Advanced Plus Security pablozi's security setup 2020

[enaph]

Added Chocolatey.

 

[LDogg]

04/03/2020: changed Bitwarden to 1Password

That's like trading your Gucci sneakers, for Walmart shoes....

Anyways onto the setup..

Windows FW:
- Could try Tinywall alongside WFW, helps you control WDW better and Tinywall adds rules. Paired with Syshardener for better protection.

User Acc:
- Maybe try a Standard acc, up to you

Data Backup:
- Use something such as Macrium Reflect or Aomei Backupper (the latter has a 1 year free trial still on this site I believe), it's better to have two ways to restores your machine encase anything happens with the syncing of 1Drive

Windows Defender, kinda wanna facepalm with this choice, but this is up to you and not my personal computer. It's very heavy of the system and abeit not the best of protection either.

All the above is optional, ty for sharing.

~LDogg

 

[WhiteMouse]

Added Chocolatey.

After using Linux for a month, if I'm back to Windows, I'll definitely use chocolatey.

 

[enaph]

Added ClearURLs (thanks @oldschool ).

 

[enaph]

Removed 1Password and added Bitwarden.

 

[oldschool]

Removed 1Password and added Bitwarden.

Good choice from what I've read. If I used a password manager, it would be Bitwarden.

 

[enaph]

Good choice from what I've read. If I used a password manager, it would be Bitwarden.

I was using 1Password for the last couple of weeks and don't get me wrong - it's a very good password manager however it has some annoyances which make me switch back to BW.
And I still have BW Premium which way less expensive

 

[enaph]

Added Hard_Configurator BETA with recommended settings, WD hardened with Configure Defender and WF hardened with Firewall Hardening defaults.

 

[enaph]

Regarding staff notes:

This setup configuration doesn't have a backup plan. We strongly recommend to add a backup solution for your data so that you can restore it in the case of an emergency.
Backing up allows the recovery of data that has been lost due of a malware attack (eg. ransomware) or a hard disk crash. In such events you might lose family photos, your music collection, documents, or financial data. Backups are fast and simple to perform so it should be done on a regular basis.

All my sensitive data is being synced to OneDrive in real time + the most valuable items are being stored in OneDrive's secure vault.

 

[enaph]

Removed: Hard_Configurator
Added: VoodooShield Pro

 

[blackice]

Removed: Hard_Configurator
Added: VoodooShield Pro

How are you liking VoodooShield? Any noticeable system impact?

 

[enaph]

How are you liking VoodooShield? Any noticeable system impact?

VS was always very light for me and the only noticeable impact was a slight delay when opening apps however this seems to be way less with version 5.75 which I am using now.

 

[blackice]

What made you go with Pro instead of free?

 

[enaph]

What made you go with Pro instead of free?

Not really sure... Might be remaining 36652 days of my subscription #flex

 

[enaph]

So after a year spent with Bitwarden Premium I've decided to move my entire password database to 1Password.
There's only one reason for that - delay in sync between different instances of BW which was very annoying and shouldn't be a thing in a password manager.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

So after a year spent with Bitwarden Premium I've decided to move my entire password database to 1Password.
There's only one reason for that - delay in sync between different instances of BW which was very annoying and shouldn't be a thing in a password manager.

Thinks about doing the same...
How did you import your existing passwords form Bitwarden in 1Password?

 

[enaph]

How did you import your existing passwords form Bitwarden in 1Password?

Using mrc-converter-suite
You can download it here and just follow the steps from Readme file.

 

[blackice]

So after a year spent with Bitwarden Premium I've decided to move my entire password database to 1Password.
There's only one reason for that - delay in sync between different instances of BW which was very annoying and shouldn't be a thing in a password manager.

I switched my wife and I from Lastpass to 1Password and we have really liked it. The shared vaults make sharing easier, and the master key offers an additional layer of security. Plus it's a very well made app on all platforms.

 

[enaph]

it's a very well made app on all platforms

It's not a deal breaker really but 1Password is way more polished product - but this is something to be expected since they are way longer on the market.
I might keep my Bitwarden account as a backup but being a lazy c**t I know I might stop updating it after few weeks