Advanced Plus Security RoboMan's 2021 Security Config

[RoboMan]

Morning fellas,

As from yesterday, this is my primary protection configuration.

I had about 40 days left for my Kaspersky license, but I was already experiencing some issues with certain applications (which Kaspersky support is trying to fix for more than a year now), so I decided to migrate anyways. I am not a fan of Windows Defender resource consumption, so I disabled it for good.

As for real time protection, I went with WiseVector StopX due to it's great malware protection capabilities. Since it's a basic antivirus with no extra modules, and taking into account the IMPORTANCE of default deny modules in 2021, I paired it up with VoodooShield (premium), which is configured to stay always ON. As an extra help, I hardened Windows with SysHardener.

I don't think I leave much of an open door for attack surface, but I'm 100% open for feedback and suggestions if you feel like I need it. I'm trying to avoid overkilling my laptop.

Thank you and stay safe.

 

[harlan4096]

Add-ons in FF?

 

[FireHammer]

Hi, Nice Configuration, very light.

 

[RoboMan]

Add-ons in FF?

Currently uBlock Origin for tracking protection and ad-blocking, Bitwarden for password managing, Universal Bypass, and I Don't Care About Cookies.

 

[harlan4096]

You can add them to Browsers section

 

[RoboMan]

October 4th/2021

rev002: I changed yesterday my configuration, WiseVector wasn't fullfilling my needs, my security configuration now stands as follows.

First line of defense: protecting my browser with

• Ad blocking: uBlock Origin
• Malware Protection: BitDefender TrafficLight

Real time protection: if anything manages to get through

• Comodo Firewall: cruelsister's variation, which basically consists on

1. Auto-virtualization of all unrecognized files (all those which do not match the Vendors List signature)
2. HIPS: off

I also made sure Viruscope is enabled since it doesn't bother me and it's good to have it there.

So now I have a solid firewall filtering traffic, handling suspicious/unknown files, and a protected browser. But of course this isn't new, it's the config I always end up coming back to

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Is Microsoft Defender still enabled on your system?

 

[RoboMan]

Is Microsoft Defender still enabled on your system?

Nope, I have disabled it using Defender Control.