Advanced Plus Security Dark Knights System

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Nov 25, 2018
Windows Edition
Pro
Security updates
User Access Control
Always notify
Real-time security
Windows Defender Sandboxed
Malwarebytes Pro
Zemana Antilogger
NVT OsArmor
Winpatrol and Winpatrol WAR (Ransomware Protection)
Firewall security
Microsoft Defender Firewall
Periodic malware scanners
None
Malware sample testing
I do not participate in malware testing
Browser(s) and extensions
Firefox Quantum 63.0.3
Bitwarden
Decentraleyes
uBlock
Maintenance tools
CCleaner
Revo Uninstaller Pro
Driver updates performed manually via vendor websites
Defrag Tools: Not required, OS runs on Corsair M.2 SSD (Defragging M.2 SSD is not recommended)
File and Photo backup
Macrium Reflect Home Edition V7.2
Backups made to external hard drive and One Drive
System recovery
Macrium Reflect Home Edition V7.2
OS Image Backed up to external hard drive and One Drive

harlan4096

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@Dark Knight: probably is a bit excessive/overkill all those resident applicatiosn You have running:
Windows Defender Sandboxed
Malwarebytes Pro
Zemana Antilogger
NVT OsArmor
Winpatrol and Winpatrol WAR (Ransomware Protection)
I would remove WinPatrol, ZAL (keep it as on demand scanner) and probably MWB Pro and enable WD PUP detection. You may also use @Andy Ful HardConfigurator tool to make strong tweaks to WD, or even NVT SysHardener.

Thanks for sharing :giggle:
 

Dark Knight

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@Dark Knight: probably is a bit excessive/overkill all those resident applicatiosn You have running:

I would remove WinPatrol, ZAL (keep it as on demand scanner) and probably MWB Pro and enable WD PUP detection. You may also use @Andy Ful HardConfigurator tool to make strong tweaks to WD, or even NVT SysHardener.

Thanks for sharing :giggle:

Really? So you are saying I can get rid of Winpatrol and Zemana Antilogger?

I can see Winpatrol being a little overkill, but Zemana too? ........ ok
 

Andy Ful

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Dark Knight,

Windows 10 does not like 3rd party real-time security applications, so it is not recommended to use 4 of them at once.
harlan4096 did not say that you should get rid of ZAL. He recommended to use it as non-real-time protection (on demand scanner).
If you are an advanced user, then you can use WD + ZAL (on demand) + Hard_Configurator, and skip all other real-time applications. This will be the default-deny protection and will require some knowledge about application whitelisting.
If you like default-allow setup, then I do not recommend using Hard_Configurator, and the protection level should depend on your computer activities and safe habits (we do not know anything about it).
Some possibilities:
WD (tweaked by ConfigureDefender) + SmartScreen + SysHardener + ZAL (on demand)
WD (tweaked by ConfigureDefender) + SmartScreen + OSArmor + ZAL (on demand)
WD (tweaked by ConfigureDefender) + Malwarebytes Pro + ZAL (on demand)

I cannot help you with Winpatrol WAR because I did not use it.
NVT SysHardener or NVT OSArmor are required to block Windows scripts, and harden Office & PDF applications against the weaponized documents. ZAL in the above configurations is required to sleep sound.
 
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