IRISHMANS security setup

[IRISHMAN]

I mostly download movies and from trusted uploaders.

 

[LoftedAphid86]

Hi, IRISHMAN.
I would recommend that you get WoT for firefox.
You might also want to get Hitman Pro, SuperAntiSpyware and malwarebytes.

 

[IRISHMAN]

i have installed this add on there now, thanks for the suggestion

 

[LaserWraith]

I agree with the WoT recommendation. Furthermore, you may wish to use Sandboxie to sandbox your movie player...just in case they have something malicious in them.

 

[bogdan]

The good thing is that movies are generally safe. Not because they can't be exploited (just like in case of mp3s with bad tags, for example) but they are usually large in size and malware authors currently consider that their worm won't spread fast enough if attached to a movie file. This has nothing to do with *avi.exe files that are executables.

 

[LaserWraith]

The good thing is that movies are generally safe. Not because they can't be exploited (just like in case of mp3s with bad tags, for example) but they are usually large in size and malware authors currently consider that their worm won't spread fast enough if attached to a movie file. This has nothing to do with *avi.exe files that are executables.

Yes, I thought so. Torrents can just be a bit chancy, so it doesn't hurt to use Sandboxie. Plus, it is useful for other things too.

 

[Chiron]

For your browser you could add the addon for NoScript.

It's a little intrusive, but if used correctly it will protect you from almost all drive-by download attacks.

 

[LoftedAphid86]

For your browser you could add the addon for NoScript.

It's a little intrusive, but if used correctly it will protect you from almost all drive-by download attacks.

I think that NoScript's a little dodgy.
Adblock Plus had a thing against it due to it throwing up an ad infested page every time it updated which was about once a week.

 

[Chiron]

For your browser you could add the addon for NoScript.

It's a little intrusive, but if used correctly it will protect you from almost all drive-by download attacks.

I think that NoScript's a little dodgy.
Adblock Plus had a thing against it due to it throwing up an ad infested page every time it updated which was about once a week.

How long has it been doing this?

I haven't been using Firefox for about 6 months, but I don't seem to remember having any problems with it before that. NoScript is very customizable.

 

[LoftedAphid86]

For your browser you could add the addon for NoScript.

It's a little intrusive, but if used correctly it will protect you from almost all drive-by download attacks.

I think that NoScript's a little dodgy.
Adblock Plus had a thing against it due to it throwing up an ad infested page every time it updated which was about once a week.

How long has it been doing this?

I haven't been using Firefox for about 6 months, but I don't seem to remember having any problems with it before that. NoScript is very customizable.

I don't know if they still do, though I know that they used to.

 

[Watasha]

Are you running Malwarebytes in real-time?

 

[bogdan]

Good observation. If you use the pro version of Malwarebytes you should disable the active guard since it might conflict with KIS. See this thread on Kaspersky forum: link.

 

[IRISHMAN]

no not in real time , thanks for the link bogdan

 

[bogdan]

Noticed any slowdowns? Some KIS users complain about this.

Additional browser plugins:
WOT (Free) - link
To help you avoid malicious sites you can use Web of Trust (WOT) a website rating browser plugin. After you add it to your browser make sure you only visit websites rated "Green" by WOT

Adblock Plus (Free) - link
Adblock is a content-filtering extension for Mozilla Firefox- and Mozilla Application Suite-based web browsers. Adblock allows users to prevent page elements, such as advertisements, from being downloaded and displayed.

 

[Jack]

1.Enable "Block dangerous web sites "​

If the box is checked, Web Anti-Virus blocks access to the websites which have been considered as suspicious or phishing ones by Kaspersky URL Advisor. If Web Anti-Virus cannot return a clear verdict on safety of the website to which a link directs, you will be offered to load this website in Safe Run. When activated in Safe Run, malicious objects do not impose any threat to your computer.

Web Anti-Virus allows to download websites in the safe environment for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

If the box is unchecked, Web Anti-Virus does not block access to known suspicious websites automatically.

Read : How to enable "Block dangerous web sites "

2.Enable detection of other malicious programs in Kaspersky Internet Security 2011​

Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 can detect hundreds thousands of malware programs that may reside on your computer. Some of these programs impose a greater threat for your computer, others are only dangerous when certain conditions are mett.Follow this tutorial and select all the threats to be detected.
Read : How to enable detection of other malicious programs in Kaspersky Internet Security 2011

3.Enable compatibility settings.​

Go to > Advance Settings > Compatibility -> Enable the 2 boxes.

4.Enable GeoFilter (optional)​

Web Anti-Virus in Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 contain a new technology Geo Filter. Geo Filter is designed to block access to web sites on the grounds of their belonging to regional web domains avoid web sites from the most infected regional domains. This allows you to block access to websites which belong to regional domains with a high risk of infection.

The domain is recognized as blocked in the following cases:

• access to the domain is blocked according to the Web Anti-Virus settings configured by a user
  last access to the domain was blocked by a user
• If Geo Filter detects an attempt to access to a web site from the blocked region, the corresponding message appears.

Read : How to configure Geo Filter in Kaspersky Internet Security 2011

5.Enable Online Banking (Optional)​

When working with online banking, the user needs special protection, since leakages of confidential information may lead to financial losses. Web Anti-Virus can control access to the resources that you use when working with online banking, downloading them in a safe browser, thus ensuring advanced protection. Web Anti-Virus automatically defines which web resources are online banking services. For guaranteed identification of a web resource as online banking service, you can specify its URL in the corresponding list.

Read : How to configure Online Banking in Kaspersky Internet Security 2011

6.On-demand scan settings​

• Full Scan -> Settings
  Scope -> All files. Enable Scan only new and changed files.
  Additional -> Heuristic Analysis -> Deep Scan. Rootkit Scan -> Enable Detailed/Deep Scan.
  In Scan Scope/Objects to scan -> Add -> Disk boot sectors.
  
• Critical Areas Scan / Quick Scan ->Settings:
  Scope -> All files. Enable boxes: Scan all files, Scan all installation packages, Scan all embedded OLE objects.
  Additional -> Heuristic Analysis -> Deep Scan. Rootkit Scan -> Enable Detailed/Deep Scan.
  In Scan Scope/Objects to Scan: Add (if not) -> System Backup storage.
  
• Objects Scan/Custom Scan -> Settings:
  Scope -> All files.
  Additional -> Heuristic Analysis -> Deep scan. Rootkit Scan -> Enable Detailed/Deep Scan.

7.To be continued since I'm in a quick weekend vacation right now:">