Advanced Plus Security Durew's Security Config 2019

[Durew]

The security set-up of my laptop. I mainly use it for university work, mostly programming. In my time off I use it for some gaming, which don't run too fast.

For the firewall I use Window firewall control with a default deny policy.
Both EAM and MBAM have exclusion set to prevent them from clashing. As EAM was previously a companion AV and MBAM still is I am not expecting any problems with them interacting. At the moment I am considering the removal of MBAM as it's contribution on my setup seems limited.
I regularly set the firewall to block all and disable MBAM to get a bit more performance but it doesn't help as much as I'd hoped.

To my surprise, this setup passed the atelier firewall test I ran on it. Of all programs it was mostly sandboxie that was the first to intercept.

I curious to what advise the MalwareTips community may have for me.

 

[harlan4096]

@Durew: it seems a bit overkill:

Emsisoft Anti-malware (exclusions set)
Malwarebytes anti-malware (exclusions set)
OSarmor (exclusions set)

You may keep MWB for on demand scans...

A PassWord Manager and a VPN Service (Web Privacy) would be welcome.

Thanks for sharing

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

You also could use fewer extensions.
NoScript and Disconnect are not needed with uBlock Origin in medium mode:

Blocking mode: medium mode

uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean. - gorhill/uBlock

github.com

So I would suggest to only use uBlock Origin (ad, iframes and script blocking) and Emsisoft (phishing and malware blocking)

 

[jerzy601]

good configuration.
but actually extensions could have been less.

 

[LDogg]

My advice:
- Drop MBAM to free on demand scanner
- Keep Emsisoft Anti-Malware
- You can lose NoScript & Disconnect for your browser extensions

Everything else is covered, thanks for sharing.

~LDogg

 

[JM Safe]

Hello, good config.

Thanks for sharing.