Zanzibari's Second setup

[zanzibari]

I am hoping to learn more on how to protect my computer from security attacks

 

[starchild76]

hello and welcome to mt! first of all you should definately turn on uac , will help you out a lot in protecting your pc. you could also ad more plugins to chrome ensuring your privacy , speed up browsing and also for security reasons obviously : https everywhere , adblock , bitdefender traficlight. do you use a third party firewall? if not you can use comodo firewall or online armor , both free. do you use malwarebytes anti malware pro as realtime protection? you do know this is not a fullfledge av and that you need an av to run alongside of it : avast , avg , 360 internet security are good choices
you couls also use win 8.1 built in security ( defender , uac , win firewall ) uses virtually no recources and does interfere / crash your operating system or make it instable.

 

[NSG001]

Hi @zanzibari
Thanks for posting your set up.
I agree with @starchild76
A complimentary AV would be recommended (Panda or avast!) or even Comodo Firewall with cloud.
Extensions for Chrome i always recommend are: HTTPS Everywhere and µBlock

 

[NullPointerException]

Enable UAC to Always Notify Me.
Download and install Hitman Pro.
Download Avast Free Edition (recommended) or AVG (also recommended).
Download Tinywall (Comodo FW is too advanced for you, it seems)

 

[silversurfer]

User Account Control settings: Enable UAC
Real-Time Protection: use any proper antivirus of your choice...
On-Demand Scanner: use Hitman Pro or Emsisoft Emergency Kit both are portable

 

[starchild76]

windows firewall control can be a good choice to , set to medium protection

 

[NullPointerException]

User Account Control settings: Enable UAC
Real-Time Protection: use any proper antivirus of your choice...
On-Demand Scanner: install and use Hitman Pro or Emsisoft Emergency Kit both are portable

By 'portable', Silversurfer means they can be run on Mac, Linux and Windows. You don't need to download an additional file.

I also recommend the following add-ons:
MyWOT. (Highly recommended)
Adblock/UBlock (Strongly recommended)
Click and Clean. (recommended)
Lastpass (highly recommended)

If you have the money, you should buy Emsisoft Anti-Malware (instead of Avast or AVG. Never use two antiviruses unless you know what you're doing)

 

[starchild76]

if you do want to play with more than one av on your machine and do the most crazy and imagionable configs known to mankind and dare every aspect of your brain , do ask our übertweaker @Umbra Polaris for advice : notorious for his famous umbra total security

 

[NullPointerException]

He is a novice it seems. Let's not drag him to complexity.

 

[frogboy]

Enable UAC for sure and a real AV.

 

[Exterminator]

UAC(Enabled),Defender,windows Firewall & smartscreen would be a good start as long as you exercise some common sense while online and what you click on. Thanks for sharing your config

 

[Aura]

What was your last known malware infection ?
I'm honestly not surprised that you were infected if you're running that setup.
You're lacking : an Antivirus, an enabled UAC, a back-up solution and protection/privacy browser add-ons such as HTTPSEverywhere, Ghostery, Web of Trust (WOT), NoScript, etc.

 

[azmi]

use Norton av..so far use already one year pass..very good defender...

 

[Aura]

use Norton av..so far use already one year pass..very good defender...

There's honestly tons of Antiviruses I would use before relying on a Norton product.

 

[donetao]

There's honestly tons of Antiviruses I would use before relying on a Norton product.

Hi ! I'm sure I need to slow down my replies as this is just my first day here on this forum,but I'm finding so many things that I want to reply on here. I agree 100%. Norton would be my last choice. I think I would even go bare before using Norton. I have not heard one good thing about Norton. My choices are MSE and MBAM Pro. Then there are tons of on demand programs you can use to keep your PC cleaned up.

 

[VirusAttak]

Norton is doing pretty good these days ...I'm using it from last Week ,no false positive ,Excellent detection , Ram uses around 10mb in background and only use 30mb foreground (during scans or doing other stuffs ) , Scan time is fast Give it a try .Of course turn on UAC At least set it to recommended

see Ram used by norton (it is not going to slow down your pc Trust me )

 

[Striker]

Norton is actualy pretty good and one of the lightes out there. no need for switch. and if u know what ur doing u realy, realy dont need uac. i never use uac and never get infected. useless future for advanced users, just annoying.

 

[VirusAttak]

Norton is actualy pretty good and one of the lightes out there. no need for switch. and if u know what ur doing u realy, realy dont need uac. i never use uac and never get infected. useless future for advanced users, just annoying.

he is a Medium user i think it is better for him to turn it one.

 

[Aura]

Norton is actualy pretty good and one of the lightes out there. no need for switch. and if u know what ur doing u realy, realy dont need uac. i never use uac and never get infected. useless future for advanced users, just annoying.

I know exactly what I'm doing and my UAC is on default settings. Your point is ?

 

[Ink]

For starters, re-enable the default Windows 8 security;
- Windows Defender
- Windows Smartscreen
- Windows Firewall
- UAC on default
- Windows Update to automatic

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/security-checklist-windows
http://www.microsoft.com/en-GB/security/pc-security/windows8.aspx

Work on from there, deciding what security works best for you.