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    Post your security setup

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Hungry Man, May 18, 2011.

  1. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    The closest we've had to a topic like this is "How paranoid are you?" and that was pretty fun.

    I'm curious to see what software/ methods people use to stay safe.
     
    Hungry Man, May 18, 2011
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    smokinokie Notebook Consultant

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    Windows Firewall, SAS and Avira, all free. Common sense browsing of the interwebz.

    Virus free for about 8 years.
     
    smokinokie, May 18, 2011
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  3. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    I swim naked. Even have windows firewall turned off.

    ^^Common Sense browsing the internet^^

    Last virus was 1 or 2 years ago...that was due to a friends flash drive.
     
    redrazor11, May 18, 2011
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  4. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    Prepare to get flamed to hell. I'd do it myself but I'm lazy.

    No windows firewall is just... let me just ask, why?
     
    Hungry Man, May 18, 2011
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  5. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    MSE and MS Firewall, Javascript turned off on my browsers that's it for me.
     
    Rodster, May 18, 2011
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  6. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Avira Antivir Personal and Windows Firewall do the job for me.
     
    coolguy, May 18, 2011
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  7. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    Experiment. You don't catch a 'cold' from being cold. The same that you won't catch a virus from not having an antivirus. They have to come from browsing malicious sites.

    This is not on my critical machine, but on an acer netbook used for browsing NBR, MSN-mail, School mail, Newegg, Amazon, Facebook, Stack Overflow...and that's really it.

    As you can see, none of these sites pose a threat, therefore, it's no different than having a firewall, live heretics detection, and the most locked down anti-virus library possible.
     
    redrazor11, May 18, 2011
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  8. Metroid_III

    Metroid_III Notebook Consultant

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    Avira, Glary Utilities, Windows Firewall
    Firefox 4.0 with latest Flash Player updates, NoScript, and Adblock+.

    Don't I feel safe :)
     
    Metroid_III, May 18, 2011
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  9. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, I realize that. I went without an AV for quite a while. But no firewall? It seems silly. You lose nothing by turning the firewall on. System hardening doesn't have to use resources. I can understand not using an AV but having 0 method of protection seems needless.
     
    Hungry Man, May 18, 2011
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  10. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    MSE + Windows Firewall. Opera 11.11 (with "Enable plugins only on demand" enabled) + IE9 with the latest updates and AdSweep.
     
    MidnightSun, May 18, 2011
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  11. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    Just copying and pasting this from my sig elsewhere.

    |Win7x64|MVPS Host File on DDWRT Router with Firewall|SpybotS&D Immunized Host File on PC|Comodo Firewall & HIPS Defense+| Microsoft Security Essentials|UAC to Max|EMET|
     
    Hungry Man, May 18, 2011
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  12. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    Router has built-in firewall if it makes you feel better :p. It was really a proof of concept more than anything. The web isn't the rotten virus harboring chunk of undercooked meat every one makes it out to be.

    Heck, I'm surprised I haven't seen more people implement game servers to upload trogens and keyloggers to connecting in-game clients instead of kicking the wall hackers or aim botters.

    :Server Status:
    Downloading ABridgeTooFar.DM.....Done!
    Downloading customSounds.zip....Done!
    Downloading delStardotStar.bat....Do~#$0400fb804

    *BEEP*

    lol

    http://forums.techarena.in/video-games/1169757.htm
     
    redrazor11, May 18, 2011
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  13. nu_D

    nu_D Notebook Deity

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    Norton Internet Security 2011
    And I scan my laptop on a weekly basis or so with Malwarebytes AntiMalware.
     
    nu_D, May 18, 2011
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  14. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    lol I would definitely agree with you. I had a topic a few weeks ago about running Windows without UAC and without an antivirus and it was basically pages of "You're probably already infected with 10 rootkits"
     
    Hungry Man, May 18, 2011
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  15. yuyi64

    yuyi64 Notebook Consultant

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    Avira, Windows Firewall, SAS, MBAM, Firefox with ABP, and most importantly LOCS (Lots of Common Sense :D ).
     
    yuyi64, May 18, 2011
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  16. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    MSE and Windows Firewall. I don't think I've ever had a virus on my computers.
     
    Joel, May 19, 2011
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  17. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah MSE and Win7's firewall is really all most people will ever need.

    Here's mine:
    Realtime scanner -- MSE
    Comodo firewall and Defense+ HIPS
    Comod sandboxing almost all internet-facing applications
    MVPS host file on DDWRT router
    DDWRT firewall
    Spybot S&D host file on PC
    UAC Max
    Chrome Beta
    EMET 2.1 + All internet facing applications forced to use emet.dll

    Not looking to change anything. If anything I'll be taking away Comodo.
     
    Hungry Man, May 19, 2011
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  18. perrin_aybara

    perrin_aybara Notebook Consultant

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    Avast 6 antivirus. SAS, Malwarebytes, and Spybot for my weekly / monthly maintenance. Windows firewall and UAC on. And a common sense approach to browsing.
     
    perrin_aybara, May 19, 2011
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  19. Gandalf_The_Grey

    Gandalf_The_Grey Notebook Evangelist

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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Kaspersky Internet Security 2012
    Malwarebytes Anti-Malware PRO
    Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET)
    UAC on max setting
    Google Chrome with AdBlock and KB SSL enforcer extensions
    Secunia Personal Software Inspector
     
    Gandalf_The_Grey, May 19, 2011
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  20. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Post your security setup

    It's right there behind the chair;
    [​IMG]

    As a backup I use MSE :D

    [​IMG]
     
    ViciousXUSMC, May 19, 2011
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  21. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    Haha, a proper first defense if I've ever seen one.
     
    Hungry Man, May 19, 2011
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  22. bubzers

    bubzers Notebook Evangelist

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    same here

    10char
     
    bubzers, May 19, 2011
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  23. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    Is that so you can slice the line when something fishy comes down the network? :p
     
    redrazor11, May 19, 2011
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  24. Pirx

    Pirx Notebook Virtuoso

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    MSE, that's it. More than enough.

    P.S.: Well, plus, of course, a reasonable system configuration, but that should go without saying:wink:
     
    Pirx, May 19, 2011
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  25. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Theoretically the eset pack on both my windows machines, but I don't think i have gotten around to actually installing it again. Sooo.... whatever 7 has on by default atm I guess.
     
    Patrick, May 19, 2011
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  26. Steven

    Steven God Amongst Mere Mortals

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    MSE, Sandboxie, Google Chrome, Windows Firewall.
     
    Steven, May 19, 2011
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  27. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    Do share what you deem 'reasonable', Pirx.
    I have a hunch it's a tad more than just using a LUA... ;)
     
    Baserk, May 19, 2011
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  28. Hungry Man

    Hungry Man Notebook Virtuoso

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    UAC + MSE is basically enough for anyone. If you wanna get crazy you can use SRP.
     
    Hungry Man, May 19, 2011
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  29. olyteddy

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    I use *********.EXE and *******************.EXE and of course, *******.EXE.
     
    olyteddy, May 19, 2011
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  30. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    Avast Free
    Malwarebytes
    SuperAntiSpyware
    Windows Firewall
     
    Jayayess1190, May 19, 2011
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  31. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    Asus RT-N56U Router
    MSE
    Malwarebytes (If something does get through)
    Windows Firewall
    Updated IE9
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, May 20, 2011
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  32. Deks

    Deks Notebook Prophet

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    MSE + Windows Firewall (and MBAM for on-demand).
    Don't have issues of any kind.

    Does UAC even count?
    It's on by default.
     
    Deks, May 20, 2011
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  33. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    all of those sites can get hacked in some way and mass deploy viruses. happened before.

    oh, sorry

    Windows default installation settings + MSE.
     
    davepermen, May 20, 2011
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  34. pradipudhaya

    pradipudhaya Notebook Enthusiast

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    Windows Firewall + MSE does the work for me.
     
    pradipudhaya, May 20, 2011
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  35. ikovac

    ikovac Cooler and faster... NBR Reviewer

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    done with comodo testing so back to win7, mse and ie9 with tracking protection and wot. more than enough.
     
    ikovac, May 21, 2011
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  36. scadsfkasfddsk

    scadsfkasfddsk Notebook Evangelist

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    Norton Internet Security 2011. All I have ever needed.
     
    scadsfkasfddsk, May 21, 2011
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  37. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    MSE + windows firewall, sandboxie, FF + noscript, DDWRT + hardened iptables
     
    hakira, May 21, 2011
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    NIS 2011

    Cheers
    3Fees :)
     
    3Fees, May 21, 2011
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    MSE. MBAM active scanning, UAC & WinPatrol
     
    J&SinKTO, May 22, 2011
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  40. lupusarcanus

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    MSE, Windows Firewall and FF with ABP.
     
    lupusarcanus, May 23, 2011
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    I like to try different AV's once a year, but right now:

    Prevx (great)
    Windows Firewall
    SAS + Malwarebytes both free for occasional
    Router w/ Firewall

    Biggest would be most of the time I'm using Scientific Linux.
     
    theZoid, May 24, 2011
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  42. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    Windows Firewall + MSE
    Router w/ Firewall

    Pretty simple, and relatively secure. Running 64bit also.
     
    Matt is Pro, May 25, 2011
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  43. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Debian Linux.
     
    Thaenatos, May 25, 2011
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    I added Prevx today. First impression are excellent. I noticed they also have a section over at Widers Security Forums too.

    EDIT: I make my living on my laptop....everyone should state how they use their system, as this could impact your decisions on security.
     
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    Microsoft standard (MSE and Firewall) ... and common sense :D

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, May 25, 2011
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    Kaspersky + Windows 7 Firewall... Common sense browsing :p
     
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    It'd be tons more secure with iptables. ;) And maybe a rootkit checker if you're extra paranoid. :rolleyes:
     
    lupusarcanus, May 26, 2011
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  48. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Before I left windows on win 7 for my personal rigs I dabbled between MSE and avast + windows defender. Both work well if you do smart computing.

    As for work we have an XP/server2003/win 7/linux environment and every last computer is using symantec endpoint (corporate AV). Our system runs stable and clean. :)

    As of january I have switched back to linux for my main OS as it serves as a better tool. Just like you my laptop is a VERY important tool for work and home. I rely on my laptops to make my living possible. Without them I cannot do my job and surely wouldnt have a job or would literally have to live at work.

    I have iptables. ;)
     
    Thaenatos, May 26, 2011
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    windows 7 x64
    standard user account
    hardware firewall with router
    eset and malwarebyte
    update regularly
     
    cassar, May 26, 2011
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    Nis 2011

    :/
     
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