Advanced Plus Security Morro Security Config 2021

[Morro]

It has been a long time since I actually logged into this forum, so I had to re-make my Security Config. Oh and one thing I could not mention in the config, is that I use Malwarebytes WFC with Microsoft Defender Firewall.

 

[Thales]

I recommend to set UAC to maximum. Mention in your config the WFC pls.
Windows SUA is a good choice.
Do you use any browser plugins?

 

[Morro]

I recommend to set UAC to maximum. Mention in your config the WFC pls.
Windows SUA is a good choice.
Do you use any browser plugins?

- The Config does not allow me to mention MBAM WFC in the Firewall section?
- Just set the UAC to Maximum.

As for Browser Plugins ... yeah at the moment I use these in Edge.

Generated: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 23:15:05 GMT
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.141 Safari/537.36 Edg/87.0.664.75

Extensions: 23
- Web Boost - Wait Less, Browse Faster! v3.2.4
Make your web pages load faster! Boost browser speed!
- Canvas Blocker - Fingerprint Protect v0.1.5
Prevent HTML canvas element from generating a unique identification key to protect user's privacy
- Kaspersky Protection v1.3.8.0
Je bescherming op het internet met de extensie van Kaspersky
- Flash Video Downloader v32.0.0
Popular Video Downloader. Downloads most popular media formats, flash videos.
- LastPass: Free Password Manager v4.62.0.1
Met LastPass, een bekroonde wachtwoordbeheerder, kunt u uw wachtwoorden opslaan en heeft u veilig toegang vanaf elke computer en elk mobiel apparaat.
- uBlock Origin v1.32.4
Eindelijk, een efficiënte adblocker. Gebruikt weinig processorkracht en geheugen.
- Old Reddit Redirect v1.2.0
Ensure Reddit always loads the old design
- Dark Reader v4.9.26
Donkere modus voor elke website. Zorg goed voor je ogen, gebruik donkere modus voor gebruik in de nacht of zelfs overdag.
- Forget Button - Clean your Browser v0.1.8
Quickly delete recent browser history, cookies, cache, downloads, forms, and passwords from a defined date
- SuperSorter v0.5.3
Clean up your bookmark mess! Sort bookmarks, delete duplicates, merge folders, sort automatically, etc.
- HTML5 Autoplay Blocker v1.5.0
Disables autoplay of all HTML5 audio and video
- PopUpOFF - Popup and overlay blocker v2.0.2
Removes and prevents popups, overlays and cookie notifications, other tools do not. Enjoy the original look of the internet.
- Neat URL v5.0.0
Verwijder rommel van URLs.
- Reddit Enhancement Suite v5.20.12
A suite of modules that enhance your Reddit browsing experience
- Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller v2.0.5
Make scroll behavior smooth, ease-in-out manner, customizable with dynamically plotted curve. With bouncy edge feature.
- Decentraleyes v2.0.15
Beschermt tegen tracking via het "gratis", gecentraliseerd, verzorgen van content.
- WebGL Fingerprint Defender v0.1.5
Defending against WebGL fingerprinting by reporting a fake value.
- Font Fingerprint Defender v0.1.3
Defending against Font fingerprinting by reporting a fake value.
- Popup my Bookmarks v7.1.1
Een efficiëntere manier om uw bladwijzermenu te bekijken en beheren
- Layoutify: Improved Layout for Instagram v3.3.3.1
The layout of Instagram.com is not optimized for the desktop. This extension improves this.
- AudioContext Fingerprint Defender v0.1.6
Defending against AudioContext fingerprinting by reporting a fake value.
- Online Download Manager v4.1.1.4
Manage downloads, sniff and save videos, images, mp3s. Power up Chrome with Online Download Manager
- Turbo Download Manager (3rd edition) v0.6.4
Een downloadmanager met snelheidsversnelling, site spider, dynamische segmentatie, hervatten, pauzeren en downloadherstel

 

[Thales]

The Config does not allow me to mention MBAM WFC in the Firewall section? Just set the UAC to Maximum.

As for Browser Plugins ... yeah at the moment I use these in Edge.


Generated: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 23:15:05 GMT
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.141 Safari/537.36 Edg/87.0.664.75

Extensions: 23
- Web Boost - Wait Less, Browse Faster! v3.2.4
Make your web pages load faster! Boost browser speed!
- Canvas Blocker - Fingerprint Protect v0.1.5
Prevent HTML canvas element from generating a unique identification key to protect user's privacy
- Kaspersky Protection v1.3.8.0
Je bescherming op het internet met de extensie van Kaspersky
- Flash Video Downloader v32.0.0
Popular Video Downloader. Downloads most popular media formats, flash videos.
- LastPass: Free Password Manager v4.62.0.1
Met LastPass, een bekroonde wachtwoordbeheerder, kunt u uw wachtwoorden opslaan en heeft u veilig toegang vanaf elke computer en elk mobiel apparaat.
- uBlock Origin v1.32.4
Eindelijk, een efficiënte adblocker. Gebruikt weinig processorkracht en geheugen.
- Old Reddit Redirect v1.2.0
Ensure Reddit always loads the old design
- Dark Reader v4.9.26
Donkere modus voor elke website. Zorg goed voor je ogen, gebruik donkere modus voor gebruik in de nacht of zelfs overdag.
- Forget Button - Clean your Browser v0.1.8
Quickly delete recent browser history, cookies, cache, downloads, forms, and passwords from a defined date
- SuperSorter v0.5.3
Clean up your bookmark mess! Sort bookmarks, delete duplicates, merge folders, sort automatically, etc.
- HTML5 Autoplay Blocker v1.5.0
Disables autoplay of all HTML5 audio and video
- PopUpOFF - Popup and overlay blocker v2.0.2
Removes and prevents popups, overlays and cookie notifications, other tools do not. Enjoy the original look of the internet.
- Neat URL v5.0.0
Verwijder rommel van URLs.
- Reddit Enhancement Suite v5.20.12
A suite of modules that enhance your Reddit browsing experience
- Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller v2.0.5
Make scroll behavior smooth, ease-in-out manner, customizable with dynamically plotted curve. With bouncy edge feature.
- Decentraleyes v2.0.15
Beschermt tegen tracking via het "gratis", gecentraliseerd, verzorgen van content.
- WebGL Fingerprint Defender v0.1.5
Defending against WebGL fingerprinting by reporting a fake value.
- Font Fingerprint Defender v0.1.3
Defending against Font fingerprinting by reporting a fake value.
- Popup my Bookmarks v7.1.1
Een efficiëntere manier om uw bladwijzermenu te bekijken en beheren
- Layoutify: Improved Layout for Instagram v3.3.3.1
The layout of Instagram.com is not optimized for the desktop. This extension improves this.
- AudioContext Fingerprint Defender v0.1.6
Defending against AudioContext fingerprinting by reporting a fake value.
- Online Download Manager v4.1.1.4
Manage downloads, sniff and save videos, images, mp3s. Power up Chrome with Online Download Manager
- Turbo Download Manager (3rd edition) v0.6.4
Een downloadmanager met snelheidsversnelling, site spider, dynamische segmentatie, hervatten, pauzeren en downloadherstel

Ohh my... I think this is over the top. I mean less is more is the exact wording in your case.
Privacy is less important than security and the more extension you use the more attack vector you have.

 

[Morro]

So which ones do you and others, think are not really necessary?

 

[Morro]

Added Eset Online Scanner as a second on demand scanner.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

So which ones do you and others, think are not really necessary?

Best is using none so you can hide in the mass.
I only use AdGuard extension but only with default ad filter and Kees' list.

 

[harlan4096]

- The Config does not allow me to mention MBAM WFC in the Firewall section?

You can add that info in Real-time malware protection or in RTP & OS hardening settings

 

[Morro]

Best is using none so you can hide in the mass.
I only use AdGuard extension but only with default ad filter and Kees' list.

I will take a look at them and see which I really want to keep.

And thank you Harlan4096 for letting me know.

 

[Kongo]

So which ones do you and others, think are not really necessary?

- Remove Web Boost
- Remove Canvas Blocker
- Keep Kaspersky Protection
- Remove Flash Video Downloader
- Keep LastPass
- Keep UBlock Origin
- Old Reddit Redirect (Keep it if you really need it)
- Dark Reader (Keep it if you really need it)
- Remove Forget Button (Those functions can be enabled in settings and don't require an addon as far as I know)
- Remove SuperSorter
- Remove HTML5 Auto Blocker
- PopUpOFF (Keep it if you really need it)
- Replace NeatURL with ClearURLs (ClearURLs)
- Remove Reddit Enhancement Suite
- Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller (Keep it if you really need it)
- Replace Decentraleyes with LocalCDN (LocalCDN)
- Remove WebGL Fingerprint Defender
- Remove Font Fingerprint Defender
- Remove Popup my Bookmarks
- Layoutify (Keep it if you really need it)
- Remove AudioContext Fingerprint Defender
- Remove Online Download Manager
- Keep Turbo Download Manager

Addons that pretend to hide your fingerprint are never really useful. Play with the browser settings and tweak them for some more privacy and then you are good to go. More "privacy extensions" won't give you more privacy.

 

[Morro]

- Remove Web Boost
- Remove Canvas Blocker
- Keep Kaspersky Protection
- Remove Flash Video Downloader
- Keep LastPass
- Keep UBlock Origin
- Old Reddit Redirect (Keep it if you really need it)
- Dark Reader (Keep it if you really need it)
- Remove Forget Button (Those functions can be enabled in settings and don't require an addon as far as I know)
- Remove SuperSorter
- Remove HTML5 Auto Blocker
- PopUpOFF (Keep it if you really need it)
- Replace NeatURL with ClearURLs (ClearURLs)
- Remove Reddit Enhancement Suite
- Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller (Keep it if you really need it)
- Replace Decentraleyes with LocalCDN (LocalCDN)
- Remove WebGL Fingerprint Defender
- Remove Font Fingerprint Defender
- Remove Popup my Bookmarks
- Layoutify (Keep it if you really need it)
- Remove AudioContext Fingerprint Defender
- Remove Online Download Manager
- Keep Turbo Download Manager

Addons that pretend to hide your fingerprint are never really useful. Play with the browser settings and tweak them for some more privacy and then you are good to go. More "privacy extensions" won't give you more privacy.

Thank you for the advice, this is what I did.

* Removed Web Boost
* Removed Flash Video Downloader.
* Removed Forget Button.
* Removed SuperSorter. ( I had to keep activating the auto sort function every time I start Edge any way. )
* Removed Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller.
* Removed Canvas Blocker
* Removed WebGL Fingerprint Defender
* Removed Font Fingerprint Defender
* Removed AudioContext Fingerprint Defender
* Removed Reddit Enhancement Suite


* Kept Kaspersky Protection.
* Kept LastPass.
* Kept UBlock Origin.
* Kept Old Reddit Redirect.
* Kept Dark Reader.
* Kept PopUpOFF.
* Kept Online Download Manager. ( I really like how it organizes my downloads. )
* Kept Turbo Download Manager.
* Kept Layoutify.
* Kept Popup my Bookmarks. ( I prefer it over the normal bookmark method. )

* Replaced NeatURL with ClearURL.
* Replaced Decentraleyes with LocalCDN.

 

[Kongo]

* Kept HTML5 Auto Blocker. ( I just do not like it when a video starts automatically. )

You can disable AutoPlay in the browser options. Picture is in german, but I'm sure you will find the setting anyway.

 

[Morro]

You can disable AutoPlay in the browser options. Picture is in german, but I'm sure you will find the setting anyway.

Had to enable the block option with edge://flags/ first, but now I have set it to block, thank you SecureBongo.

* Removed HTML5 Auto Blocker.

 

[Kongo]

Had to enable the block option with edge://flags/ first, but now I have set it to block, thank you SecureBongo.

* Removed HTML5 Auto Blocker.

No problem Morro

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Still too many extensions, but it's your setup

 

[Morro]

Updated my Config, changed my Device recovery & settings software and added information to the Computer specifications part.

 

[Thales]

Still too many extensions, but it's your setup

This!

I would keep these and delete everything else.

• LastPass
• UBlock Origin

For example I have only 1 addon (AdBlock for youtube) and nextDns does the rest.
But your config is already better than before.

 

[Kongo]

This!

I would keep these and delete everything else.

• LastPass
• UBlock Origin

For example I have only 1 addon (AdBlock for youtube) because I hate youtube adds and the nextDns does the rest.

Keep it realistic, he already deleted like 50% of his extensions, and if he needs those downloaders and other extensions he should keep them.

 

[Morro]

Trying out NextDNS for a while, I hope that 300k query's are enough. From what I read here and else where it should be, but we will see.

I used SecurityNightmares tutorial to set up NextDNS.

Tutorial - NextDNS: a DoH/ DoT guide

As Lenny_Fox request a NextDNS guide with pictures, here we go - based on Your NextDNS settings thread. First, info about NextDNS can be read at: official Website & GitHub I use and recommend using their service in easiest way you can implement. For me that is on router level so i don't need...

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And for now I removed uBlock Origin.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

You should check my guide update

Tutorial - NextDNS: a DoH/ DoT guide

As Lenny_Fox request a NextDNS guide with pictures, here we go - based on Your NextDNS settings thread. First, info about NextDNS can be read at: official Website & GitHub I use and recommend using their service in easiest way you can implement. For me that is on router level so i don't need...

malwaretips.com