Which Host Intrusion Protection System (HIPS) are you using?

Discussion in 'polls' started by richrf, Aug 3, 2005.

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Which Host Intrusion Protection System (HIPS) are you using?

  1. Abtrusion Protector

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  2. AntiHook

    9 vote(s)
    5.4%
  3. Online Armor

    22 vote(s)
    13.1%
  4. Prevx (any version)

    24 vote(s)
    14.3%
  5. ProcessGuard

    58 vote(s)
    34.5%
  6. RegDefend

    31 vote(s)
    18.5%
  7. Safe N' Secure

    12 vote(s)
    7.1%
  8. System Safety Monitor

    16 vote(s)
    9.5%
  9. Other

    19 vote(s)
    11.3%
  10. Installed but then uninstalled (please comment why)

    6 vote(s)
    3.6%
  11. Interested but waiting

    14 vote(s)
    8.3%
  12. Not at all interested

    10 vote(s)
    6.0%
  13. I have no idea what HIPS is

    11 vote(s)
    6.5%
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  1. toploader

    toploader Registered Member

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    i guess you could say that HIPS is like installing infra-red and movement detectors in the house checking if somebody has got in and sounding the alarm.

    sandboxie is more like setting up a dummy house within a real house - the burglar thinks he has broken into the real house but all the valuables are fakes just like the dummy house. :D
     
  2. ErikAlbert

    ErikAlbert Registered Member

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    That sounds alot better LOL.
    Sandboxie and ShadowUser are based on the same philosophy : "Whatever you do, it won't hurt your computer." and that's very good because not even the undiscovered malwares can't hurt you. So it means FREEDOM.
    In theory it's a foolproof protection, unless Sandboxie/ShadowUser is compromised itself of course LOL.
    BUT there is one problem with these softwares, they don't allow any change on your harddisk, even the GOOD changes and that's a problem.

    Sandboxie works only for specific programs, but ShadowUser works for your whole system.
    So ShadowUser needs to be configured very carefully in order to ALLOW the good changes and once you allow changes with ShadowUser, I wonder if ShadowUser will still offer a foolproof protection.
    Suppose ShadowUser is the ONLY security software on your computer and no firewall, no scanners, no shields, no nothing and you do whatever you want on the internet without any discipline. Will your computer still be CLEAN after six months ?
    It's extreme but interesting to test, just to prove how good or bad ShadowUser really is.
    If I had a second computer and ShadowUser for free, I would have done this already, because I would like to see this with my own eyes in stead of trusting other people.
     
    Last edited: Sep 26, 2005
  3. Joliet Jake

    Joliet Jake Registered Member

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    Used to have Process Guard but because of Evenbalance's actions I had to remove it. (gamer):rolleyes:

    Kerio has HIPS installed so I think I'm using that now.
     
  4. MushfiQ

    MushfiQ Registered Member

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    Do Harden iT,Secure It & Samurai counts? Using all with no ill effect on my system so far...Secure it might be redundant cause Samurai covers all the bases. Would give Anti Hook a run when the upcoming version would come by next month :cool:
     
  5. Ivo

    Ivo Registered Member

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    Hi Everybody,

    I’m really glad to see how many people now realise the need of “HIPware”.

    Thanks for your feedback on AntiHook! That helps us to keep improving it.

    Thanks,
     
  6. AvianFlux

    AvianFlux Registered Member

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  7. Delabio

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    Exactly same here :D
     
  8. yahoo

    yahoo Registered Member

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    Double layered defense:

    Tiny Firewall Pro
    ShadowUser Pro
     
  9. SpikeyB

    SpikeyB Registered Member

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    At the moment, I'm using the one that's built into windows XP Pro. It's called the Software Restriction Policy.
     
  10. Kees1958

    Kees1958 Registered Member

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    Running:

    - PrevX home free (shiels windows vulnarable files, registry and protects phsical memory overflow)
    - ProcessGuard free (control program startup/termination and protectsa against process modification)
    - DefenseWall paid 30 US$, sandbox for Outlook Express, LimeWire and IE

    Other
    - ANTIVIR free (active Antivirus, second in test of AV-COmparitives)

    I have no antispyware program, from time to time I use the Ad-aware free scanner, but it never finds critial objects.
     
  11. nadirah

    nadirah Registered Member

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    I use antihook and processguard, but I use the free versions. I hate it when it comes to paid software. I ain't that rich.
     
  12. iceni60

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    i use apparmor, but i haven't really configured it yet. last time i configured Opera and apparmor it started asking if it should protect stuff in the cache lol, then i reconfigured it and opera wouldn't run :p

    maybe i'll have a look at snort and tripwire o_O
     
  13. egghead

    egghead Registered Member

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    System Safety Monitor (license)

    and

    trialing Prevx1R

    Love them both :thumb: :cool:
     
  14. nadirah

    nadirah Registered Member

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    GESWall can be classified as a HIPS program too.
    HIPS is a broad-range 4-letter term that can be applied to security programs that prevent threats from infecting a computer in the first place.
     
  15. sosaiso

    sosaiso Registered Member

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    I thought I had a good handling on HIPS. Then I had a look at AppArmor. And I pretty much experienced the same thing [Opera wouldn't even start up until I removed the profile].

    If there was a poll about which HIPS is the more confusing and hardest to use, then AppArmor has got to be it, in my experience at least.

    @iceni
    Are you using SNORT for your network or just your desktop?
     
  16. asyland

    asyland Registered Member

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    Prevx 1
    RegDefend
     
  17. Tommy

    Tommy Registered Member

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    Neoava Guard.
    Still Beta 2, but freeware, low in memory (5 MB) and very powerfull.
     
  18. EASTER.2010

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    SYSTEM SAFETY MONITOR + INFOPROCESS (Launch Monitor) + FILECHANGEALARM = TOTAL SHIELDING on all my units. On-Demand bot scanners and on-line AV's always return empty of results.
     
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