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"Hardening" - the pros and cons?
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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 864608" data-attributes="member: 74969"><p>Voted "antivirus (free) plus system hardening plus 3-4 security programs."</p><p></p><p>Since the "free" antivirus is bolstered Defender w/SmartScreen, plus 2 very small footprint security progs: NVTOSArmor and Andy Ful's wonderful Firewall Hardening Tool, I don't feel it's too much overkill. Six ASR rules via gpedit.msc and latest Windows updates for add'l system hardening. </p><p></p><p>Pretty importantly: the machine can breathe. It runs without lags or delays and boots in 10 sec. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p><p></p><p>If the "hardening" and/or extra security software is impacting the performance of the machine, BIG con. Really, really BIG.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😬" title="Grimacing face :grimacing:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f62c.png" data-shortname=":grimacing:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="plat, post: 864608, member: 74969"] Voted "antivirus (free) plus system hardening plus 3-4 security programs." Since the "free" antivirus is bolstered Defender w/SmartScreen, plus 2 very small footprint security progs: NVTOSArmor and Andy Ful's wonderful Firewall Hardening Tool, I don't feel it's too much overkill. Six ASR rules via gpedit.msc and latest Windows updates for add'l system hardening. Pretty importantly: the machine can breathe. It runs without lags or delays and boots in 10 sec. (y) If the "hardening" and/or extra security software is impacting the performance of the machine, BIG con. Really, really BIG.😬 [/QUOTE]
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