Advanced Plus Security Gandalf_The_Grey's Security Config 2021

[ErzCrz]

Google was driving me nuts with consent popups and YouTube video pauses.
ublock Origin while using AdGuard's annoyances filter didn't block/solve that.
With the AdGuard extension no more Google annoyances

In the test discussed here: Q&A - Evaluate your content blocker with Ad Block Tester AdGuard (with optimized filters didn't get 100%.
Enabling the EasyPrivacy filter took care of that and in the filter logs you can clearly see it doing its work.

I have the following eight filters enabled:

By using optimized filters, I have now 70106 rules.

Simple fix for blocking those consents is to add the following to uBO:

google.*##^script:has-text(consentCookiePayload)

and then for youtube, just add consent.youtube.com to cookie exceptions Block as described here:

Here is the easiest way to get rid of Google's "Before you continue to YouTube" prompt - gHacks Tech News

Works for me

Erzcrz

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Simple fix for blocking those consents is to add the following to uBO:

google.*##^script:has-text(consentCookiePayload)

and then for youtube, just add consent.youtube.com to cookie exceptions Block as described here:

Here is the easiest way to get rid of Google's "Before you continue to YouTube" prompt - gHacks Tech News

Works for me

Erzcrz

Thanks, but switching to AdGuard also works, if I switch back, I will remember what you posted

 

[ErzCrz]

Thanks, but switching to AdGuard also works, if I switch back, I will remember what you posted

No worries. Just something I decided to find a solution for the other day

 

[ErzCrz]

No worries. Just something I decided to find a solution for the other day

P.S. To get rid of that Sign-in pop-up add these uBO rules:

www.youtube.com###dialog
www.youtube.com##.opened

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Having loads of work and little free time now I changed my setup (again) to something that just works and is friendly on resources and doesn't require a lot of maintenance.
Ziggo Safe Online by F-Secure 18.0 (soon to be upgraded to 18.1 according to Ziggo staff on Twitter).
uBlock Origin
Protection and privacy are enhanced by the latest Simple Windows Hardening 1.0.1.0 beta and the latest O&O ShutUp10++ 1.9.1424.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Changed from uBlock Origin to AdGuard for personal reasons.
Didn't like the latest posts from Mr. Hill on Twitter.
You have a great extension, why keep on bashing the competition (and don't have your facts straight)?

My settings for the AdGuard extension:
General: all three disabled
Filters:
Ad Blocking: AdGuard Base filter
Privacy: AdGuard Tracking Protection filter, AdGuard URL Tracking filter, EasyPrivacy, Fanboy's Anti-Facebook List
Social Widgets: AdGuard Social Media filter
Annoyances: AdGuard Annoyances filter
Language-specific: AdGuard Dutch filter
Stealth Mode: off
Miscellaneous: Use optimized filters on and Send statistics of ad filters usage and Show information on the AdGuard full version off

With those filters and the optimized filters setting the filter rules count = 79578.
Memory used (Edge Task Manager) = 42.756k

 

[Jan Willy]

Changed from uBlock Origin to AdGuard for personal reasons.
Stealth Mode: off

Why don't you enable Stealth Mode?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Why don't you enable Stealth Mode?

It makes AdGuard a little "heavier" and is not adding much to my config:
Hide your search queries is covered by AdGuard URL Tracking filter
Send websites signals not to track you is controversial and can be done by the browser
Self-destruction of third-party cookies gave me issues with logins and payments and is covered by blocking third-party cookies in the browser (with adding some needed exceptions).
Hide Referrer from third-parties and Remove tracking parameters are covered by AdGuard URL Tracking filter
Block WebRTC is not needed in most browsers: Remove WebRTC leak prevention · Issue #1723 · uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues

 

[ForgottenSeer 92963]

Have you tweaked F-secure deep inspection/system guard (i forgot how it is called)?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Have you tweaked F-secure deep inspection/system guard (i forgot how it is called)?

No, there are no settings to tweak for DeepGuard.
You can only add folders to its ransomware protection.
Media folders were automatically added after the first reboot when you install F-Secure Safe/Ziggo Safe Online.

 

[Szellem]

No, there are no settings to tweak for DeepGuard.
You can only add folders to its ransomware protection.
Az F-Secure Safe/Ziggo Safe Online >>>

What is teh Ziggo Safe Online? Can you upload pictures about this AV? Thank you.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

What is teh Ziggo Safe Online? Can you upload pictures about this AV? Thank you.

Ziggo Safe Online is an ISP branded version of F-Secure Safe.
In The Netherlands the other big ISP is KPN and they have KPN Veilig (also F-Secure Safe).

Here is a picture form an older version:

Exactly the same but in the orange colors of Ziggo

Wat is Safe Online? | Klantenservice | Ziggo

Bescherm je computer tegen de gevaren van internet, zoals internetcriminelen en virussen. Met Ziggo Safe Online.

www.ziggo.nl

KPN Veilig beschermt gratis al je apparaten

Met KPN Veilig bescherm je jouw laptop, PC, tablet of smartphone tegen virussen en spyware. Ontdek de voordelen en bekijk hoe je het kunt installeren.

www.kpn.com

 

[Szellem]

Ziggo Safe Online is an ISP branded version of F-Secure Safe.
In The Netherlands the other big ISP is KPN and they have KPN Veilig (also F-Secure Safe).

Here is a picture form an older version:
View attachment 261065

Exactly the same but in the orange colors of Ziggo

Wat is Safe Online? | Klantenservice | Ziggo

Bescherm je computer tegen de gevaren van internet, zoals internetcriminelen en virussen. Met Ziggo Safe Online.

www.ziggo.nl

KPN Veilig beschermt gratis al je apparaten

Met KPN Veilig bescherm je jouw laptop, PC, tablet of smartphone tegen virussen en spyware. Ontdek de voordelen en bekijk hoe je het kunt installeren.

www.kpn.com

Thank you for your answer. And you like this AV?Are you satisfied?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Thank you for your answer. And you like this AV?Are you satisfied?

Yes, I like it.
The pros and cons that I can think of just now:

Pros:
Low resource use
Decent protection
No root certificate
No useless extras, just an AV.
Mikko Hyppönen
@upnorth uses it
"Free" from my ISP (Ziggo)

Cons:
Weak on java-based malware (covered by installing Simple Windows Hardening).
Weak self-protection on administrator accounts, but they are working on that in version 18.2.
ISP branded version is always behind on the official version (version 18.1 is coming soon... but not yet).

 

[upnorth]

Ziggo is actually a secret Swedish word for " Approved by upnorth ".

 

[ForgottenSeer 92963]

It makes AdGuard a little "heavier" and is not adding much to my config:
Hide your search queries is covered by AdGuard URL Tracking filter
Send websites signals not to track you is controversial and can be done by the browser
Self-destruction of third-party cookies gave me issues with logins and payments and is covered by blocking third-party cookies in the browser (with adding some needed exceptions).
Hide Referrer from third-parties and Remove tracking parameters are covered by AdGuard URL Tracking filter
Block WebRTC is not needed in most browsers: Remove WebRTC leak prevention · Issue #1723 · uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues

Thanks for sharing. I noticed you use Microsoft Edge. When you have configured it to delete stuff when closing the browser and have Anti-Tracking on default (than it only blocks access to cryptominers and fingerprinting and storage of advertising and social LINK), you could also allow third-party cookies to prevent any usability issues.

Third-party cookie tracking is phased out by Google, because of Apple's and Firefox intelligent/advanced tracking protection and Microsoft Edge's anti-tracking (although Microsoft's Disconnect based anti-tracking can be roughly described in layman's terms as the previous Disconnect anti-tracking version of Firefox). But when you already have set all the exceptions, completely blocking third-party cookies is better.

I like Adguard also and run it in a similar setup on my wife's laptop (with optimized filters option enables for ads, trackers and social).

 

[SeriousHoax]

Does Ziggo also have a browser extension like F-Secure?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Does Ziggo also have a browser extension like F-Secure?

They use the one from F-Secure: Browsing Protection by F-Secure 3.0.27.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

After reading the latest post in Windows 11 - First look I too installed Windows 11 on an unsupported system.
Enjoying the change and the search for (new) settings
The only thing I really dislike is the big taskbar.
Tried the reg fixes that are posted on the net, but small looks horrible with cut off icons in the taskbar.
And I changed from AdGuard to uBlock Origin again, both are great, I just like uBO more.
Just don't follow Mr. Hill on Twitter...

 

[plat]

Just don't follow Mr. Hill on Twitter...

Are you recommending not to do this or saying that YOU specifically don't do this?