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Windows 10 64 bits Home security setup, suggestions for a simple setup.
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<blockquote data-quote="Lenny_Fox" data-source="post: 840141" data-attributes="member: 82776"><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite135" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle :giggle:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":giggle:" /> My youngest brother got my gaming desktop. In STOPtober I a gave quit with gaming and using a nearly 10 year old laptop on Linux (Manjaro) whit such low system specs it is impossible to play games.</p><p></p><p>I used to have two accounts on my gaming desktop. An Admin account which I used solely for gaming and a basic user account which I used for all other stuff. When I gave my brother my desktop I deleted the basic user account. I had not realized that he would use it for all other stuff, like surfing. He was tricked into "you are infected scam" and got a ransomware infection when following the repair instructions. Luckily he only uses it for school, surfing and gaming, so nothing is lost by reinstalling Windows again.</p><p></p><p>I have used Hard_Configurator to setup software restrictions policies and set Windows Defender to highest (including protected folders and enabled all Attack Surface Reduction Rules and network protection). I installed Chrome and set javascript to block with an allow rule for HTTPS://*. So with WD Network protection and Chrome Safe Browsing he now already has two URL-filers. I have setup his DNS to QUAD9 DNS in his wireless adaptor,.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Question to all:</span></strong></p><p>I like to keep the security as simple as above (I added a few SRP allow rules for his games to update). So I only want to add two extensions maximum with additional URL filtering.</p><p></p><p>At the moment I am considering AVAST or AVIRA for malware blacklist with build in adblocking. Because he was a victim of a support scam I am inclined to reserve the second spot for NetCraft, but I am open to suggestions for the two Chrome extension spots. </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Question to Dutch members and/or F-secure users</span></strong></p><p>I could also install the Ziggo rebranded F-secure free antivirus. Is it any good (sometimes free rebranded versions of paid programs are older versions)? IS F-secure better than WD? On default settings WD seems to beat F-secure in tests, so with the tweaked Configure_Defender settings, I really have doubts on the added value of using Ziggo's F-secure free version. But I am interested to hear real user experience.</p><p></p><p>Thanks Lenny</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lenny_Fox, post: 840141, member: 82776"] :giggle: My youngest brother got my gaming desktop. In STOPtober I a gave quit with gaming and using a nearly 10 year old laptop on Linux (Manjaro) whit such low system specs it is impossible to play games. I used to have two accounts on my gaming desktop. An Admin account which I used solely for gaming and a basic user account which I used for all other stuff. When I gave my brother my desktop I deleted the basic user account. I had not realized that he would use it for all other stuff, like surfing. He was tricked into "you are infected scam" and got a ransomware infection when following the repair instructions. Luckily he only uses it for school, surfing and gaming, so nothing is lost by reinstalling Windows again. I have used Hard_Configurator to setup software restrictions policies and set Windows Defender to highest (including protected folders and enabled all Attack Surface Reduction Rules and network protection). I installed Chrome and set javascript to block with an allow rule for HTTPS://*. So with WD Network protection and Chrome Safe Browsing he now already has two URL-filers. I have setup his DNS to QUAD9 DNS in his wireless adaptor,. [B][SIZE=4]Question to all:[/SIZE][/B] I like to keep the security as simple as above (I added a few SRP allow rules for his games to update). So I only want to add two extensions maximum with additional URL filtering. At the moment I am considering AVAST or AVIRA for malware blacklist with build in adblocking. Because he was a victim of a support scam I am inclined to reserve the second spot for NetCraft, but I am open to suggestions for the two Chrome extension spots. [B][SIZE=4]Question to Dutch members and/or F-secure users[/SIZE][/B] I could also install the Ziggo rebranded F-secure free antivirus. Is it any good (sometimes free rebranded versions of paid programs are older versions)? IS F-secure better than WD? On default settings WD seems to beat F-secure in tests, so with the tweaked Configure_Defender settings, I really have doubts on the added value of using Ziggo's F-secure free version. But I am interested to hear real user experience. Thanks Lenny [/QUOTE]
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