hello MalwareTips and happy new year this is my updated setup for 2022 
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Device & operating system
, 3 answers
- Operating system
- Older OS selection – owner review needed
- Main use of this computer
- For home and private use
- Usage and exposure
- Working from home, Visiting familiar websites, Opening email attachments, Online shopping and card payments, Logging into my bank account, Streaming audio/video content from trusted sites or paid subscriptions, Streaming from untrusted sites
Protection & updates
, 6 answers
- Real-time protection
- avg ultimate
- Security updates
- Allow security updates and latest features
- User Account Control (UAC)
- Always notify
- Custom security settings
- Firewall from my asus router
- Periodic malware scanners
- only avg i use no other space waster.
maybe every 3 month i run scan with emsisoft kit or drweb cure it - Malware sample testing
- I do not participate in malware testing
Browsing, accounts & privacy
, 4 answers
- Browsers and extensions
- Browser: i used edge
SearchEngine: for search engine i use swisscow
Addon on edge:
U block origin:
with all filter enable with no speed or loading problem
clear url
bitwarden
user agent switcher: everyday switch to new agent lol
internet downlod accelerator browser addon: cz i use this download manager for years
privacy tweak: with afew filter (fingerprints-webrtc-timezone-geolocation)activate - Secure DNS
- dns watch
- Desktop VPN
- vypr
- Password and passkey manager
- bitwarden
Backup & recovery
, 2 answers
- File and photo backups
- i use steganos safe on external ssd
- System recovery
- i have all file backup on external device so i have only music and movie on pc so if things happen i clean install and use ssd to put them back up
Apps, specs & notes
, 4 answers
- Maintenance tools
- privazer
- Computer specs
- motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero
cpu: Intel Core I9-11900K
vga:ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 2060
ram: 64GB teamgroup
1TB nvme from team group for my work archive
500GB nvme from team group for windows and software i used
4TB ssd from teamgroup for my music movie and anime
1TB teamgroup external drive for back up only picture and family stuff +my work file - Notable changes
- switch from windows defender and firewall to avg ultimate and i love it
upgrade my motherboard and cpu - Feedback preference
- Suggestions on the main improvements
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- Last updated
- Jan 1, 2022
- Main use of this computer
- For home and private use
- Operating system
- Windows 10 or 11 (older selection)
- On-device encryption
- Device sign-in security
- Security updates
- Allow security updates and latest features
- User Account Control (UAC)
- Always notify
- Smart App Control
- Network firewall
- Real-time protection
- avg ultimate
- Device firewall
- Custom security settings
- Firewall from my asus router
- Periodic malware scanners
- only avg i use no other space waster.
maybe every 3 month i run scan with emsisoft kit or drweb cure it
- Malware sample testing
- I do not participate in malware testing
- Browsers and extensions
- Browser: i used edge
SearchEngine: for search engine i use swisscow
Addon on edge:
U block origin:
with all filter enable with no speed or loading problem
clear url
bitwarden
user agent switcher: everyday switch to new agent lol
internet downlod accelerator browser addon: cz i use this download manager for years
privacy tweak: with afew filter (fingerprints-webrtc-timezone-geolocation)activate
- Secure DNS
- dns watch
- Desktop VPN
- vypr
- Password and passkey manager
- bitwarden
- Maintenance tools
- privazer
- File and photo backups
- i use steganos safe on external ssd
- System recovery
- i have all file backup on external device so i have only music and movie on pc so if things happen i clean install and use ssd to put them back up
- Usage and exposure
- Working from home
- Visiting familiar websites
- Opening email attachments
- Online shopping and card payments
- Logging into my bank account
- Streaming audio/video content from trusted sites or paid subscriptions
- Streaming from untrusted sites
- Computer specs
- motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero
cpu: Intel Core I9-11900K
vga:ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 2060
ram: 64GB teamgroup
1TB nvme from team group for my work archive
500GB nvme from team group for windows and software i used
4TB ssd from teamgroup for my music movie and anime
1TB teamgroup external drive for back up only picture and family stuff +my work file
- Notable changes
- switch from windows defender and firewall to avg ultimate and i love it
upgrade my motherboard and cpu
- Feedback preference
Suggestions on the main improvements
I would add, at least, 1 3rd party Periodic Security Scanner, to not only rely on AVG signatures...
From the setup owner
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at max config avg do the job maybe every 2 or 3 month i use drweb cureit or emsisoft kit to scan will post scan results in here but i trust avg more than microsoft defender and trendmicro both of them last year give me too much problems
Then, please add them to Periodic Scan, thanks
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