shootfire's basic layered protection for low-risk use

[shootfire]

This is my basic low-risk config for my personal laptop, which is used behind a router w/ firewall 99% of the time. I want a no-frills, low memory footprint, always-on AV - no shredders, privacy checks, or the like. In addition, some sort of malicious url / website rating tool for the browser. Any suggestions of combos that fit the bill here would be appreciated. Avira AV Pro plus WebAdvisor is my favorite combo so far.

And this may sound crazy coming from a geek, but I really like McAfee Antivirus Plus. I like the interface and basic protection. I would use it if it didn't use so much da*n memory - 250MB at idle is insane, when others with equally good protection use a tenth of that. Same with Bitdefender products. While they may have good protection, there is no excuse for using so much memory (Bitdefender Antivirus used almost 200MB at my last check). Sure, most current PCs can handle that memory use, but it's just unnecessary. OK, rant over.

 

[Deleted Member 333v73x]

@shootfire Secure and simple configuration, only thing you need to do is add to the title 'Shootfire's' so people easily know who's it is in correspondence with the rules

 

[shootfire]

Hmm, strict. lol. Done.

Also, curious what people think about Web of Trust. Or maybe that should be for another forum. If so, disregard

 

[Deleted Member 333v73x]

@shootfire Web of Trust is a very good extension, I recommend it also instead of changing from McAfee Web Adviser and Avira Safe Browsing just use both, shouldn't be any conflicts

 

[Andrew999]

It looks ok to me.

 

[shukla44]

Very nice config. Suits the title in every point.

One suggestion: You might want to consider some sort of password manager as built in browser is not very safe. There are many free & paid alternatives available.

Other than that, you are good to go. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Exterminator]

Nice config! Thanks for sharing it with us

 

[XavierGaming]

@shootfire Web of Trust is a very good extension, I recommend it also instead of changing from McAfee Web Adviser and Avira Safe Browsing just use both, shouldn't be any conflicts

OP should also use WOT as it is community driven.

 

[jamescv7]

So far so good for your configuration.

Another alternative combination for light footprint is Bitdefender Free but unfortunately not compatible on Windows 10.

Anyway you may conduct system image back with the use of Windows System Image Backup or third party programs.

 

[uninfected1]

As an additional layer of protection against malicious sites, have you considered or tried Norton ConnectSafe?

 

[Deleted member 178]

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Consider a system image backup software.