Advanced Plus Security imuade's Security Configuration 2020

[imuade]

Hi all and Happy New Year This is my new configuration

After reading some negative reviews about Webroot (no offense meant), I decided to try it to see how it goes and I have to say it has anything I (and I'd like to stress about "I") want in an Antivirus:

• fully cloud (no need to download signatures)
• very light on system resources (30Mb of Private Bytes, 7Mb of Working set when idle)
• great web protection

I coupled it with my old love Comodo Firewall and I can't see any drawback

Let's see how long I'll keep it

 

[imuade]

Update 17/01/2020
Updated Windows 10 Home to build 18363.592
Replaced Chromium with Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
Added Aomei Backupper Standard

 

[bribon77]

Looks good. Thanks for sharing.

 

[imuade]

Update 26/01/2020
Replaced Comodo Firewall with SpyShelter Free
No problem with Comodo Firewall, I just thought to give SpyShelter Free a try So far, so good, a bit chatty at first (normal for a HIPS) but now it's fine.
Actually, Comodo Firewall did give me some troubles during the uninstallation process, but everything was fine after using their official uninstaller

 

[imuade]

Update 31/01/2020
Removed SpyShelter Free
Tweaked WRSA for higher security

 

[HarborFront]

Did you enable WD? If WRS's cloud is down at least WD can act as backup

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

Did you enable WD? If WRS's cloud is down at least WD can act as backup

i think the point of using WRSA is to have a faster responsiveness, while WD is quite behind.

 

[imuade]

Did you enable WD? If WRS's cloud is down at least WD can act as backup

If WDSC detects any problem with WRSA, WD will be re-enabled

i think the point of using WRSA is to have a faster responsiveness, while WD is quite behind.

Yeah, exactly

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

Yeah, exactly

That would the only reason i would use WRSA instead of WD, but i'm still very annoyed by WRSA constant writing on WRdata folder , especially on a SSD...

 

[imuade]

That would the only reason i would use WRSA instead of WD, but i'm still very annoyed by WRSA constant writing on WRdata folder , especially on a SSD...

I was worried about that too, but in my PC that folder has always been around 20-40Mb and when WRSA updated to the last version, the size reduced to 20Mb.
Just for a comparison, CCAV wrote much more data on the HD

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

I was worried about that too, but in my PC that folder has always been around 20-40Mb and when WRSA updated to the last version, the size reduced to 20Mb.
Just for a comparison, CCAV wrote much more data on the HD

do a test, install a low reputation program, run it, WRSA will start journaling it non-stop.

 

[imuade]

do a test, install a low reputation program, run it, WRSA will start journaling it non-stop.

Yeah, you are right.
Like that, it would be better to open the settings and manually trust that program

EDIT
I think WRSA's concept is similar to Comodo's.
Comodo:
Good=allow
Bad=block & quarantine
Unknown=sandbox

WRSA
Good=allow
Bad=block & quarantine
Unknown=monitor, journal & get ready to revert actions

If you set heuristics to "warn when any new program executes that is not specifically whitelisted", any unknown will generate an alert, then the user can choose to either block or allow.
Like this there won't be any monitoring and the size of WRdata folder shouldn't increase too much

EDIT 2
If you get a warning because an unknown program wanna run and you choose "allow always", WRSA will add that program to the "block/allow file" list and set it under "monitor"

 

[EndangeredPootis]

Uninstall webroot, it is next to useless.

 

[imuade]

Uninstall webroot, it is next to useless.

Well, thanks for your comment, but I don't agree
The web protection is very good, it catches every phishtank entry before smartscreen for example.
Plus, it's very light.
And if you set heuristics to "warn when any new program executes that is not specifically whitelisted", I think the protection is also very good
@omidomi could you please test WRSA with that setting? I'd really like to see how it performs

 

[omidomi]

Well, thanks for your comment, but I don't agree
The web protection is very good, it catches every phishtank entry before smartscreen for example.
Plus, it's very light.
And if you set heuristics to "warn when any new program executes that is not specifically whitelisted", I think the protection is also very good
@omidomi could you please test WRSA with that setting? I'd really like to see how it performs

Hi friend , I think about it & may be do this

 

[imuade]

Update 29/02/2020
Just some side changes after a boring week listening to how Covid-19 is spreading on Italy...

1. Added SumatraPDF as PDF reader (faster than Edge or Chrome)
2. Replaced XnViewMP with FocusOn Image Viewer FocusOn Image Viewer (very lightweight and fast)
3. Replaced Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) with Google Chrome for better compatibility with WRSA Identity Guard (Chrome is automatically detected and added to protected list while Edge has to be added manually)
4. Added some privacy-oriented extensions (clean sheet on browserleaks.com):

• Close & Clean
• Trace - Online Tracking Protection
• WebRTC Control
• WebRTC Protect

 

[WhiteMouse]

Stay safe, I always wear mask when I have go to outside.

 

[Sampei Nihira]

Update 29/02/2020
Just some side changes after a boring week listening to how Covid-19 is spreading on Italy...
Added SumatraPDF as PDF reader (faster than Edge or Chrome)
Replaced XnViewMP with FocusOn Image Viewer FocusOn Image Viewer (very lightweight and fast)
Replaced Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) with Google Chrome for better compatibility with WRSA Identity Guard (Chrome is automatically detected and added to protected list while Edge has to be added manually)
Added some privacy-oriented extensions (cleen sheet on browserleaks.com):

• Close & Clean
• Trace - Online Tracking Protection
• WebRTC Control
• WebRTC Protect

View attachment 234112

Do various tests over time with Trace because it may have unexpected behavior.

 

[imuade]

Update 28/03/2020
Things are getting slightly better in Italy concerning the Covid-19. We still work at home, but the rate of infected people is lowering... let's keep our fingers crossed

Replaced WRSA with FortiClient
After the good reviews here:

Confronto Antivirus 2020: il miglior antivirus free

Prova comparativa tra antivirus e internet security free 2020

www.programmifree.com

Confronto leggerezza e velocità antivirus 2020

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I decided to give FortiClient another try and I have to say it performs very well on my PC.
Later I'll post a User Review about it

 

[imuade]

Update 22/04/2020
I read @stefanos good review about WD, so I decided to try my PC more "Microsofted"

Replaced FortiClient with Windows Defender + ConfigureDefender
Replaced Google Chrome with Microsoft Chromium-Edge