Advanced Plus Security Gandalf_The_Grey's Laptop Config 2024

[Pat MacKnife]

In my country Quad9 is bad, slow and blocks several website's i daily visit...

 

[Kongo]

Oh, didn't know that they reworked the Sophos Virus Removal Tool. So is it basically HitmanPro without the Bitdefender engine?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Oh, didn't know that they reworked the Sophos Virus Removal Tool. So is it basically HitmanPro without the Bitdefender engine?

Not sure, it seems to be the free version of HitmanPro without some of the extra's:

Hitman Pro Support and Discussion Thread

I Use EEK. Kaspersky will never be on my computer! Funny you should mention EEK. As I had things already set up on the system I tried EEK once again...

www.wilderssecurity.com

 

[simbatippe1234]

Hi, @Gandalf_The_Grey, you use Quad 9 DNS & Simple Windows Hardening, just like I do.
Realy like your Configuration, versatile!

 

[Kongo]

Not sure, it seems to be the free version of HitmanPro without some of the extra's:

Hitman Pro Support and Discussion Thread

I Use EEK. Kaspersky will never be on my computer! Funny you should mention EEK. As I had things already set up on the system I tried EEK once again...

www.wilderssecurity.com

Alright, confirmed. Sophos Scan & Clean only uses Sophos engine.

HitmanPro:

Sophos Scan & Clean:

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Alright, confirmed. Sophos Scan & Clean only uses Sophos engine.

HitmanPro:
View attachment 265693

Sophos Scan & Clean:
View attachment 265695

Thanks for testing Back to HitmanPro, because it gives me one more engine.

And back to uBlock Origin.
The latest AdGuard extension is very good, but I still prefer uBlock Origin, because it's more flexible, slightly faster and I prefer its interface.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Banking protection and safety ratings of the browsing protection of Ziggo Safe Online (F-Secure Safe) stopped working.
Maybe because the extension got an update or because Microsoft Edge got an update and Ziggo Safe Online was still at version 18.2, I don't know.

So, I went back to Microsoft Defender Antivirus set to high by ConfigureDefender.

Got a one-year license for Kerish Doctor from a fellow forum member.

 

[blackice]

Banking protection and safety ratings of the browsing protection of Ziggo Safe Online (F-Secure Safe) stopped working.
Maybe because the extension got an update or because Microsoft Edge got an update and Ziggo Safe Online was still at version 18.2, I don't know.

So, I went back to Microsoft Defender Antivirus set to high by ConfigureDefender.

Got a one-year license for Kerish Doctor from a fellow forum member.

I had the opposite experience. I couldn’t access part of my bank (one of the biggest in the USA) website. Which reminded me why I don’t usually bother with banking protection and just use an up to date browser.

 

[blackice]

I had the opposite experience. I couldn’t access part of my bank (one of the biggest in the USA) website. Which reminded me why I don’t usually bother with banking protection and just use an up to date browser.

I actually have to amend this. I had an idea after posting this as I've had other issues. Quad9 DoH was the actual issue. Banking protection worked with the part of my bank I was trying to access on Saturday. Anyway, this is the second time I've had resolution issues with Quad9 encrypted. Which is a shame. First it was DoT, now with DoH. Anyway, not F-Secure's issue at all.

 

[blackice]

I actually have to amend this. I had an idea after posting this as I've had other issues. Quad9 DoH was the actual issue. Banking protection worked with the part of my bank I was trying to access on Saturday. Anyway, this is the second time I've had resolution issues with Quad9 encrypted. Which is a shame. First it was DoT, now with DoH. Anyway, not F-Secure's issue at all.

And for anyone noticing this post, it is a problem with the authoritative name server and their lack of support for ECS. So, I just switched to plain 9.9.9.9 and all is well again. My apologies for cluttering your config thread @Gandalf_The_Grey .

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

And for anyone noticing this post, it is a problem with the authoritative name server and their lack of support for ECS. So, I just switched to plain 9.9.9.9 and all is well again. My apologies for cluttering your config thread @Gandalf_The_Grey .

No problem, learned something about Quad9 in the process

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

New config is an @Andy Ful @danb hybrid.
ConfigureDefender and VoodooShield.
So far running great

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Banking protection and safety ratings of the browsing protection of Ziggo Safe Online (F-Secure Safe) stopped working.
Maybe because the extension got an update or because Microsoft Edge got an update and Ziggo Safe Online was still at version 18.2, I don't know.

So, I went back to Microsoft Defender Antivirus set to high by ConfigureDefender.

Got a one-year license for Kerish Doctor from a fellow forum member.

Found and reported the issue to F-Secure:

Use the MS Edge browser on Windows with the Browsing Protection by F-Secure extension enabled.
Reputation for websites on Google search and banking protection works.
Clean MS Edge with CCleaner and reputation for websites on Google search and banking protection stops working.
Confirmed by a random search on Google or by visiting a banking site.
Go to the Edge extension settings and disable and reenable "Allow access to file URLs".
Now reputation for websites on Google search and banking protection works again.

Hope that F-Secure support can find what CCleaner removes that causes this behavior

Now beta testing fs protection by F-Secure 18.4 beta 2 together with the latest VoodooShield 7.10.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Found and reported the issue to F-Secure:

Hope that F-Secure support can find what CCleaner removes that causes this behavior

Now beta testing fs protection by F-Secure 18.4 beta 2 together with the latest VoodooShield 7.10.

When changing our mobile carrier from Vodafone to Hollandsnieuwe (also from VodafoneZiggo) I lost my 20 devices subscription of Ziggo Safe Online by F-Secure, or I had to pay extra.

I'm not getting any feedback on my fs protection by F-Secure bug report and that means that the https and banking protection of F-Secure can be disabled just by cleaning MS Edge with CCleaner.

So, I went back to Microsoft Defender with enhanced protection of the tools of @Andy Ful .

Still beta testing VoodooShield and will install and test VS when a new version comes out, but VS is currently not installed.

 

[upnorth]

When changing our mobile carrier from Vodafone to Hollandsnieuwe (also from VodafoneZiggo) I lost my 25 subscriptions of Ziggo Safe Online by F-Secure, or I had to pay extra.

I'm not getting any feedback on my fs protection by F-Secure bug report and that means that the https and banking protection of F-Secure can be disabled just by cleaning MS Edge with CCleaner.

You had, 25 subscriptions!???

FS-Protection is the Beta version of F-Secure SAFE, and I can't reproduce that unless I get that version and try the same. I did though test with the latest stable version of SAFE 18.3, most because I was curious and not really concerned at all as when I do any banking with the banking protection/extension in Edge, I never run any cleaning tools. I think one would need another type of testing methodology if one is worried about a malware being able to kill it. It's been pretty solid and thoroughly tested here:

AVLab.pl - Test of security solutions in blocking attacks on Internet banking

Hi! It's been a while since we did a review of online banking security. Maybe because there is so much work involved, which is very discouraging :) However, here it is - the latest edition. For transparency - not all vendors are included in the report. If they didn't fix bugs in time, we...

malwaretips.com

I started Edge and opened a bank site, the banking protection kicked in and I ran a clean with CCleaner. Too my surprise, nothing happened with the banking protection as it stayed enabled and available even after CCleaner was done. What version of CCleaner are you using @Gandalf_The_Grey ?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

You had, 25 subscriptions!???

FS-Protection is the Beta version of F-Secure SAFE, and I can't reproduce that unless I get that version and try the same. I did though test with the latest stable version of SAFE 18.3, most because I was curious and not really concerned at all as when I do any banking with the banking protection/extension in Edge, I never run any cleaning tools. I think one would need another type of testing methodology if one is worried about a malware being able to kill it. It's been pretty solid and thoroughly tested here:

AVLab.pl - Test of security solutions in blocking attacks on Internet banking

Hi! It's been a while since we did a review of online banking security. Maybe because there is so much work involved, which is very discouraging :) However, here it is - the latest edition. For transparency - not all vendors are included in the report. If they didn't fix bugs in time, we...

malwaretips.com

I started Edge and opened a bank site, the banking protection kicked in and I ran a clean with CCleaner. Too my surprise, nothing happened with the banking protection as it stayed enabled and available even after CCleaner was done. What version of CCleaner are you using @Gandalf_The_Grey ?

Sorry, I was wrong it was for 20 (not 25) devices:

Safe Online XL | Internetbeveiliging | Ziggo

Je krijgt bij Ziggo gratis Safe Online voor 1 apparaat. Wil je 20 apparaten beschermen tegen online risico's? Upgrade dan naar Safe Online XL.

www.ziggo.nl

I have edited my post.

I could reproduce this CCleaner bug on Ziggo Safe Online 18.2 (version 18.3 is not out yet) and fs protection 18.4 beta 2 and beta 4 with CCleaner 6.0.0.9727.

 

[upnorth]

I could reproduce this CCleaner bug on Ziggo Safe Online 18.2 (version 18.3 is not out yet) and fs protection 18.4 beta 2 and beta 4 with CCleaner 6.0.0.9727.

Now suddenly, I see the issue. Yeah for some weird reason specific in Edge and after I updated CCleaner to the latest version and ran a clean ( without close Edge as that is what CCleaner ask before a complete clean. Close the browser one obvious also close the banking protection. ), the banking protection won't start in Edge. No error messages etc and if I try with Firefox, the banking protection jumps up and works without any problem.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Now suddenly, I see the issue. Yeah for some weird reason specific in Edge and after I updated CCleaner to the latest version and ran a clean ( without close Edge as that is what CCleaner ask before a complete clean. Close the browser one obvious also close the banking protection. ), the banking protection won't start in Edge. No error messages etc and if I try with Firefox, the banking protection jumps up and works without any problem.

Thanks, it is also reproducible in Google Chrome, maybe an issue with all chromium-based browsers?

 

[upnorth]

Thanks, it is also reproducible in Google Chrome, maybe an issue with all chromium-based browsers?

I can easy test that. Give me a moment and I'll get back with the result, but I also gonna test if this might be related to the latest update of CCleaner.

A workaround that one can test, is to simply manually disable the " Browsing protection " extension in Edge and then enable it again. That did the trick on my system ( VM ). But this for sure needs to be reported even if I personal would not consider this as a major issue as the banking protection still works in other browsers.

 

[upnorth]

Nope. Using a older version of CCleaner also create this issue.

I installed Opera latest stable version. Same thing happened there as in Edge. But just as with Edge, it's easy to get it back and working by simply manually disable the extension " Browsing protection " and then enable it again. Tested many times in both Edge and Opera with different banking sites. For now it's Firefox that works as it should. I'm sending the extra report probably on Monday or Tuesday.