Advanced Security Vasudev's PC Security Config

PC Setup Configuration Help & Showcase
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Last updated
Jul 7, 2026
Main use of this computer
For home and private use
Operating system
Windows 11
OS version and support details
Devuan Peppermint and Mac OS 26
On-device encryption
Not applicable
Device sign-in security
    • Windows Hello PIN or biometric sign-in (face / fingerprint / Touch ID)
    • Account password
Security updates
Check for updates and Notify
Update channels
Allow stable updates only
User Account Control (UAC)
Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer
Smart App Control
Not applicable / not available on this device
Network firewall
Enabled
Router and network details
TPLink Omada EAP650 and Ubiqom GPON.
Real-time protection
WD with DefenderUI 2.x paired with hardening rules from Andy Ful
Device firewall
Microsoft Defender Firewall
Custom security settings
None. Tweaked OS for minimal tracking
Periodic malware scanners
EAM, WD Offline
Malware sample testing
I do not participate in malware testing
Environment for malware testing
N/A
Browsers and extensions
Brave
ZoomWE, Chrono Download Manager, Osprey, Old reddit redirect & Bitwarden
Secure DNS
Quad9 DNS
Desktop VPN
Mullvad
Password and passkey manager
Bitwarden
Maintenance tools
Bleachbit, Wise Ultilities(Disk, Reg and Program uninstaller), Hibit uninstaller
File and photo backups
Separate HDD/SSDs
Subscriptions
    • Google One Basic 100GB
System recovery
Macrium Reflect, CloneApp
Usage and exposure
    • Visiting familiar websites
    • Working from home
    • Making audio/video calls
    • Opening email attachments
    • Online shopping and card payments
    • Logging into my bank account
    • Downloading software and files from reputable sites
    • Sharing and receiving files and torrents
    • Requesting and accepting remote access
    • Gaming
    • Gaming with third-party mods
    • Streaming audio/video content from trusted sites or paid subscriptions
    • Streaming from untrusted sites
    • Coding and development
Computer specs
malwaretips.com

Showcase - Vasudev's New Rig

This is my new laptop for college work. Missed minor detail, OS is Win 10 Home instead of Pro.
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Notable changes
OS patches July 2026
Feedback preference

Suggestions on the main improvements

TairikuOkami said:
I am perplexed why Google DNS? Considering you try to avoid tracking by using Chromium Hibbiki, PrivateZilla, VPN,
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Cloudflare has random ping timeouts or spikes to 300ms when switching from South or North India killing connectivity unless the router is power cycled. It took out smart devices which refused to connect or renew IPs after dns flush. Haven't been using Mullvad very much because of the same issue with wireguard. Sometime it works great with 10Gbps server but 1GBps server have poor performance for the same location.
Tried Quad9, NextDNS etc and even Secure DNS on Chrome,Android behaves exactly the same frequently. With Google, timeouts are reduced to once per day versus couple of disconnections especially during afternoon/evening/night.
 
Skipped all 2026 updates and even March update is not without the issue so ordered a Mac mini a first one after 25 years of being windows user and 12 years+ being Linux user.

As part of new laws I am moving from LMDE 7 because of slower performance on my 15 y.o lenovo while Devuan without systemd works wonderfully using 300MB out of the box with xfce4 or cinnamon with vendefoul wolf.
Never thought I'd be distro hopping after 7 years of being Mint user migrating from Ubuntu.
 
Updated W10 & W11 builds to July 26 patches. Migrated from Chromium to Brave and added Quad9 DNS at router. Windows 11 Laptop was forcefully downgraded from 25H2 to 23H2 July 2026 patches due to terrible driver and system stability issues.
 

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