
WinPatrol Plus
SpyWareBlaster
SpyWareGuard

On Demand:

SuperAntiSpyware Pro

Restore:

BootBack
EAZ-FIX pro

Other:

CookieWall
Ccleaner
MailWasher Pro
Linksys Router

 

ShadowDefender now and nothing else. I trust in it and my computer loves not being bogged down with scanning applications.

 

router: linksys WAG54GS
antivirus: nod32 2.70.39
firewall: comodo 3.0.14.276
antispyware: spybot search & destroy

I use this setup on a my sole home laptop used by all the family for net surfing, emails, poadcasting..etc, also i use P2P programs like utorrent, emule and limewire to download music and films.
Do you think i'm protected enough?

p.s. only joined this forum a week ago now and i think its great..keep up the good work guys..thanks!

 

Hi zorbis and welcome!

dja2k

 

ShadowDefender is certainly the perfect REMOVAL tool during REBOOT.
The crucial question is : does it stop the EXECUTION of malware between two reboots ?

 

everything I have seen says yes. I have run scans by 3 top AVs and different other tools and have yet to find anything after a reboot or coming out of shadowmode. Is the the perfect solution, well we all know that answer. But it is about to take a big jump into the area of VMWare and others for a fraction of the cost.

 

I think Erik is asking if you use anything to prevent malware from running. Shadow Defender would only remove stuff after reboot.

 

Nothing. Firefox and a tight hardware router.

 

This is indeed the maximum minimum and equal to Mrkvonic's F2.

 

well I mean hell, what am I going to run. A AV that may detect something and may not. Or a HIPS program that to be perfectly honest, most I dont understand, well except Threatfire which I did have on. I mean in 4 years I have been infected one time, by a keylogger and that is it. I have Outlook set to read all emails in plain text. I have run AVG in shadowmode and it finds nothing with Firefox. I use some common sense and I think I am as safe as I was when I was bogged down with all the security products I use to run. Minus the speed I have now. I think a program like this, coupled with a good recovery program, which I am getting tonight, a good firewall and some common sense will fit the bill for most. If it doesnt, then I pay the price. But I am betting that with Shadow Defender, I am as safe as I was before.

 

On XP box:
- Mamuto (goy a lisence and changed temporarely TF Pro, just to see how faster Mamuto feels than TF)
- AVAST standard shield turbed off, others rxcept oulook modules on
- DefenseWall
- Opera

Vista64
- running LUA in quiet mode (see TweakUAC)
- Defender
- Primary Response Safe Connect
- Avira with heuristics high, check against blacklist at write only
- VistaFireWall control 1.2 To check who is phoning home
- IE7(32b) in protected mode and HauteSecure beta

Plax-box (XP)
- Online Amor Free with webbrowser (all internet facing apps) as un safer.
- ThreatFire with standard rules posted

Regards K

 

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