Dacko's Security Configuration

[Dacko]

Any suggestions and areas of improvement, very much appreciated!


Best regards

 

[3link9]

Very nice Config, Any plans to upgrade your Windows XP PC?

 

[NSG001]

Tight setup, good to go
Greetings by the way

 

[softwareFREEk]

small dose of separation anxiety with your XP?

you have been busy reading offline

'not bad Dacko' 'not bad at all'

 

[Exterminator]

Looks great I still have xp & win 7 dual booted on my desktop.I still use it.

 

[McLovin]

Nice to see you use Trend Micro Online scanner. Also something that you could add to your browsers, HTTPS Everywhere.

 

[Dacko]

Very nice Config, Any plans to upgrade your Windows XP PC?

Sure. When Microsoft stopped support for XP SP3. There's still about a year if I'm not mistaken.

Nice to see you use Trend Micro Online scanner. Also something that you could add to your browsers, HTTPS Everywhere.

It seems like a very good and useful addition. I'll try it. Thank you.

 

[Deleted member 178]

You should enable UAC and set it at max. You have an HIPS so it cost nothing to enable UAC, just another popup to answer.

 

[MrExplorer]

Nice Strong Config

 

[Deleted member 178]

Also , when i tried MCShield it has a lot of FPs, i don't know for the actual version.

 

[Dacko]

Also , when i tried MCShield it has a lot of FPs, i don't know for the actual version.

Yes, unfortunately. False positive detection has in all the latest versions. A lot less, but still there. The developers of this program very quickly respond to the sent a report of FPs and fix it. Although there are false positives, this application will successfully prevent of infection system from a variety of malicious ”trigger “. These are my experiences.

 

[Dacko]

Level of computer security knowledge and awareness: Advanced

Desktop PC
OS: Windows 7 SP1 ( x64 )
Protection:
- UAC: enabled ( max )
- Sandboxie ( custom settings )
- ESET Nod 32 Antivirus 9 ( HIPS - interactive - custom settings )
- Private Firewall ( custom settings )
- MCShield 3 ( for removable drives )
- On-demand scanners: HitmanPro
Browser: Firefox ( DuckDuckGo SSL - default search engine ) + tweaks for security
Add-ons: LastPass, Referrer Control, Click to Play per - element, uBlock Origin
Light Virtualization: ShadowDefender
Private: SafeHouseExplorer
VPN/DNS: No
Backup: EaseUS Todo Backup Workstation

Laptop PC
OS: Windows 8.1 ( x64 )
Protection:
- UAC: enabled ( max )
- Sandboxie ( custom settings )
- ESET Nod 32 AV 9 ( HIPS - interactive - custom settings )
- Comodo Firewall 8 ( Firewall - custom settings, HIPS disabled, Auto-Sandbox disabled, Viruscope disabled )
- MCShield 3 ( for removable drives )
- On-demand scanners: HitmanPro
Browser: Firefox ( DuckDuckGo SSL - default search engine ) + tweaks for security
Add-ons: LastPass, Referrer Control, Click to Play per - element, uBlock Origin
Light Virtualization: ShadowDefender
Private: SafeHouseExplorer
VPN/DNS : No
Backup: EaseUS Todo Backup Home

Desktop PC ( for testing on real machine or virtual machine )
OS: dual-boot - Windows XP SP3 ( x86 ) & Windows 7 SP1 ( x86 )
Protection:
- Eset Nod 32 Antivirus 9
- Malwarebytes Anti - Exploit Premium
- MCShield 3 ( for removable drives )
- On-demand scanners: MBAM, HitmanPro, Zemana AntiMalware,TrendMicroHouseCall, EEK, Avira PC Cleaner
Browser: Internet Explorer 11
Full Virtualization: VirtualBox
Backup: AOMEI Backupper
Other Tools: OldTimer tools, Tigzy-Adlice tools, Farbar tools, Carifred tools, SARDU Rescue CD, Sysinternals Tools, Xplode, sUBs, BleepingComputer Tools, Zoek, DelFix, etc.