Mineria's Security Configuration

[Soulbound]

I have to find another solution for a kid though, needs to be way more auto and allow games to be downloaded and installed without alerts and questions, yet it still needs to be "safe", maybe 360 Total Security, Glasswire and the rest of what I use in my configuration?
Since the kid won't have a clue what to allow and disallow.

Gaming?
HIPS will be too much maintenance.

Free: avast (tweaked and enable hardened mode) or AVG (360 you need to enable avira and or bd engines to be reliable and it becomes rather heavy)
Paid: Kaspersky AV/IS; Norton Security, VIPRE AV, Webroot
Take your pick

Windows Firewall is enough unless you use one of the Internet Security variations above.

 

[Mineria]

Installed Avast and Hitman Pro Alert Free plus IceDragon and the add/malware blockers that I use.

On my own setup I got annoyed by Avast installing it's safe zone browser without notice, so flushed Avast down the drain.

 

[Mineria]

Switched CIS out with CFW, added 360 TSE and switched IceDragon out with FireFox x64 (should be more secure with the plugin restrictions)

 

[Deleted Member 333v73x]

Programs to remove:
•Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit OR HitmanPro. Alert - overlapping protection and possible incompatibilities

Programs to add:
•HitmanPro
•Zemana Anti-Malware Free
•Zemana Anti-Logger Free
•Emsisoft Emergency Kit

Important Advice from me:
•Avoid cracking, hacking or keygen tools 99% of them are malicious and illegal!
•Try to use official websites and programs, try to avoid third-parties as much as possible.
•Keep software and operating system up-to date is essential.
•Think before you click!

Hope this helps! Regards @Tornado

 

[Mineria]

Programs to remove:
•Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit OR HitmanPro. Alert - overlapping protection and possible incompatibilities

Programs to add:
•HitmanPro
•Zemana Anti-Malware Free
•Zemana Anti-Logger Free
•Emsisoft Emergency Kit

Important Advice from me:
•Avoid cracking, hacking or keygen tools 99% of them are malicious and illegal!
•Try to use official websites and programs, try to avoid third-parties as much as possible.
•Keep software and operating system up-to date is essential.
•Think before you click!

Hope this helps! Regards @Tornado

Thanks

MAE and HPA run fine together, didn't see any incompatibilities in the logs so far, while as Zemana Anti-Logger conflicts with CIS, didn't try with CFW though.
HitmanPro scanner is part of HitmanPro.Alert, comes with a 30 days trial which I won't activate before it really finds something.
I doubt that I need Zemana Anti-Malware Free and Emsisoft Emergency Kit on top of what I got, plus the best emergency kit is an offline system backup.

I do avoid hacking, cracking and keygen tool, CFF Explorer and ResHack are the exception.
I always try sticking to well know programs, if it's something new I investigate before trying.
Windows Update is on auto and I'm checking up on the rest frequently, plus using my ninite file for part of it, also always thinking before clicking, hence why I didn't have any infections on my PC for a decade or two, and I wouldn't want to see something like Petya ending up on my system either.
To think of, it's funny that it hit OSX first... makes me remember some Apple peoples smart remark about that a MAC can't get virus.

 

[Mineria]

Disabled Comodo's HIPS (360 TS already covers) and using stricter auto sandbox settings, also removed MAE to avoid possible compatibility issues.
Went over my BIOS settings and saw that the security keys for UEFI weren't loaded, so did set those up too.

 

[frogboy]

IceDragon is currently at Firefox 44.0.0.11, while Firefox itself is up at 45.0.1.
I guess Cyberfox is a Firefox offspring as well? Waiting for FF x64 to get compatible with more plugins before jumping on, it is rather limited at the moment.

Neither Avast nor Comodo AV has a compatibility mode, going to see how COMODO takes Avast's hardened mode.

Cyberfox usually updates to the current Firefox version within a matter of hours and has a lot of telemetry disabled.

 

[Mineria]

Cyberfox usually updates to the current Firefox version within a matter of hours and has a lot of telemetry disabled.

You can disable telemetry in Firefox itself too not to mention add-ons like Privacy Settings, and if you want to remove it completely it's just checking out the source, remove it and compile, probably what is done with Cyberfox.
I'm on FireFox x64 now instead of IceDragon, figured that it didn't matter with Java and some other plugins.

EDIT: Using Cyberfox x64 for Intel atm

 

[Mineria]

Removed MBAM

Added Emisoft Emergency Kit

Opted in for Hitman.Pro.Alert trial, everything enabled except Bad USB since it sometimes bugs upon boot.

 

[Mineria]

Added configuration spoilers to first post

 

[DJ Panda]

Hi could you add Zemana Anti-Malware as an on demand scanner? That would make your security config even better.

 

[Mineria]

Hi could you add Zemana Anti-Malware as an on demand scanner? That would make your security config even better.

If it was available as a portable version, sure.
I don't really need on demand scanners though, could probably even run without 360TS without ever getting infected by Viruses, Malware and Adware, only fear I have is that legit sites and software downloads could be infected.

On a site note, only Hitman.Pro was able to remove all of some recent malware (1 month ago) on a friends PC, we tried with MBAM Chameleon first, but it only got rid of half of it.
Worst though is that his PC was protected with NIS set to max protection.
I could say that in the end it is his own fault by headless browsing, but on the other hand that is what the average user does isn't it?
A full suite should be sufficient to protect the average user, unfortunately it never seems to be.

 

[Noxx]

If it was available as a portable version, sure.
I don't really need on demand scanners though, could probably even run without 360TS without ever getting infected by Viruses, Malware and Adware, only fear I have is that legit sites and software downloads could be infected.

It does have a portable version if you ever decide to add another on-demand.

Zemana Downloads – Security Software Free Trails

Right below "free download". Though, 360 TS + Hitmanpro + Emsisoft is pretty strong, so as you say, it may not even be necessary.

 

[Mineria]

Anyone got some suggestion/advice for my configurations?

 

[Mineria]

Got rid of 360TS and went with a licensed CIS Pro + HMPA

 

[enaph]

How did you configured both products - CIS and HMP.A - to make them work together?
I was thinking about HMP.A but wasn't if it will not cause any conflicts with CIS.

 

[Mineria]

How did you configured both products - CIS and HMP.A - to make them work together?
I was thinking about HMP.A but wasn't if it will not cause any conflicts with CIS.

Didn't see any conflicts between HPM.A and CIS.

You can always opt in for a 30 days trial to see if it works out, I did that.

I also added my COMODO config to the OP.

 

[DaCoZ]

You 've got Acronis True Image 2016 (licensed). What do you think about their tool "Try&Decide" (I personally test malwares / virus, with this tool, or when I want to test some softwares, open zip files from mail, and more).

 

[enaph]

Didn't see any conflicts between HPM.A and CIS.

You can always opt in for a 30 days trial to see if it works out, I did that.

I also added my COMODO config to the OP.

Thanks! I have already paid version of HMP.A

 

[Mineria]

You 've got Acronis True Image 2016 (licensed). What do you think about their tool "Try&Decide" (I personally test malwares / virus, with this tool, or when I want to test some softwares, open zip files from mail, and more).

I didn't try it out yet, I use it for system backups and restoring on different hardware.
I should start using it though, would save me some time when trying out new programs.