Advice Request One time scanners to make sure everything is clean

[Trident]

No torrenting or clicking on .exe files I don't know for me. I tried to explain that to the, now deceased, owner of the laptop and it looks like they took my advice because the system seems clean.

You guessed correctly and while I'm going to install Kaspersky free as a replacement, I don't think I can do away with Comodo just yet, it's heavy yes, but its so versatile and Cruelsisters settings have not failed me yet (I think she's more of a legend than the software itself is at this point because it sucks out of the box).
Off topic but I'm trying to make a perfect VPN killswitch with it between me, my server and my customers. Its not easy because Im bad with FW rules but I think I can get there with some help.

What was missing in your setup is something to inspect the traffic for signs of Botnet activity. Whilst it is impossible such traffic to be generated on a clean machine, it's a necessary defence that will be provided by Kaspersky when you install it. For the firewall rules, I believe I saw a thread. Did anyone help there?

 

[MrMr]

What was missing in your setup is something to inspect the traffic for signs of Botnet activity. Whilst it is impossible such traffic to be generated on a clean machine, it's a necessary defence that will be provided by Kaspersky when you install it.

Kaspersky will be my first install, it always was a great security product and I dot not know that about the botnet protection!

For the firewall rules, I believe I saw a thread. Did anyone help there?

Unfortunately not, I tried tagging CS and another CFW user but firewall rules are always a pain in the a$$ so I don't blame them for not responding, especially svchost is known to cause leaks on windows

 

[Trident]

Kaspersky will be my first install, it always was a great security product and I dot not know that about the botnet protection!

Botnet protection goes a step further, it scans the traffic allowed by the firewall for signs that a bot may be connecting to a C&C. This may be via blacklist, IP/domain reputation, protocol inspection and other means.

Yeah, suggesting firewall rules is also huge responsibility
It’s quite easy to step on a mine there.