Advanced Plus Security Kongo's Computer Security Config 2025

Last updated
Apr 22, 2025
How it's used?
For home and private use
Operating system
macOS 15 Sequoia
On-device encryption
BitLocker Device Encryption for Windows
Log-in security
    • Hardware security key
Security updates
Allow security updates and latest features
Update channels
Allow stable updates only
User Access Control
Always notify
Smart App Control
Off
Network firewall
Enabled
About WiFi router
AiProtection by TrendMicro (ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000)
Real-time security
Deep Instinct Endpoint Protection
Firewall security
Microsoft Defender Firewall with Advanced Security
About custom security

Hardening tools:
- Firewall Hardening (blocking outbound connections of LOLBins)
- Run by SmartScreen (forces SmartScreen to scan files of choice)

- O&O ShutUp10 (recommended settings)
- O&O AppBuster (removed unecessary Windows 11 apps)
- Windows Sandbox



System settings:
- Microsoft Defender running in sandbox (inactive)
- Reputation Based Protections (all modules enabled)
- Smart App Control disabled

- Data Execution Prevention set to AlwaysOn
- Core Isolation: Memory Integrity enabled
-
Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection enabled
- Secure Boot enabled
- Drives encrypted via TPM (BitLocker)
- Windows Update Delivery Optimization disabled
- AutoPlay disabled
- Network Discovery disabled (Public Firewall profile)
- PowerShell --> Constrained Language Mode
- Hide extensions for known file types --> disabled
- Show hidden files --> enabled

- Virtualization enabled (allows Application Sandboxing)

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Periodic malware scanners
Norton Power Eraser, X-Sec and AdwCleaner
Malware sample testing
I do participate in malware testing. See details about my testing environment below.
Environment for malware testing
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VMware Workstation Player + Proton VPN on host machine while connected to the guest network.

Online Malware Analysis Platforms that I use:


- FileScan.iO
- Intenzer Analyze
- Hybrid Analysis
- VirusTotal
- Sophos Intelix
- ANY.RUN
-
Triage
- Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal
- Neiki.Dev
- ThreatZone
- UnpacMe
- Qianxin Online Sandbox


--> Currently I am barely testing
Browser(s) and extensions

Mozilla Firefox v. 137.0.2

Extensions:
- Ghostery
- Osprey: Browser Protection
- SafeToOpen
- Bitwarden


Browser privacy and security settings:
- Tracking protection: Strict (enables Total Cookie Protection)
- Enable secure DNS using: Max Protection
- HTTPS-only-mode enabled
- DuckDuckGo set as search engine
- Pocket disabled
- Sending DNT-requests disabled (enabling makes you more identifiable and barely gives any advantage on most sites.)
- Clearing browsing data on exit
- Search suggestions disabled
- Websites overview disabled
- Blocking incoming location, camera and microphone requests
- AutoPlay for audio and video disabled
- Firefox telemetry disabled (also in about:config)
- Blocking pop-ups
- Warn when websites try to install addons enabled
- Protection against fraudulent content and dangerous software enabled



about:config tweaks:
- network.dns.echconfig.enabled =
true
- network.dns.use_https_rr_as_altsvc = true
- fission.autostart = true
- pdfjs.enableScripting =
false
- network.IDN_show_punycode = true
- security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation = true

- geo.enabled = false
- webgl.disabled = true
- network.trr.mode =
3 (NextDNS)

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Secure DNS

- NextDNS with DoH + OISD blocklist (Firefox exclusively)



Desktop VPN
Proton VPN with Secure Core, NetShield and Permanent Kill Switch
Password manager
Bitwarden Premium
Maintenance tools
PatchMyPC, UniGetUI, HiBit Uninstaller and Windows built in tools for cleaning and optimization
File and Photo backup
backup to external drive when necessary
Subscriptions
    • Google One Standard 200GB
System recovery
Aomei Backupper
Risk factors
    • Browsing to popular websites
    • Browsing to unknown / untrusted / shady sites
    • Opening email attachments
    • Buying from online stores, entering banks card details
    • Downloading software and files from reputable sites
    • Gaming
    • Streaming audio/video content from shady sites
    • Downloading malware samples
Computer specs
GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 360 TI
CPU: Intel I5 12600K
RAM: 16 GB DDR4-3200 Crucial
Hard disks: 500 GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus + 1 TB Western Digital Blue
Notable changes
- Updated for year 2024
What I'm looking for?

Looking for minimum feedback.

Kongo

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Ghostery also lacks recent updates, thats why on my Manjaro i completely removed Firefox and Switched to Opera together with Chrome.
Well last update was 2 months ago. Not too bad. I just never liked the Chromium based browsers. I started browsing the internet with Firefox and I will end browsing the internet with Firefox. 🙃
 

TuxTalk

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Well last update was 2 months ago. Not too bad. I just never liked the Chromium based browsers. I started browsing the internet with Firefox and I will end browsing the internet with Firefox. 🙃
haha well FF is digging its own grave at the moment, for me the opposite, FF slow and i dont like the way they act and think.
 

Kongo

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haha well FF is digging its own grave at the moment, for me the opposite, FF slow and i dont like the way they act and think.
I mean it's up to everybody to decide which browser to use, but in the end I would still say that Mozilla's way of thinking is much better compared to tech giants and data grabbers like Google or Opera. I mean I am using a Pixel phone, but as long as I enjoy using FIrefox, I will not change a thing. (y)
 

Gandalf_The_Grey

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I just can't motivate to add rules and play around with uBlock Origin which is the main purpose of it. I just want to keep it basic. 🙃
Just use easy mode and stop doing anything else with it:
 

lokamoka820

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brambedkar59

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thanks for this post I wasn't aware that Osprey was available for firefox but it was in mozilla add-ons and now installed but no icon to pin to toolbar?? :unsure:
It just became available recently.

After installing you need to click on extension button, click cog wheel button on right side of extension you want to pin and select pin to toolbar. You can also rearrange extensions by right clicking on toolbar and select customize toolbar and then drag extensions/buttons on toolbar to wherever you like.

It is much easier to customize toolbar on Edge/Chrome than Firefox. Granted Firefox has much more customization options available.

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Edit: Typo
 
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simmerskool

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After installing you need to click on extension button, click cog wheel button on right side of extension you want to pin and select pin to toolbar.
yes thanks! for some unknown reason last night the cog wheel was NOT appearing for me(?), but first thing this am it was there and now it is pinned. No idea why delay. Running firefox in Linux_VM here.
 

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