What is your security setup?

[Anupam]

Thanks for your answers J.L.

I use Anvir TaskManager occasionally to look for process, or startup information. I like the software... shows lots of information.

[IdahoGayPride]

I have been using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Super Anti-Spyware for about 5 or 6 months. MBAM has never found anything on my computer and SAS only ever finds cookies on it. I almost always use the quick scan on both apps because my PC is slow and full scans take forever. When I have done full scans (about 1 or 2 times a month) I still find nothing on MBAM and only the same cookies on SAS. Am I just extremely lucky? I am using Outpost Free firewall and it is set to not automatically create rules. I have to approve everything. AntiVir is my AV solution. It has caught 1 FP virus in the same time period. I have heuristics set high so I have been expecting FP's, but not this few. It has alerted me to some bad websites. Have I maybe found the ultimate security solution for me? I sure hope so because my PC runs pretty smooth everyday. The scans are slow but that is to be expected with an old P4. I remember when I first got this PC. It was so fast! I was upgrading from an Celeron 850 at the time.

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by IdahoGayPride

Have I maybe found the ultimate security solution for me? I sure hope so because my PC runs pretty smooth everyday.

I would say that after this amount of time the set up you have is in tune with your surfing habits. Like anyone else you could always become the victim of a simple wrong place wrong time zero day hit but there is nothing else around which would guarantee to prevent this either so I would resist the temptation to start adding other things. If your surfing habits were well into the "at risk" category then you would already know about it by now, but a few cookies is no cause for adjustment. That said, if you are looking for just that extra bit of confidence then there are two lightweight apps you might like to consider. WinPatrol takes periodic snapshots of your system and will warn you about the type of changes likely to be instigated by anything creeping past your existing line up. Also, having seen this recommendation from one of our other editors I highly recommend Hitman Pro. It's just a scanner but a highly effective one and the free version (unlike Prevx) will allow you to remove everything it finds for 30 days. This software has a lot of intuitive features. Check it out and see what you think to it.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Interne...inPatrol.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/win...ew-62232.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Interne...tman-Pro.shtml

[IdahoGayPride]

I already tried Hitman Pro for while. I think my trial is up. But I have installed WinPatrol and will look it over. Thanks for your advice.

[J_L]

Update: Decided to get rid of Spybot, because it wasn't really necessary.

Also changed my NoScript configuration, instead of forbidding scripts by default, I'm allowing it globally. Also, deicided to block additional restrictions (Java, Flash, Silverlight, other plugins, <AUDIO>/<VIDEO>, @font-face) on whitelisted sites too. Everything else (ClearClick, XSS, JAR, ABE) is still on by default.

Did that for maximum compatability with websites.

Vista laptop: LUA, F-secure client security 9, TweakUAC
XP desktop: Defencewall personal firewall 3, Prevx with SafeOnline, Winpatrol PLUS

+ OpenDNS on router

[Terarus]

Vista laptop: (occasional banking online)
KIS10 suite
mamutu behavioural blocker
SAS & MBAM
Acronis backup
Sandboxie

Was wondering if mamutu would be needed? Trying to make it more light

Originally Posted by Terarus

Vista laptop: (occasional banking online)
KIS10 suite
mamutu behavioural blocker
SAS & MBAM
Acronis backup
Sandboxie

Was wondering if mamutu would be needed? Trying to make it more light

Ditch Mamutu, add LUA and TweakUAC --> more convenient, much more secure, lighter

Originally Posted by MidnightCowboy

I would say that after this amount of time the set up you have is in tune with your surfing habits. Like anyone else you could always become the victim of a simple wrong place wrong time zero day hit but there is nothing else around which would guarantee to prevent this either so I would resist the temptation to start adding other things. If your surfing habits were well into the "at risk" category then you would already know about it by now, but a few cookies is no cause for adjustment. That said, if you are looking for just that extra bit of confidence then there are two lightweight apps you might like to consider. WinPatrol takes periodic snapshots of your system and will warn you about the type of changes likely to be instigated by anything creeping past your existing line up. Also, having seen this recommendation from one of our other editors I highly recommend Hitman Pro. It's just a scanner but a highly effective one and the free version (unlike Prevx) will allow you to remove everything it finds for 30 days. This software has a lot of intuitive features. Check it out and see what you think to it.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Interne...inPatrol.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/win...ew-62232.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Interne...tman-Pro.shtml

Both are among my favourites too.

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by ako

Vista laptop: LUA, F-secure client security 9, TweakUAC
XP desktop: Defencewall personal firewall 3, Prevx with SafeOnline, Winpatrol PLUS

+ OpenDNS on router

I'm interested to know how you get on with F-Secure? I keep coming back to this one myself (FIS 2010) but their support is so bad it's like it's practically non existent. This is such an important part of any service, being able to make contact with the vendor, which is the reason I've not yet pursued these people to try to get a freebie version for the site. Whatever you might think about Bullguard for instance at least you are able to get an almost instantaneous reply from their support using one method or another.

I no longer have the facility to do much real testing of live malware but what I have done seems to indicate that Deep Guard is pretty impregnable. I also like the firewall setup with a choice of preset defaults and the ability to add custom rules to these if desired. Engaging the web scan drags stuff like download starts down to a crawl but I don't really see this as necessary with the other component mix which is why I guess it's disabled by default. Otherwise the system impact and resource use in general is first rate on my Vista x64.

Just going back to their support I sent several emails before I got any response at all. It appears the influence of Gizmos at F-Secure is minimal Eventually I did get a response but it was merely a copy-paste from their FAQ and did little to address the specific queries I raised. Later I was able to make contact with a tech directly but this level of service is no good for the average user. Apparently, F-Secure is repackaged and supplied by so many different ISP's now that it is the most widely used software of this type in use. Pity they can't get their support service in line with the rest of it.