Advanced Plus Security blackice's 2021 Security Configuration

[blackice]

You can also try the new beta, which according to Avast has Real-Time Protection performance improvements. It also has a built-in tool for performance reporting. It may be worth checking out.

Unfortunately adding as an exclusion made no difference. I’m wondering if it’s the nvidia driver that it’s not liking. May give the beta a whirl to report the performance issues. I tried a similar diagnostic tool for a Bitdefender issue and they couldn’t replicate my issue.

 

[ForgottenSeer 89360]

Unfortunately adding as an exclusion made no difference. I’m wondering if it’s the nvidia driver that it’s not liking. May give the beta a whirl to report the performance issues. I tried a similar diagnostic tool for a Bitdefender issue and they couldn’t replicate my issue.

Hopefully they will be able to fix that.

 

[blackice]

Added - Bitdefender IS and NextDNS

Bitdefender's Firewall seems to not cause random increased pings in games anymore, and gave me the highest cinebench23 score I've had. Going to roll with it for a bit since I have the license and it is performing well. They also appear to have started using TLS 1.3 certs when filtering TLS 1.3 connections instead of downgrading to 1.2.

 

[Kongo]

Added - Bitdefender IS and NextDNS

Bitdefender's Firewall seems to not cause random increased pings in games anymore, and gave me the highest cinebench23 score I've had. Going to roll with it for a bit since I have the license and it is performing well. They also appear to have started using TLS 1.3 certs when filtering TLS 1.3 connections instead of downgrading to 1.2.

Which blocklist(s) do you have enabled in NextDNS if I may ask?

 

[blackice]

Which blocklist(s) do you have enabled in NextDNS if I may ask?

Just OISD. I tried Adguard + NextDNS and it blocked the PBS Kids app from playing. My toddlers weren't having it.

 

[blackice]

Oh and on the BD disk usage front, the additional writes to my SSD wouldn't make that big of a dent in the 300 TBW life, and if it dies early I can just make a warranty claim. That drive is imaged weekly.

 

[Zorro]

Просто OISD.

And what are your impressions of this list? Doesn't it seem too big to you?

 

[Kongo]

And what are your impressions of this list? Doesn't it seem too big to you?

I am using the same blocklist and have no problems at all. No slowdowns and barely any false blocks.

 

[blackice]

And what are your impressions of this list? Doesn't it seem too big to you?

Well since it is hosted on the DNS, it doesn’t really matter. I have had less problems than with AdGuard or NextDNS filters.

Edit: it does get my wife’s Wayfair app to ask her to turn off her adblocker. I am having trouble figuring out the tracker it’s blocking. Which I think is abhorrent that a store you’re shopping at to spend money wants to monetize their app with adds or tracking. But it’s not a deal breaker as the app is still usable most of the time.

 

[blackice]

Removed Bitdefender IS, it was blocking Toredo for XBOX Live functionality. May give Malwarebytes a try since I have a license and it's installed already for second opinion. For now just sticking with MD.

 

[blackice]

I got Malwarebytes Premium to register with security center and survive a couple restarts so it seems fixed, thanks to @SecureKongo . I am going to give this a spin with MS Defender doing periodic scans. Between Edge Smartscreen/Bitdefender Trafficlight, Malwarebytes scanning network connections, my router using ESET web filtering, and DNS malware blocking from NextDNS I think I am pretty well protected from my own slip ups. Otherwise I have vanilla browsing habits and Malwarebytes seems the lightest solution I've tried yet. We'll see if it throws any false positives or if I get horrifically infected, but I'm guessing not. So far all the gaming benchmarks show a slight improvement over Defender.

 

[blackice]

I got Malwarebytes Premium to register with security center and survive a couple restarts so it seems fixed, thanks to @SecureKongo . I am going to give this a spin with MS Defender doing periodic scans. Between Edge Smartscreen/Bitdefender Trafficlight, Malwarebytes scanning network connections, my router using ESET web filtering, and DNS malware blocking from NextDNS I think I am pretty well protected from my own slip ups. Otherwise I have vanilla browsing habits and Malwarebytes seems the lightest solution I've tried yet. We'll see if it throws any false positives or if I get horrifically infected, but I'm guessing not. So far all the gaming benchmarks show a slight improvement over Defender.

Also forgot to note, this is running along side OSArmor which also provides some peace of mind.

 

[SeriousHoax]

So far all the gaming benchmarks show a slight improvement over Defender.

Interesting. Which AV had the best benchmark on your system so far among the ones you tried?

 

[blackice]

Interesting. Which AV had the best benchmark on your system so far among the ones you tried?

Windows Defender, ESET, and Bitdefender were about the same, within margin of error. Malwarebytes is consistently approximately 3% faster for CPU frame rates. It’s hard to tell though because since my last motherboard update CPU performances dropped slightly, but became more consistent. I haven’t tested ESET since the update, but I would guess they are all still about even.

 

[blackice]

Interesting. Which AV had the best benchmark on your system so far among the ones you tried?

It's funny, I'll test framerate/GPU/CPU performance all day. But I won't take the time to learn to test malware. Guess I know my nerd calling.

 

[SeriousHoax]

It's funny, I'll test framerate/GPU/CPU performance all day. But I won't take the time to learn to test malware. Guess I know my nerd calling.

We all have our own nerd calling

 

[CyberTech]

I got Malwarebytes Premium to register with security center and survive a couple restarts so it seems fixed, thanks to @SecureKongo . I am going to give this a spin with MS Defender doing periodic scans. Between Edge Smartscreen/Bitdefender Trafficlight, Malwarebytes scanning network connections, my router using ESET web filtering, and DNS malware blocking from NextDNS I think I am pretty well protected from my own slip ups. Otherwise I have vanilla browsing habits and Malwarebytes seems the lightest solution I've tried yet. We'll see if it throws any false positives or if I get horrifically infected, but I'm guessing not. So far all the gaming benchmarks show a slight improvement over Defender.

 

[blackice]

Don't worry, I'll be safe.

 

[Kongo]

Don't worry, I'll be safe.

Don’t see the problem with your current config anyway. Seems solid to me...

 

[FireHammer]

Very nice Security Configuration, although I am not a big fan of Malwarebytes.