Advanced Plus Security Brambedkar59's Security Config 2024

[brambedkar59]

Replaced:
MalwareBytes -> Emsisoft AM
QuadDNS -> NextDNS

Updated to Win 11 build 22621.1105

Edit: Forgot I also replaced EEK with KVRT.

 

[brambedkar59]

I am in love with Bitdefender, I used to hate it for slowing down system. But this time it's light, lighter than Emsisoft (I am not talking about memory usage here but snappiness of system UI and apps). I wasn't thinking of changing AV, I only switched because of my BSOD issue I was having (fixed now), trying to troubleshoot when I switched to Bitdefender.

Replaced:
Emsisoft AM -> Bitdefender TS

Updated to Win 11 build 22621.1265

 

[brambedkar59]

Switched to Chrome and I am already missing the feature of Edge for instant translation of selected text (just a line or phrase and not the entire page). I know you can install addons but this works out of the box in Edge.

 

[brambedkar59]

Is it just me or text appears thinner in Chrome . Fonts are sharper in Edge.
Left is Chrome, Right is Edge

Edit: I was not going crazy, MS really improved the font rendering in Edge (starting v92) compared to vanilla Chromium/Chrome.

Improving font rendering in Microsoft Edge

Today we are excited to announce improved font rendering in the latest Canary builds of Microsoft Edge on Windows. We have improved the contrast enhancement and gamma correction to match the quality and clarity of other native Windows applications. F

blogs.windows.com

Edit 2: I am really noticing reading text on Chrome is harder.

 

[brambedkar59]

Good

Good day to you too

 

[oldschool]

Is it just me or text appears thinner in Chrome . Fonts are sharper in Edge.
Left is Chrome, Right is Edge

Edit: I was not going crazy, MS really improved the font rendering in Edge (starting v92) compared to vanilla Chromium/Chrome.

I have Edge "Enhance text ..." enabled and I'm not really seeing a difference.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Is it just me or text appears thinner in Chrome . Fonts are sharper in Edge.
Left is Chrome, Right is Edge
View attachment 273299

Edit: I was not going crazy, MS really improved the font rendering in Edge (starting v92) compared to vanilla Chromium/Chrome.

Improving font rendering in Microsoft Edge

Today we are excited to announce improved font rendering in the latest Canary builds of Microsoft Edge on Windows. We have improved the contrast enhancement and gamma correction to match the quality and clarity of other native Windows applications. F

blogs.windows.com

Edit 2: I am really noticing reading text on Chrome is harder.

Just checked after turning off the dark mode flag and yeah you're right. Fonts look better in Edge than Chrome.
But with the dark flag, texts are white, and it looks the same in both browsers. Both looks fine.
But for white themes, Firefox still has the best font rendering IMO. Even after Edge's improvement, Firefox looks better in my eyes. They are even sharper and bolder.
Edit: Added screenshot. Harder to notice on screenshot.

 

[brambedkar59]

I have Edge "Enhance text ..." enabled and I'm not really seeing a difference.

I am seeing huge difference in fonts b/w Edge & Chrome (worse). Also no need to change flag it's enabled by default.

after a rollout period we plan to have this behavior enabled by default in the Edge 92 stable channel.

Just checked after turning off the dark mode flag and yeah you're right. Fonts look better in Edge than Chrome.
But with the dark flag, texts are white, and it looks the same in both browsers. Both looks fine.
But for white themes, Firefox still has the best font rendering IMO. Even after Edge's improvement, Firefox looks better in my eyes. They are even sharper and bolder.
Edit: Added screenshot. Harder to notice on screenshot.
View attachment 273300

You are right, Firefox wins with Edge coming close second and Chrome is last in terms of best font rendering.

while these changes are specific to Edge, we hope to be able to contribute them back to Chromium so that all Chromium-based browsers on Windows enjoy a consistent font rendering experience.

Wonder if they ever did that.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Wonder if they ever did that.

When Edge moved to Chromium, at the beginning there was a friendly vibe between them, with the Chrome team happily welcomed their move. But things have changed since then. So I won't surprise if they had never done that.

 

[brambedkar59]

When Edge moved to Chromium, at the beginning there was a friendly vibe between them, with the Chrome team happily welcomed their move. But things have changed since then. So I won't surprise if they had never done that.

Yeah, in the start I remember Chrome/Edge team being buddy-2, but I guess honeymoon period does get over after a while. I really hoped MS would chose Firefox Gecko for their Browser base.

 

[brambedkar59]

Replaced:
Bitdefender TS -> Kaspersky Free 2023 (It is lighter than BD but UI is a mess)
Macrium Free -> AOMEI Backupper Standard
KVRT -> Malwarebytes

Updated to Win 11 build 22621.1458

 

[brambedkar59]

Remember the BSOD issue I had few months ago? Turns out it wasn't solved completely. Now instead of BSOD, system sometimes crashes at shutdown (not always but sometimes system would take 5-6 minutes just to shutdown) without any actual blue screen for me to see. I only found out about it by looking at "Reliability History" and then Event viewer.

So back to MS Defender for troubleshooting purposes.

Edit: Win 11 build 22621.1928

 

[HarborFront]

Latest Win 11 build is 22621.1928

 

[brambedkar59]

Latest Win 11 build is 22621.1928

System already updated just forgot to update in thread. Got too much on my mind rn with crash issue.

 

[brambedkar59]

System is rock solid for more than a month or so. No issues with BSOD or sleep crashes anymore.

• So switched to Kaspersky Free again.
• Added MB Windows Firewall Control (Medium Filtering)
• Removed Malwarebytes (was just using VPN)
• Added Windscribe VPN pro
• Win 11 22H2 build 22621.2134

I was this close to clean installing Win 10 this time, I guess we will see next time.

PS I made changes last week but didn't update the config here.
Also, I tried Emsisoft AM last month for couple of weeks, felt no difference in performance. I only tried it because their changelog said they made some optimizations to make it better lighter. I guess it didn't work on my system. Still have issue with FPs. Not recommended anymore.

 

[brambedkar59]

Embedded YouTube videos here on MT are not working for me with Adguard extension on Edge. Works fine with UBlock Origin.

-- Adguard extension replaced with UBlock Origin.

 

[brambedkar59]

Trying out UCheck as a SUMo alternative (in finding updates it was the best among PatchMyPC, RuckZuck, WingetUI), don't like the UI so far, maybe it will grow on me.

 

[Vasudev]

Trying out UCheck as a SUMo alternative (in finding updates it was the best among PatchMyPC, RuckZuck, WingetUI), don't like the UI so far, maybe it will grow on me.

I just use winget to recursively update all apps except MS Edge which uses enterprise .msi links.
Just use the cmd:

winget upgrade -r // upgrade all apps one by one
winget upgrade -r -u // upgrade all and detect unknown/unlisted apps example:Megasync
winget upgrade -h -r // silent updates without progress

 

[brambedkar59]

I just use winget to recursively update all apps except MS Edge which uses enterprise .msi links.
Just use the cmd:

I avoid cmd unless my life depends on it

 

[brambedkar59]

Changes:
inject script and https scanning disabled in Kaspersky (really slows down browsing)

Replaced Ublock with Adguard (Chrome Webstore version)
Replaced Kaspersky extension with Bitdefender TrafficLight.

Updated Windows build 22621.2283