Advanced Plus Security Evjl's Rain's Security Config 2019

[Evjl's Rain]

Hi, everybody
This is my 2019 configuration
My laptop is really old and I only use it for basic tasks so no dangerous actions anymore

I fully focus on performance and usability. I cherry-picked softwares which use the least amount of CPU, RAM and disk storage/activity as much as possible to extend the lifespan of the machine
Avast is my top choice because it is almost the only AV which fits my requirements
Other AVs tend to cause a lot of read/write to the disk or they are not free or they have something I can't cope with

I also tweaked my windows to reduce resource consumption to minimum level but still keep basic usability

Windows 8.1 v9600 is million times faster than Windows 10 (from version 1507 to the latest 1809) on my laptop
Windows 10 v1511 is the most stable and the fastest/smoothest version of all but it's still not comparable to W8.1 in terms of smoothness and stability
W7 doesn't have smartscreen so I don't use it

 

[JB007]

Hi @Evjl's Rain
How are you ?
I cannot see your µBlock Origin filters

 

[harlan4096]

The only "cons" would be UAC -> " No Dim Desktop"... and browser's default PassWord Manager...

Thanks for sharing

 

[Back3]

For browser protection, you have both Windows Defender Browser Protection,and Emsisoft Browser Security . I only have Emsisoft .I don't use Chromium but Chrome. With the protection already included in Chrome, would it be too much to add Windows Defender Browser protection? Any significant gains by doing that? Windows Defender is my antivirus on Windows 10.
Thanks

 

[stefanos]

Evjl's Rain configuration . What i can tell?? Thanks for sharing

 

[Captain Awesome]

Good config...!

 

[Evjl's Rain]

The only "cons" would be UAC -> " No Dim Desktop"... and browser's default PassWord Manager...

Thanks for sharing

hello, I'm fine. sorry, I fixed it

For browser protection, you have both Windows Defender Browser Protection,and Emsisoft Browser Security . I only have Emsisoft .I don't use Chromium but Chrome. With the protection already included in Chrome, would it be too much to add Windows Defender Browser protection? Any significant gains by doing that? Windows Defender is my antivirus on Windows 10.
Thanks

chrome and chromium are basically the same but chromium doesn't have a few privacy-related module that google packed into chrome. Chromium also doesn't have software_reporter_tool.exe (occasionally causes high CPU and disk usage)
about the extensions, windows defender and WD browser protection are entirely different products. They have different databases
about emsisoft, I'm really questioning its effectiveness because during several months of using emsisoft browser protection, it has blocked very very few malicious links while WDBP blocked a lot a lot more, besides google safe browsing
WDBP and emsisoft are extremely lightweight and almost consume no resource + they don't conflict. It's definitely helpful to use both
I have seen lots of links missed by A but blocked by B and the other way around. Since they have no impact, I see no problem using them both
I don't care about vulnerability and privacy hypes people are talking about having many extensions

 

[Back3]

Thanks. Very helpful.

 

[oldschool]

Thank you @Evjl's Rain for your updated config. Appreciate the detail. Smart on your part so you don't have to keep answering the same questions repeatedly. :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

 

[bribon77]

Great configuration very tight and also very didactic for those who want to learn from a Big MT, I read you a lot and I keep reading.

 

[JM Safe]

Hello @Evjl's Rain , I would want to suggest you to use also Google Drive for secure and reliable data backup.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Evjl's Rain]

Hello @Evjl's Rain , I would want to suggest you to use also Google Drive for secure and reliable data backup.

Thanks for sharing.

hello, thank you for reminding me
I do use google drive, dropbox,... to backup some data
edit my post now

 

[Nestor]

hello, thank you for reminding me
I do use google drive, dropbox,... to backup some data
edit my post now

Hi @Evjl's Rain, waiting to see you back in testing!:emoji_pray:

 

[Evjl's Rain]

Added:
- WiseVector StopX: very very light, great signatures. Feels like a portable AV (it does)
- Bitdefender Trafficlight
- Dism++: for cleaning WinSxS folder
- Macrium Reflect (bootable)

Removed:
- Avast: nothing against it. ViseVector is just a lighter, writes much less data to disk -> better SSD longevity. Avast is still better overall
- Emsisoft Browser Security: ineffective, never blocked anything
- Violentmonkey: doesn't need it anymore

 

[harlan4096]

@Evjl's Rain: did You set any special tweaks to WV SX config?

 

[Evjl's Rain]

@Evjl's Rain: did You set any special tweaks to WV SX config?

as far as I know, there is almost nothing I can do to tweak it. The default settings are max-ed out
I just uncheck the "Threat Statics"

 

[harlan4096]

I mean if You keep all these settings enabled:

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Those ones are because I have WV SX as on demand scanner + KTS2021beta.

 

[Evjl's Rain]

I mean if You keep all these settings enabled:

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Those ones are because I have WV SX as on demand scanner + KTS2021beta.

yes, I keep everything enabled because WV is now my main AV
ps: you can convert WV into a portable scanner by copying the whole folder to another location and uninstall WV using an uninstaller. It's fully functional

 

[Evjl's Rain]

Although I don't use Kaspersky 2020 because I can't install it, I want to update my tweaks for Kaspersky Security cloud free 2020 for maximum performance without reducing security

Basic tweaks - should do

Spoiler: basic

Additional tweak for faster reading -> creates caches

Spoiler: Extra tweak

Another tweak to ignore scanning of browser caches

Spoiler: Browser cache tweak

Open Threats and Exclusions -> Manage Exclusion -> add your browser's cache folders to Kaspersky
you have to find cache folders yourself because the locations are changed in different computers

for chrome: cache, GPUcache, Media cache, code cache

 

[floalma]

On System Utilities: I would remove Wise Disk/registry cleaners and I would add Cleanmgr+ and Regseeker. Both very light and effective !