If you are using Windows 10 with the H_C Recommended Settings + ConfigureDefender set to HIGH and FirewallHardening (rules for H_C), then adding something else is not necessary. You should rather focus on the security of your web browser and router.
Are the FirewallHardening rules really needed with H_C Recommended Settings + ConfigureDefender set to HIGH?If you are using Windows 10 with the H_C Recommended Settings + ConfigureDefender set to HIGH and FirewallHardening (rules for H_C), then adding something else is not necessary. You should rather focus on the security of your web browser and router.
If you want to experiment with even stronger protection (not recommended) you can use the predefined profiles:
Experimenting with 3rd party security software and H_C will probably cause higher blood pressure without improving your computer security.
- Windows_10_Strict_Recommended_Settings.hdc
It will require some manual updates, more whitelisting, and inspecting the H_C Logs from time to time.- Windows_10_Strict_Recommended_Enhanced.hdc
It will require more activities from point 1.- Windows_10_NoElevationSUA_Enhanced
The same as in point 2, but locks the Standard User Account so the installation of new applications and software updates has to be made on Admin account.
It is better to skip H_C and experiment without it.
Probably not needed, but they are almost invisible to the user (the rules for H_C, not all LOLBins). So, why not use them? For example, they can be useful when someone will ignore SmartScreen.
With H_C, as well as all other advanced security solutions, your security ultimately depends on your own decisions. Most of us ocassionally encounter something that H_C blocked, or Smartscreen recommended against, yet we know it's safe, and we allow it to run. It could be something as simple and innocuous as a Zoom update. So you can't get away from it, you need to be educated in safe user habits or you eventually will shoot yourself in the foot.Guys thanks you all for replies. i`ll stay with WD i H_C
If you are using Windows 10 with the H_C Recommended Settings + ConfigureDefender set to HIGH and FirewallHardening (rules for H_C), then adding something else is not necessary. You should rather focus on the security of your web browser and router.
If you want to experiment with even stronger protection (not recommended) you can use the predefined profiles:
Experimenting with 3rd party security software and H_C will probably cause higher blood pressure without improving your computer security.
- Windows_10_Strict_Recommended_Settings.hdc
It will require some manual updates, more whitelisting, and inspecting the H_C Logs from time to time.- Windows_10_Strict_Recommended_Enhanced.hdc
It will require more activities from point 1.- Windows_10_NoElevationSUA_Enhanced
The same as in point 2, but locks the Standard User Account so the installation of new applications and software updates has to be made on Admin account.
It is better to skip H_C and experiment without it.
If you use a third-party AV, then all of the real-time protections of Windows Defender will be disabled. You can optionally enable a periodic scan, but that's about it.
If you use a third-party AV, then all of the real-time protections of Windows Defender will be disabled. You can optionally enable a periodic scan, but that's about it.
However, this has nothing to do with the other aspects of Hard_Configurator. They will still work as before -- if you want to risk "higher blood pressure", as per Andy's post above.
If your AV has a firewall component, then it will probably disable Windows Firewall -- in which case, H_C firewall settings will be not be active.
If you take a look in the settings of Configure_Defender, you will see that the "one" real-time protection actually contains many individual protections. As far as I know, all of them will be disabled by a third-party AV, as long as Windows recognizes that AV as such.
