What is your security setup these days?

New.

-AntiVir Personal
-Process Guard Free
-Theatfire
-Kerio 2

 

What do u use for a anti virus on your vista setup?? or am i missing something here. thanks

 

Family PC (XP-MCE/SP2)
FSIS 2008
My PC (XP-PRO/SP3)
AntiVir (on-demand)
ThreatFire (advanced rules)
Returnil
and betas that I don't dare put on the family pc
Both are using
HijackThis
D-Link router
IE7-PRO
various on-line scanners

changed or added...

 

Hi RTistic, Vista setup isn't done yet. I don't use my Vista image as I am always on XP and prefer it. Anyways, with both Sandboxie and Returnil enabled, an Antivirus would be additional protection and not really needed. My Vista image is however awaiting an Online Armor AV+ Vista compatible version.

dja2k

 

FULL LIST MAY 17, 2008

NETWORK
Two Linksys Wrt54g Routers (DD-WRT Flashed) in WDS Mode
SPI Firewall Enabled
MAC Filtering Enabled for Wi-Fi

RESIDENT - XP MCE 2005 SP3 <--- Primary OS
Online Armor AV+ 2.1.0.1xx (Beta)
- Custom Bluetach Blacklists Enabled (For Global and P2P Dependent)
- RunSafer Enabled for all Browsers, Email Clients, Messengers, Media Players
Sandboxie 3.26 (Paid)
- Enabled for all Browsers and Email Clients
- Immediate Recovery Enabled
- Automatic Sandbox Delete Enabled
Script Sentry 2.7.1 (All Extensions Associated)
Process Explorer 11.13 (Task Manager Replacement Enabled)
Hostsman's HostsServer (MVPS Hosts File)

RESIDENT - VISTA ULTIMATE SP1 <--- Backup OS
RVS 2008 Premium Edition 2.0.0.5007
- Session Lock is used when needed
Norton Antibot 1.1.838
Hostsman's HostsServer (MVPS Hosts File)
Windows Firewall: on
UAC: off, Windows Defender: off

HARDENING - XP
Harden-It (All Default Recommended)
Bugoff (All Enabled)
SeconfigXP (Configured for Home)
Security & Privacy Complete (Custom)
Advanced System Optimizer (Custom)

OTHER - XP & VISTA
Hostsman (MVPS host file)
Spyware Blaster (Immunized)
Sybot Search & Destroy (Immunized)
A-Squared Anti-Malware (Free)
DrWeb CureIt
KeyScrambler (Firefox Plugin)
OpenDNS (Enabled \ Static IP Configured)

BROWSERS - XP & VISTA
Firefox 3 (Beta 5)
Internet Explorer 8 (Beta 1)
Opera 9.50 (Beta)

BACKUP
Acronis True Image 10
Acronis Disk Director Suite 10
Acronis OS Selector 10

dja2k

 

dja2k, quite the thread you started here. It's nearly 2 & 1/2 years since it started. It's funny to see that the more things change, the more they stay the same! I was just showing my wife this thread from the beginning, and it's amazing to see the very many people, you included, that have remained faithful to their main security-apps. over the years...

 

The nerve of you 19monty64 for saying that. You know I have changed my set up over more times over the last 2 1/2 years than there are the number of people who have posted here. LOL. Seriously though. Take care old friend.

Avast Home 4.8
ThreatFire
PC Tools Firewall

Yeah I'm using a firewall again.

Tick... Tock....

 

Well keep us posted about ThreatFire.
All the threats of ThreatFire I've seen upto now, where all executable files.
I would like to see something else as a threat than an executable, because I've already a full whitelist protection against unauthorized executables (AE).

 

Vista 32 SP1 set-up "changes" in bold as of 5/13/08:

Resident:

DefenseWall HIPS v2.40[Update]
Netgear RP614 v2 Router w/NAT & SPI
Primary Response SafeConnect v3.0.0.1443
Vista Firewall

On-Demand:

Autoruns
AVZ Antiviral Toolkit
GMER
Prevx CSI+
Process Explorer
RegRun Reanimator
Returnil 2008 Personal Edition
RootKit Hook Analyzer
SUPERAntiSpyware Free
System Repair Engineer(SREng)

System Hardening:

Applied manual system hardening tweaks
Disabled non-essential Vista services
Enabled hardware DEP for all programs and services(OptOut)
Uninstalled Java Runtime Environment
Windows Worms Door Cleaner

Backup:

ERUNT(registry)
Paragon Drive Backup

Miscellaneous:

Primary Web Browser - Latest Opera v9.5 Beta(w/UserJS scripts; Java disabled, JavaScript enabled(userscripts only), but with options disabled, Iframes disabled and plug-ins disabled);(https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1207602&postcount=6)
Email Client - The Bat! Home
Disable UAC with TweakUAC
Disabled Windows Defender


Peace & Gratitude,

CogitoErgoSum

 

Vista64 box SP1
- Comodo FW/D+ reduced https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=207773
- Primary Response Safe Connect -
- AVG 8 free with linkscanner BHO's disabled in IE (icon displays normal, but slowdown of retrieveing central rating data base disabled)

XP box SP3
- Comodo FW/D+ reduced https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=207773
- DefenseWall 2.4 final
- ThreatFire

Behind a router with Nat/SPI firewall

 

Yep that sure is correct! I am amazed that this thread is still going strong even after all this time. I don't change my setup that often anymore like you noticed, my primary interest now is Tallemu's Online Armor. I am glad though that people still come and post in this thread; some of you have been posting since I started this thread back in 2005 .

dja2k

 

I am a beginner but this is what I am using so far:

Returnil, Sandboxie

threatfire, WinPatrol, Spyware Blaster, Superantispyware, XP antispyware, PrevX CSI, Spyware Blaster, XP antispyware, Safe XP

Dr Web, Eset

ZoneAlarm free....(I have had problems with firewalls slowing me down and messing up all of my fun, so I switched to ZA. But I am thinking of going with Kaspersky's security suite)

KeyScrambler

Advanced Windows Care Pro

R-Wipe, ATF Cleaner, Ccleaner, Sweepi,

XB Pro

I am thinking of adding DefenseWall and First Defense ISR and Maybe ShadowProtect but I don't know how to use them yet. I am trying to take this one step at a time. But I can tell you that I absolutely love Returnil.

 

That is quite a list there caspian! Are my eyes deceiving me, I see several antispyware apps (you actually typed Spyware Blaster & XP antispyware twice in the list) and two antivirus even though you are fully virtualized with Sandboxie and Retrunil. And you still want to add Defensewall.....?

If you go with KIS, I would just keep these:

Returnil, Sanboxie, Spyware Blaster, Superantispyware, Safe XP, KeyScrambler, Advanced Windows Care Pro, R-Wipe, ATF Cleaner, Ccleaner, Sweepi,

I wouldn't add Defensewall and well I know some people use FD-ISR with ShadowProtect which works well for them.

These are purely my suggestions and opinions.

dja2k

 

It's a record for me, going on four month's. Avira & SAS Pro

 

Returnil and Eset AV

 

added Ad Muncher 4.72
see sig

 

New setup on 'dummy' PC:

Malware removal:
Task Killer
ComboFix
SDFix

Security apps:
Acronis True Image
Faronics Deep Freeze
Returnil Virtual System
SandboxIE
Hide My IP Platinum


That's all!
I like surfing dangerously

 

See Sig

 

Primary PC with Win XP SP2+ (for main jobs)

Firefox with NoScript plugin
Rootkit Unhooker v3.7

Virtual Machine: VMWare WinXP SP2+ (for dangerous jobs and testing)

Firefox with NoScript plugin
Rootkit Unhooker v3.7
IceSword 1.22
NOD32
Sandboxie
Comodo FW
Comodo BoClean

 

Hi CogitoErgoSum,

Out of curiosity, how do you harden your system by disabling UAC and Windows Defender?

 

What you see below. Alternate AVs with Dr. Web, Avira, Eset, Norton, AVG, and F-Protect.

 

Hello Osaban,

Now that I think about it, you can't. That is quite a funny oversight. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.


Peace & Gratitude,

CogitoErgoSum

 

AV: NOD32
FW: Comodo V3.0
AS: Spybot S&D, Win Defender

Have got plans to install Spyware Blaster

 

Yet another setup:

-AVG 8 Free (installed w/o link scanner)
-Threatfire 3.14
-Kerio 2

 

Laptop

KIS 2009
DefenseWall


PC

Avira Premium
Vista Firewall Control
DefenseWall

Both setups run very light.