Advanced Plus Security Trooper's 2022 Security Configuration

[blackice]

Yes correct , I like the BD engine

I do as well. It was on my laptop until my sub expired and I tried F-Secure and liked it. BD has a very effective engine.

 

[SeriousHoax]

The biggest problem I had with BD is the update size is much larger than other AVs. On an SSD that does cause a lot of writes. Not the end of the world, but it is a bit harder on SSDs than others.

On average, 400 MB writes on every update and 800 MB-1 GB after a night.
@Trooper On Enterprise edition, you can do this to make sure the least amount of telemetry is submitted to Microsoft.

reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DataCollection" /v "AllowTelemetry" /t reg_DWORD /d "0" /f

You can also configure this via group policy, but it's the same thing.

 

[blackice]

On average, 400 MB writes on every update and 800 MB-1 GB after a night.
@Trooper On Enterprise edition, you can do this to make sure the least amount of telemetry is submitted to Microsoft.

You can also configure this via group policy, but it's the same thing.

Yeah, it really isn’t bad. I may go back to BD one day if their firewall can be fixed to not block XBOX’s Toredo.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Yeah, it really isn’t bad. I may go back to BD one day if their firewall can be fixed to not block XBOX’s Toredo.

Still worse than every other products I've tried (excluding products using BD engine). So this heavy writes bothers me as well.

 

[simbatippe1234]

I agree with you @L0ckJaw, BD is the best IMHO.
Nice Config @Trooper.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Trooper]

Thanks all. Yeah F-Secure just seems lighter to me than BD so for now I think this is what I will stick with. I do not know much about DeepGuard but from what I have read it seems to be decent.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Thanks all. Yeah F-Secure just seems lighter to me than BD so for now I think this is what I will stick with. I do not know much about DeepGuard but from what I have read it seems to be decent.

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[Trooper]

Thank you @Gandalf_The_Grey !

 

[Trooper]

Added Simple Windows Hardening.

 

[Kongo]

Added Simple Windows Hardening.

Great choice. As many antivirus solutions have problems with fileless attacks, Simple Windows Hardening is the perfect complement for any AV.

 

[Trooper]

Great choice. As many antivirus solutions have problems with fileless attacks, Simple Windows Hardening is the perfect complement for any AV.

Agreed. I always forget about it and just thought it was time to re-install it.

 

[Trooper]

Now running BitDefender Total Security. Changed my config above to match.

 

[L0ckJaw]

Now running BitDefender Total Security. Changed my config above to match.

Good choice and use it together with Simple Windows Hardening

 

[Trooper]

BD crashed tonight when going through the interface. I was on the share to another device dialing box and boom. Got a pop up about it and sent the info to support.

 

[L0ckJaw]

Never crashed with me

 

[Trooper]

Hopefully it’s just a glitch in the matrix.

 

[devjit2020]

That's why it's a good idea to create a system image before you install on AV. If you need to change your AV restore from the system image and install the AV. From my experience I can tell that sometimes changing AV's can cause many issues since most of the third party AV's leave some trace on the system.

 

[L0ckJaw]

I always clear every remenant part of the old AV, takes some time but makes sure the system is clean.

 

[Trooper]

That's why it's a good idea to create a system image before you install on AV. If you need to change your AV restore from the system image and install the AV. From my experience I can tell that sometimes changing AV's can cause many issues since most of the third party AV's leave some trace on the system.

I already did that. I installed BTS from a clean image.

 

[Trooper]

Well BD was kind of short lived. Had another crash while just on the internet. Also there is a definite slow down on my PC for multiple things. Logging in, opening apps, etc. Back to WD for now with DefenderUI. Config above has been updated.