Advanced Plus Security imuade's Security Configuration 2020

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Last updated: Nov 14, 2020

Main use of this computer: For home and private use

Operating system: Windows 10

Device sign-in security

Security updates: Allow security updates and latest features

User Account Control (UAC): Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer

Real-time protection

CleanBrowsing DNS (Security Filter)
Hard_Configurator + FirewallHardening
Windows Defender

Device firewall: Microsoft Defender Firewall

Custom security settings

Hard_Configurator:

"Windows_10_Recommended_Enhanced" profile

FirewallHardening:

"LOLBins" and "Recommended" rules

Periodic malware scanners

AdwCleaner
HitmanPro

Malware sample testing: I do not participate in malware testing

Browsers and extensions

Chromium portable (updated by chrlauncher) with the following extensions:
- Blocksi Web Filter
- Close & Clean
- Dark New Tab
- uBlock origin
- WebRTC Control
- WebRTC Protect

Maintenance tools

Portable softwares:
- Dism++
- DriverStore Explorer
- HiBit uninstaller
- LibreOffice
- MPC-BE
- Nomacs
- PDF SAM
- Sumatra PDF
- SUMo
- Thunderbird

File and photo backups: Aomei Backupper Standard

System recovery: Aomei Backupper Standard

Usage and exposure

- Visiting familiar websites
- Logging into my bank account
- Streaming from untrusted sites

Computer specs: MSI Cubi Intel Core i3-5005U
12Gb RAM
128Gb SSD

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Nov 14, 2020

imuade said:
I'm more and more convinced that Microsoft did something to the OS to make it faster when using Defender rather than a 3rd party AV.

I agree. I tried Wisevector on version 2004. It was surprisingly slow compared to version 1909
every task consumed more time and more CPU. After a few days, the situation was better but still didn't satisfy me enough