What is your security setup these days?

Well said my friend

 

Ad Muncher is indispensable for me; I've been using it for over six years now.

 

Been using Ad Muncher for a few years here, excellent piece of software, wouldn't surf the net without it.

 

Avast 7 beta

 

Me too

 

Shadow Defender (on-demand)
Keriver 1-Click Restore Free
MBAM Free
Hitman Pro
Windows 7 FW
Autorun/Autoplay disabled

 

How many Sandboxes are running at the same time, it just might be the reason for the conflict?

 

@JoeBlack40
well...it's always been like that.....pay for the NAME ....quality ? ...not so much.......but then again....no NAME brands will just not tie the knots with quality......so it's better to squeeze out whatever sweet honey that comes with NAME brands....even if it's too small........

@1chaoticadult
ad muncher blocks everything in your testing, ay?......well it sure banged the buck out of your browsing........

@Mongol
thx a lot......is oa a bit too much noisy ?........

 

added spyware blaster.

 

I mean blocks all the ads hehe

 

Ikarus

 

Nah. It was the fact that I have shadow defender installed. I went over things with triplehelix and tried a few things. Then someone mentioned that shadow defender had caused WSA to act funny. No worries. I went back to panda for the moment.

 

@1chaoticadult
roflmao.......guess I'm a little sloppy......

 

Now that I've got Kaspersky running well, I've brought Sandboxie back into the fold to run any suspicious files or test program installations.

 

@The Seeker
what's wrong with kaspersky's own sandbox feature saferun.........

 

That's available in Kaspersky Internet Security - I use Kaspersky Anti-Virus.

 

LOL you have the little sloppy disease

 

@The Seeker
ah! I see.........then great ...........

@1chaoticadult
well I'm trying to give away a little of this gift to all my buddies....but you already got one ....and you blame it on wat0114 ......

 

Back to KIS till avast 7 goes final

 

been wanting to try this one for a long time. May have the best detection of any AV product. I like the fact that it has a sandbox also.

 

Since I'm currently loitering around here waiting for a resolution to my Trialpay issue I figured I'd add my security setup here.

Anti-Malware (Realtime)
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Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 (I have extremely strict settings here as well
as custom rules setup in Application Control (I hate how everything becomes
"Trusted" and is given free run) to help limit applications from resources they
don't need to function).

WinPatrol 2012
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Anti-Malware (On-Demand):
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Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 (Full Scan every week, Critical Scan every 12 hours).
MBAM (Free) 1.60.1.1000
AdAware Free (Realtime Disabled)
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Preventative:
Peerblock
Keyscrambler Premium
SpywareBlaster 4.6
Sandboxie 3.64 (64-bit Paid) (Firefox is force sandboxed and the sandbox is erased
with Eraser when Firefox is closed with 35 Gutmann passes, I also have multiple other
sandboxes but I can't really list all those here)
EMET 2.1 (Maximal Security)
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Privacy:
Vidalia Bundle 0.2.15 with Polipo Privoxy chain.
TrueCrypt 7.1a (Encrypted entire drive with AES encryption and 42 character ASCII
random passkey generated from https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm
(I took only the first 42 to make the password slightly less of a hassle while maintaining security)
Drive may or may not have a hidden volume (I'll never tell ).
Eraser 6.09.2343 (35 Gutmann passes for empty space and file erase).
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Firefox Setup:
Torbutton 1.4.5.1 (Starts in Tor mode) Lots of specific changes here as well to make Tor more
secure and less painfully slow that I won't list (Gotta cut down the size of this post).
Adblock Plus 2.0.3 + Element HIding Extension 1.2.1 + PopUp Blocker Addon 0.3
Better Privacy 1.68
Cache Status 0.7.10 (For quick clearing of RAM cache between page views)
Cookie Monster 1.10 (For quick cleaning of cookies)
DNS Cache 1.7 (For quick cleansing/disabling of the DNS Cache)
Flashblock 1.5.15.1
Ghostery 2.7.1
HTTPS Everywhere 1.2.2
Link Password (Bookmark Encrypter)
MasterPassword+ 1.16.1 (For locking firefox when idle and prevent firefox from being launched
without the password)
Redirect Remover 2.6.4
NoScript 2.2.9
RefControl (Forges all headings to site's root)
TrackMeNot
WOT

Firefox is constantly in Private Browsing mode and denies all third party cookies. I've also done
some other tweaks to firefox that I will not list here (done in about:config)
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General Windows Settings:
I Strictly believe in LUA and as such I ran as a Standard user with UAC set to Always Notify. I also
take the time to limit programs from accessing resources they do not need. The administrator
account is backed by a 24 character random ASCII password from the site above (Made smaller
to make entering it into those constant UAC prompts less of a hassle I do not believe a large detriment
to security exists because of it). Login require both a Username and Password and Secure login is
enabled. I've also secured the Windows Account Database, and limited external access to my computer
from the network. Windows doesn't log programs, documents, etc. and CCleaner is scheduled via
Task Scheduler to run every 15 minutes and wipe temporary files with 35 Gutmann passes (I also have
a batch file for this purpose).

There's lots of other things I could list here that have helped add to my security though I'm sure
my post would be significantly longer. I welcome all suggestions and opinions especially those
regarding ways to improve the usability, security, and stability of my system. I also apologize in
advanced for any typos/mistakes in this post as it is quite long.

 

@Tomwa
what about the imaging software ?........I'd suggest you to remove AdAware Free........

 

I didn't list everything I have there (I got most I think) I use Acronis True Image for backups and why remove AdAware free? It doesn't really conflict with anything (No realtime scanning and doesn't remain active in the background) I guess it's probably a little redundant considering the setup though.

 

@Tomwa
ah I see.......with Acronis your setup is hard to penetrate......Adaware is more than reduntant with the things you got..........

 

Uninstalling it now, I used to use it as my main AV though that was quite a long time ago.