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Not sure what else I could add to improve my PC security, feel free to suggest any changes or new things for me to try out. Thanks.
Numeriku's Security Configuration 2023
- Thread starter Numeriku
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- Feb 25, 2017
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Consider adding Simple Windows Hardening for additional malicious scrip protection. Also, you chose the wrong option in the category "Software Firewall"
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Fixed that, i assume that windows defender firewall is the correct option. Thanks.Consider adding Simple Windows Hardening for additional malicious scrip protection. Also, you chose the wrong option in the category "Software Firewall"
Yeah, I've been reading about Simple windows hardening, my primary concern is that I have to whitelist programs manually but is that worth it to have in a daily use PC?
SWH is very usable: I used it for a year with F-Secure and had to manage the whitelist only twice. Enable Windows Hardening for a day or two, then SRP.
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Do i have to revert firewall hardening if I go with swh?
No. I also had Firewall Hardening with SWH. And still have it with OSArmor with no issues.
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I'm sure you won't even notice any false blocks. It only happened to me once or twice after multiple months of usage.
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Decided to revert my windows 11 due to the fact my hardware is unsupported, tried it out but saw no major differences, and now back to windows 10.
absolutely not. It won't provide any security and it will make browsing extremely slow as it is huge. You should not use any security filter in block origin.
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I tried like you said on ublock and it does slow down browsing, also tried it through nextdns and it's working great with no noticeable slowdown, will keep testing for a couple of days to see if I will keep using it.
Good decision. Usually people rush to upgrade because they always want the latest and "greatest". In Windows 11 case, it is not the greatest. Windows 10 is more mature and is capable of doing everything so why upgrade?
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Moved back to Cloudflare DNS, I think with the existing filters in ublock and O&O ShutUp10++, it is just adding redundant layers of blocking.
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I mean if you set up NextDNS on your router or system-wide it even blocks ads and trackers within applications. Cloudflare DNS doesn't have that option. Furthermore one of the strenghts of NextDNS are the security filter lists. But if you prefer Cloudflare then that's okay too. Never had any problems with Cloudflare either.
I do agree that NextDNS is a great option. Unfortunately, my ISP provided router does not support changing the DNS. Thus, add NextDNS manually to secure DNS settings in my browsers. The windows client had DNS leak issues for me. Apparently, my ISP is so aggressive against changing DNS.
NextDNS with Osid filter is superb.
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Yeah, it is nice to use, but 99.9% of my time is on the browser and DNS-based adblocker doesn't block certain sites that have video ads like youtube, as for security, already have f-secure browser protection and some filters from browser-based AdBlock unlock origin. Didn't really abandon it though, on my other router for phones, smart tv & console, I switched it to next dns as I think it would be better for those kinds of devices.
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