Advanced Plus Security The Cog in the Machine's PC Security Config 2020

[Chausko]

G Data Internet Security is installed on all of my devices. No second-opinions scanners (I do not need them). I have set G Data's firewall to Maximum Protection and disabled autopilot in BEAST settings.

What is your experience with G Data?

 

[Divine_Barakah]

What is your experience with G Data?

Now it is much lighter than it used to be years ago. I do recommend using G Data.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Installed KIS and BULLET VPN.

 

[YuanJiawj]

Your config looks simple but highly effective and solid.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Your config looks simple but highly effective and solid.

I agree Only why use that many browsers? Maybe Edge with switching profiles like @security123 does could work?

 

[harlan4096]

A pair of additional periodic scanners would be welcome, specially against PUP/PUA/Adware

 

[Divine_Barakah]

I agree Only why use that many browsers? Maybe Edge with switching profiles like @security123 does could work?

Thank you for your suggestion. Could you please elaborate more?

A pair of additional periodic scanners would be welcome, specially against PUP/PUA/Adware

Well, I know Kaspersky is not very effective when it comes to detecting PUPs but I am very careful and I do not install software too often.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Thank you for your suggestion. Could you please elaborate more?

See this thread:

Chromium-Edge "3-Browser-Profiles" Solution

In the top right in ChromiumEdge you can click the avatar and switching between profiles is possible without problems. So why i say that? Because of this easy solution, you can isolate Websites in a own, real Container and Websites can't read your private data! I make 3 different profiles: #...

malwaretips.com

There is also (more limited) automatic profile switching in Edge:

Using multiple profiles at work and at home is now easier with Microsoft Edge

Our customers tell us that they like to keep their browsing data separate as they take on various roles in their lives. For people at home working from their own devices, this is particularly important. Microsoft Edge’s “Profiles” feature is a great way to do this, whether you’re switching...

blogs.windows.com

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Just purchased Adguard Desktop Lifetime. I have Adguard DNS added to the setting of my network adapter. Should I keep it or enable it from Adguard's settings? What protocol is the recommended one? Thank you.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Revived an old Acer laptop by adding 8GB Adata ram and Adata SU630 Sata SSD.

Changed from Kaspersky to Bitdefender. Stopped using Kerish Doctor.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Revived an old Acer laptop by adding 8GB Adata ram and Adata SU630 Sata SSD.

Changed from Kaspersky to Bitdefender. Stopped using Kerish Doctor.

Why did you change from Kaspersky to Bitdefender?

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Why did you change from Kaspersky to Bitdefender?

Browsing is faster with Bitdefender (Https scanning is enabled in both). I like the automaticity of BD and better pricing. One more thing is the Bitdefender Central app which allows you to update and scan your devices from your mobile. It also gives you insights on detected threats and blocked urls.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

I observed high cpu usage of the main BD service when system is booting and I could hear unprecedented fan noise.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Added Smarty Uninstaller.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

I observed high cpu usage of the main BD service when system is booting and I could hear unprecedented fan noise.

After enabling automatic Profiles feature in Bitdefender. Everything seems to be fine now.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

After some days of using BTS, the programme has settled down and it is very very light now. But, I do hate the fact that the programme using too much resources when running updates. Moreover, I noticed if I disable Wallet feature, its process will still active until doing a system restart and then it is gone. For now I have uninstalled VPN component, but I read on their forums that it gets installed after each update (a user complained), so I guess I'll have to wait and see what happens.