Advanced Plus Security Geminis3's Security Config 2020

Last updated
Dec 13, 2020
How it's used?
For home and private use
Operating system
Windows 10
Log-in security
Security updates
Allow security updates and latest features
User Access Control
Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer
Real-time security
Microsoft Defender
Firewall security
Microsoft Defender Firewall
About custom security
PUP detection
Periodic malware scanners
  • MBAM Free
  • EEK
  • Hitman.Pro
  • NPE
Malware sample testing
I do not participate in malware testing
Browser(s) and extensions
Firefox, Chrome and Edge:
  • uBlock Origin
  • Bitwarden
Maintenance tools
Cleanmgr+
CCleaner portable
File and Photo backup
Google Drive
System recovery
Macrium Reflect
Risk factors
    • Browsing to popular websites
    • Downloading software and files from reputable sites
    • Browsing to unknown / untrusted / shady sites
    • Working from home
    • Gaming
    • Streaming audio/video content from trusted sites or paid subscriptions
    • Streaming audio/video content from shady sites
Computer specs
Acer Predator Helios 300 (G3-571-77QK):
  • i7-7700HQ
  • GTX 1060 6GB
  • 16GB DDR4
  • 1TB WD Blue SN550 NVMe
  • 120GB Kingston SSD
geminis3 said:
Same config from the last year, the only major difference is that I dropped Chrome completely in favor of Firefox.
BTW some day Chrome's Software Reporter Tool was eating 50% of my CPU without even having it open, I hated that so much I ended importing everything to my FF account and removing it completely. I kept Edge Chromium as a backup if I ever found a bad-designed website that deliberately block non-chromium users.
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Hahaha lol
geminis3 said:
AVs with HTTPS scanning don't need browser extensions unless they want to know more about the user. Also more extensions = higher RAM usage.
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Maybe they have xss and other scripts based detection in the extension ?
 
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geminis3 said:
AVs with HTTPS scanning don't need browser extensions unless they want to know more about the user. Also more extensions = higher RAM usage.
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That's not the point. I'm saying Kaspersky don't inject scripts if the extension is installed. Even many regular Kaspersky users don't know this info.
About extension and script injection, according to Kaspersky, they need either of this for features like Safe money, URL advisor, secure input, etc to work properly. Now it's upto the user to decide whether they need any of this extra features or not.
 
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geminis3 said:
18/05/2020
Clean 2004 install
  • No 3rd party AV for now
  • Added Emsisoft extension
  • FF as default browser
  • Went back with PatchMyPC, Chocolatey is good but sometimes is a mess and stores lots of files in its folder.
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Lol consumer grade patch management products are a joke 😂.
 
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Vitali Ortzi said:
Usability is very important so nice change.
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I tried enterprise McAfee but it made my fans ramp up, on demand scans use 100% CPU and web protection currently is not compatible with latest FF.

Can't imagine how people can live without a system backup software like Macrium.

Vitali Ortzi said:
Usability is very important so nice change.
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Users sometimes need to sacrifice protection level for convenience in their daily usage.
 
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geminis3 said:
I tried enterprise McAfee but it made my fans ramp up, on demand scans use 100% CPU and web protection currently is not compatible with latest FF.

Can't imagine how people can live without a system backup software like Macrium.
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It basically was one of the worst AVs to run on my old 8700p broken fan 4gb ddr2 ram PC.
Even disabling most modules still resulted in a big degrade of performance.
Can't imagine a whole company running MacAfee .
It has very nice capability unfortunately like most Enterprise products deafult settings aren't too good against zero days .
No wonder small business who doesn't have an IT person gets rekt by cyber attacks.
 
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