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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 730760" data-attributes="member: 32260">There is a known fact that Windows Defender can cause irritating issues on some computers. In the next version of Hard_Configurator, I will prepare a special profile to work with Avast Free AV. That will be just Recommended settings profile with whitelisted EXE files. The user should set Avast to Hardened Aggressive mode, so all EXE files will be first checked by Avast reputation service in the cloud.With those Avast + Hard_Configurator settings, the user can get both strong Avast protection + Windows built-in default-deny security. Furthermore, the default-deny protection will be almost invisible to the home users, because they mostly run EXE files. Additionally (on Windows 8+), the users can still use &#039;Run As SmartScreen&#039; to check the file installers by SmartScreen Application Reputation cloud.That will be a much more usable, set and forget solution for home users, than Defender + Hard_Configurator, without losing much security.The only cons will follow from the fact that Avast on Windows 10 is not as stable as Windows Defender.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 730760, member: 32260"] There is a known fact that Windows Defender can cause irritating issues on some computers. In the next version of Hard_Configurator, I will prepare a special profile to work with Avast Free AV. That will be just Recommended settings profile with whitelisted EXE files. The user should set Avast to [B]Hardened Aggressive[/B] mode, so all EXE files will be first checked by Avast reputation service in the cloud. With those Avast + Hard_Configurator settings, the user can get both strong Avast protection + Windows built-in default-deny security. Furthermore, the default-deny protection will be almost[B] invisible to the home users[/B], because they mostly run EXE files. Additionally (on Windows 8+), the users can still use 'Run As SmartScreen' to check the file installers by SmartScreen Application Reputation cloud. That will be a much more usable, set and forget solution for home users, than Defender + Hard_Configurator, without losing much security. The only cons will follow from the fact that Avast on Windows 10 is not as stable as Windows Defender. [/QUOTE]

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