Norton 2010 free trial and intend to change to Kaspersky when that expires (which I am running on another computer and pretty happy). Any opinions on Kaspersky? Nobody listed it. After that free trial expires I have a free copy of Panda. Yes, I am cheap... But I have been out of trouble so far.
Also, I see several people listing MSE. Are you all one of the chosen 75,000 or is there still ways to get it from MS? I don't want to get it somewhere else, who knows what is in there.
UAC disabled
ESET NOD32 AntiVirus V4 (Probably the MOST used antivirus on theses forums)
Windows Firewall
Thats all you really need, but I do a monthly scan with Malwarebytes and SUPERantispyware
EDIT: Also use Web of Trust Firefox addon. Noscript is annoying as HELL and worthless IMO. Common seance is also ftw
EDIT AGAIN: Sorry to mention, I use COMODO SecureDNS. Love it. Blocks your connection from connecting to bad host ex: host with malware
Last edited by gamepro127; 12 Aug 2009 at 15:05.
ESET NOD32 64bit
Windows Firewall
UAC Enabled
Behind a Router
...and of course, good old common sense...
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I have Forefront + Avast and Malwarebytes on manual Scan + Win Firewall + UAC on my Server PC...
and on my Laptop i have nothing (well execpt Win Firewall and UAC...) ...
all behind routers (with NAT enabled...:))
I use Kaspersky Internet Security since KIS 7. I have now KIS 9 (2010) and before I was using Norton NIS. Never had a problem with this two.
Kaspersky is the best right now and NIS 2010 coming right after since they made it better on resources consumption. Go for Kaspersky(KIS), it has everything you need in security.
I use:
Router:
Belkin Router Firewall
WiFi Security:
WPA/WPA2-Personal Security Mode
WPA2-PSK w/ AES Encryption
Broadcast SSID Disabled
MAC Address Filtering Enabled
OpenDNS Security
Windows 7:
Windows Firewall (Advanced Settings) Domain>Public = Inbound/Outbound Enabled
Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 AV/Spyware
UAC Enabled (Default)
SpywareBlaster 4.2
OpenDNS Security
Internet Explorer 8 (SmartScreen Filter Enabled)
Windows XP:
Windows Firewall
Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 AV/Spyware
SpywareBlaster 4.2
OpenDNS Security
Firefox 3.5.2 (AdBlock Plus)
My machine is lean, mean and non-bloated with 3rd party crap :)
Last edited by AlexT2889; 11 Aug 2009 at 22:41.
Physical Network
- Linksys router with NAT firewall
Windows Hosts
- Windows Firewall
- UAC
- AVG (mine) and Avast (wife)
- Adaware and Spybot S&D (on occasion)
- Use Linux VM (puppy)for any questionable web surfing
- CCCleaner (on occasion)
- Firefox with most scripting turned off
Linux hosts
- iptables enabled
Wireless Security
- WPA2 key
- SSID not broadcast
- MAC address filter enabled
- UAC disabled.
- Windows Firewall disabled.
- ESET Smart Security 64-bit.
- ThreatFire Beta 64-bit.
- Malwarebytes.
- Super AntiSpyware.
Watch...and I'll be wiped out by a virus tomorrow.
Im using avast home on my pc. runs fast but the only problem is that interface. I was thinking of going for the free edition on avira. But the issue on that is the pop up window everytime you update the database i was reading. Should i switch?
if the pop up is really an issue for you, you might want to check this out:
How to Remove the Popup Ads in Avira Antivir - wikiHow
Steps for Windows 7 :
- Go to Administrative Tools > Local security policy or type "local security policy" in start menu search.
- right Click on Software Restriction Policy > Create new restriction policy.
- right click on additional rules > new path rule in Software Restriction Policy.
- Click Browse and navigate to C:\Program Files\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\ and double-click avnotify.exe.
- Set the security level to Disallowed.
- Click apply and OK.
as for this thread, I should be posting my current security setup soon
Last edited by hdfrango; 14 Aug 2009 at 14:20.
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