- Jun 16, 2014
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My configuration for my Windows laptop which I don't use all that often, only for gaming and some casual programming (I have a love hate relationship with .NET).
Not the tightest security config but it works and with careful browsing has kept me infection free for at least three or four years now.
I make a point of having the physical ethernet cable connection into my laptop & router close by so as I can do a 'hard' disconnect in case of an emergency, such as if I notice something downloading, or a suspicious pop-up or redirect etc.
I use a jail for my internet browsing anyway with a false set of files and documents in case I get hit with ransomware, I prefer it to sandboxie as a lot of malware has anti-vm and anti-sandboxie but a jail is harder to detect (or at least I haven't seen much malware that specifically looks for this).
Last infection on this computer was actually my own error in running a malware sample with a misconfigured sandbox, not much damage done but left some dropped C&C related files to clean up, will put my other configs up later I expect
Not the tightest security config but it works and with careful browsing has kept me infection free for at least three or four years now.
I make a point of having the physical ethernet cable connection into my laptop & router close by so as I can do a 'hard' disconnect in case of an emergency, such as if I notice something downloading, or a suspicious pop-up or redirect etc.
I use a jail for my internet browsing anyway with a false set of files and documents in case I get hit with ransomware, I prefer it to sandboxie as a lot of malware has anti-vm and anti-sandboxie but a jail is harder to detect (or at least I haven't seen much malware that specifically looks for this).
Last infection on this computer was actually my own error in running a malware sample with a misconfigured sandbox, not much damage done but left some dropped C&C related files to clean up, will put my other configs up later I expect
