Gnosis's UPDATED (4-3-2013) CONFIGURATION

[Gnosis]

PC Environment: Private
Security Awareness: Advanced
Exposure to Malware: Low
Anti-Malware Testing: No
Operating System: Windows XP 2002 Service Pack 3 32bit
Architecture: 32-bit
Real-time Protection: Threatfire AV Level 5
On-Demand Tools: MBAM, HitMan Pro, GMER, PCHunter, MBAR, Avast anti-rootkit (mbr fix)
Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox
Opera
ALL WITH SANDBOXIE
Extensions and Plugins: Adblock, Better Privacy, Ghostery, Key Scrambler, BitDefender Quick Scan, Google Translator for Firefox
OTHER TOOLS: CCleaner, Wireless Network Watcher, HiJack This, Autoruns, Treesize, Killswitch, Process Hacker II

NOTE: I always use "freeware". They only time I have ever purchased security software is when I was a complete novice; I bought a PC Tools Malware Scanner about 12 years ago to remove Spy Ax. LOL

[illumination]

(09-06-2012 05:22 AM)Aventador wrote:  Sorry to say but your sadly mistaken. In today's world there is too much news out there. Its on the radio,tv and internet. If you buy a used car without looking it over and its a junk its your own fault. If you buy a house without a proper inspection and it falls apart its your own fault. If you are a click happy person and get a malware infection you only have yourself to blame. Its called everyday common sense. If its too good too be true then it is. Never did I mentioned "our knowledge". But I see this on a daily basis. People get infected cause they are click happy and dont pay attention. The main answer I get when I ask the question "What were you last doing online?" is "I dont know". Do you sign on the dotted line without reading the fine print?

Every day common sense will not keep a "novice" person completely safe on the internet. Scripting in web pages, makes it way to easy to be nailed by drive by's, redirects,ect. it is not just about safely clicking a link any more. Not to mention, there are other means, such as removal media, flash drives, infected computers on the same network..

There are few people in the world that "dont" care if they get infected, and just do a restore, many rely on their systems for banking,ect and really do not want to take a chance of an infection that can cause great head aches or worse.

[Aventador]

Lol. No where did I say "restore". I said imaging. I do all my bill paying online. FYI... If you are using a thumb drive then you should have autorun disabled on it. BitDefender makes a free USB immunizer. Also if your around sticking your thumb drive into infected pc's then back into your machine then once again that's self inflicted malware. And yes if you teach the average user safe surfing habits the likely hood of them running across malware is very slim.

[Aventador]

If your system is backed up weekly with a clean image then that's all you need for piece of mind.

[illumination]

I must apologize ZOU1 , your config is not the place to have this off topic discussion. If the mods would like to split this from this thread, i would glady debate the many methods of infection other then an out dated but sometimes still used email attachment. If one looks up the word "restore" in any dictionary, they would be able to assume why i said that instead of imaging. As the word itself covers "all" versions or ways to bring a system back to how it was before problems.

By the way ZOU1, it is, a very nice config, simple, yet eligent. With your knowledge it should be most sufficent!

[Gnosis]

Quote:By the way ZOU1, it is, a very nice config, simple, yet eligent. With your knowledge it should be most sufficent!

Well, I hope so. I don't usually recommend my setup to anyone unless they are pretty internet and security program savvy. It would be a complete train wreck if a naive surfer and novice overall user utilized TF Level 5. Either that, or they would be flipping out with paranoia. haha

[Gnosis]

I am loving the way that I have XP tweaked. I just opened up every program and window on my desktop (HitMan, MBAM, all browsers, CCleaner, Windows gadgets, etc.), and opened all tabs in Firefox. I then clicked "shutdown" and the computer forced everything shut within 2 or 3 seconds, and the PC was completely shut down within 5 or 6 seconds, at the very most. It all happens FAST.

[Overkill]

You shut down through Firefox?

[Earth]

MRF71, I think ZOU used a guide like this to make Windows shut-down faster.

http://www.howtogeek.com/80102/make-wind...-faster-2/

[Overkill]

Thanks Earth, but I have known about this tweak for quite sometime.

[Earth]

You still wondering if ZOU shuts-down Windows XP through Firefox then.