New
#1
Wondering about SRP on Win 7 Pro.
Hi everyone. I've been running Windows 7 Professional (RTM) for about two months now. My current security setup has been OK so far, but I'm thinking I'd like to harden it up a bit with some prevention measures. I'm also rather ignorant when it comes to most security measures, so please have patience with me.
I'm wondering about setting up an SRP to stop malware in the event that it ever manages to weasel through, or I get hit with a day-0. I'll admit that I use my computer mostly for webbrowsing, communication, and (overwhelmingly) gaming. An SRP sounds like a really nice security feature, but I fear I may not have the know-how to set it up, or even the know-how to understand if it's right for me.
The problem is that some of the tools to make SRP easier to use aren't available in Win 7 professional. From what I've seen PGS from wilder's security forums is incompatible with Windows 7, and on top of that SRP has been redesigned into the Applocker - which isn't in Professional.
Is SRP still something that I could set up on my machine? If it is, I gather I would have to set up a whitelist for every program that needs to run. My concern is that there are lots of programs that run other programs that I know nothing about in order to operate correctly. For example, launching update modules.
I suppose that's a longwinded way of saying, is it possible to set up an SRP on a Windows 7 Professional machine, and if so, where can I learn how to set up such a policy without completely borking my machine by blocking legit programs? Thanks for the help, and sorry for the nebulous and uneducated question!