Advanced Plus Security Macknife Desktop Config 2020

Last updated
Jan 3, 2020
How it's used?
For home and private use
Operating system
Windows 10
Log-in security
Security updates
Allow security updates and latest features
User Access Control
Always notify
Real-time security
Avast free antivirus
Firewall security
Microsoft Defender Firewall
About custom security
High settings + Hardened Mode
Periodic malware scanners
Eset online scanner (program) Norton power Eraser
Malware sample testing
I do not participate in malware testing
Browser(s) and extensions
Edge Chromium with Trafficlight and Ublock Origin , Google Chrome : Windows defender browser protection + trafficlight+ Ublock Origin
Maintenance tools
Wise disk cleaner, wise registry cleaner.
File and Photo backup
Aomei Backupper standard
System recovery
Aomei Backupper standard
Risk factors
    • Browsing to popular websites
    • Logging into my bank account
    • Gaming
    • Streaming audio/video content from trusted sites or paid subscriptions
Computer specs
HP Desktop Intel® i3-4150
Dual-Core @3,50 Ghz.
Intel HD Graphics 4400
Ram: 16 GB DDR3.
HD 1 TB
Notable changes
Dec 2 , 2020 Replaced KSC (free) by Avast! free

Pat MacKnife

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I replaced Windows Defender with Bitdefender Free Antivirus for a smaller footprint..... sometimes computer slowsdown with WD and slow opening of download folder with .exe files
Will see how it goes with BD free , hope better performance, because computer is more than 5 years old.
 
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EndangeredPootis

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I replaced Windows Defender with Bitdefender Free Antivirus for a smaller footprint..... sometimes computer slowsdown with WD and slow opening of download folder with .exe files
Will see how it goes with BD free , hope better performance, because computer is more than 5 years old.
Thats funny, considering bitdefender uses 500 megabytes of memory, 6 times more tha windows defender
 

Pat MacKnife

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Actualy its feeling much lighter than windows defender, even when it uses more Ram ...... maybe you don't know ???

Memory usage by an antivirus, generally does not matter. Unless your system is short on RAM, then memory usage will not affect performance, and in some cases antiviruses using more memory perform better than ones keeping thier memory useage low, becuase they are keeping data in RAM rather than reguarly writing data back to the hard drive, to free up RAM, which actually hinders performance. If you've got enough RAM installed, it is high CPU and or disk usage will cause performance issues. I never look at RAM usage by security software becuase it simply does not matter.
 

Pat MacKnife

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Both of them are no problem, for example the amtso test : sometimes things are blocked by AV webshield and sometimes by trafficlight.
You also see the green mark on search engine like google if a website is safe or not.
On a you-tube test by Computer solutions they also tested BD free with Trafficlight and they had better results : (14:05)

 
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