- May 7, 2016
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XhenEd Security Configuration
- Thread starter XhenEd
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- Mar 1, 2014
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Nothing, really. That's why I said I just wanted to.
ESET's whitepaper about its protection got me.
I might return to Kaspersky or other AV/AM like Emsisoft Internet Security after a while.
- May 7, 2016
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Basically their Operation Groundbait got me too.Nothing, really. That's why I said I just wanted to.
ESET's whitepaper about its protection got me.
I might return to Kaspersky or other AV/AM like Emsisoft Internet Security after a while.
- Mar 1, 2014
- 1,708
Update!
Removed: ESET Smart Security 9
Added: Kaspersky Internet Security 2016 MR1, HitmanPro.Alert 3.1, ReHIPS (Beta), Cyberfox (Intel 64-bit)
I know that AppGuard with ReHIPS should be enough. However, I'm not technically good at detecting real malware. So, AV/AM is my malware detector.
Cyberfox is installed for ReHIPS testing. Google Chrome and Vivaldi were my main browsers. But sadly ReHIPS would only let me up to 10 processes to be isolated due to it being a free version. Pale Moon was my main browser for ReHIPS, but for now it has problems with ReHIPS. So, I had to change my main browser to Cyberfox.
Removed: ESET Smart Security 9
Added: Kaspersky Internet Security 2016 MR1, HitmanPro.Alert 3.1, ReHIPS (Beta), Cyberfox (Intel 64-bit)
I know that AppGuard with ReHIPS should be enough. However, I'm not technically good at detecting real malware. So, AV/AM is my malware detector.
Cyberfox is installed for ReHIPS testing. Google Chrome and Vivaldi were my main browsers. But sadly ReHIPS would only let me up to 10 processes to be isolated due to it being a free version. Pale Moon was my main browser for ReHIPS, but for now it has problems with ReHIPS. So, I had to change my main browser to Cyberfox.
- Mar 1, 2014
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Update!
Removed: Kaspersky Internet Security 2016 MR1
Added/Changed: Windows Defender, Windows Firewall
I decided this because I thought that I already had overlapping protections with KIS and others. I could dump the others in favor of KIS, but I thought that others are more specialized, and so should provide more protection.
ReHIPS is a sandboxing and HIPS program.
HMP.A is an anti-exploit program with risk reduction features.
ZAM Premium has a Real-time protection with Pandora technology.
AppGuard is a system-wide isolation and containment.
CryptoPrevent, although redundant, should provide static protection when all other 3rd party security softwares are disabled.
With Windows Defender, all I get is a baseline protection. It's not the best nor the worst. And my 3rd party security softwares should be able to complement it.
Removed: Kaspersky Internet Security 2016 MR1
Added/Changed: Windows Defender, Windows Firewall
I decided this because I thought that I already had overlapping protections with KIS and others. I could dump the others in favor of KIS, but I thought that others are more specialized, and so should provide more protection.
ReHIPS is a sandboxing and HIPS program.
HMP.A is an anti-exploit program with risk reduction features.
ZAM Premium has a Real-time protection with Pandora technology.
AppGuard is a system-wide isolation and containment.
CryptoPrevent, although redundant, should provide static protection when all other 3rd party security softwares are disabled.
With Windows Defender, all I get is a baseline protection. It's not the best nor the worst. And my 3rd party security softwares should be able to complement it.
- Aug 2, 2015
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This config is now easy on your system too, nice changes.
PeAcE
PeAcE
- Mar 1, 2014
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Update!
Removed: Zemana AntiMalware Premium, ReHIPS (Beta), CryptoPrevent 7, HitmanPro.Alert, On-demand scanners (HitmanPro, Zemana AntiMalware), Browsers with their respective extensions/add-ons (Pale Moon 64-bit, Cyberfox 64-bit, Vivaldi 64-bit), RollBack Rx Professional
Added: Zemana Antilogger Premium (also as on-demand scanner), Windows Firewall Control
Changes were made primarily due to the resetting (re-installation) of the OS. I just exchanged ZAM Premium to ZAL Premium. I was having problems with ReHIPS licensing, and so I uninstalled it. HitmanPro.Alert and HitmanPro can't be installed this time due to Secure Boot, which I'm not willing to turn off. RollBack Rx Professional hasn't been reinstalled because of Secure Boot, also. Others are gone mainly because of the reset.
Removed: Zemana AntiMalware Premium, ReHIPS (Beta), CryptoPrevent 7, HitmanPro.Alert, On-demand scanners (HitmanPro, Zemana AntiMalware), Browsers with their respective extensions/add-ons (Pale Moon 64-bit, Cyberfox 64-bit, Vivaldi 64-bit), RollBack Rx Professional
Added: Zemana Antilogger Premium (also as on-demand scanner), Windows Firewall Control
Changes were made primarily due to the resetting (re-installation) of the OS. I just exchanged ZAM Premium to ZAL Premium. I was having problems with ReHIPS licensing, and so I uninstalled it. HitmanPro.Alert and HitmanPro can't be installed this time due to Secure Boot, which I'm not willing to turn off. RollBack Rx Professional hasn't been reinstalled because of Secure Boot, also. Others are gone mainly because of the reset.
- Mar 1, 2014
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Mods, please delete this double-post:
Update!
Removed: Zemana AntiMalware Premium, ReHIPS (Beta), CryptoPrevent 7, HitmanPro.Alert, On-demand scanners (HitmanPro, Zemana AntiMalware), Browsers with their respective extensions/add-ons (Pale Moon 64-bit, Cyberfox 64-bit, Vivaldi 64-bit), RollBack Rx Professional
Added: Zemana Antilogger Premium (also as on-demand scanner), Windows Firewall Control
Changes were made primarily due to the resetting (re-installation) of the OS. I just exchanged ZAM Premium to ZAL Premium. I was having problems with ReHIPS licensing, and so I uninstalled it. HitmanPro.Alert and HitmanPro can't be installed this time due to Secure Boot, which I'm not willing to turn off. RollBack Rx Professional hasn't been reinstalled because of Secure Boot, also. Others are gone mainly because of the reset.
Removed: Zemana AntiMalware Premium, ReHIPS (Beta), CryptoPrevent 7, HitmanPro.Alert, On-demand scanners (HitmanPro, Zemana AntiMalware), Browsers with their respective extensions/add-ons (Pale Moon 64-bit, Cyberfox 64-bit, Vivaldi 64-bit), RollBack Rx Professional
Added: Zemana Antilogger Premium (also as on-demand scanner), Windows Firewall Control
Changes were made primarily due to the resetting (re-installation) of the OS. I just exchanged ZAM Premium to ZAL Premium. I was having problems with ReHIPS licensing, and so I uninstalled it. HitmanPro.Alert and HitmanPro can't be installed this time due to Secure Boot, which I'm not willing to turn off. RollBack Rx Professional hasn't been reinstalled because of Secure Boot, also. Others are gone mainly because of the reset.
- Aug 30, 2015
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I like your security config nice and lean! Probably already commented on this.. You're good!
You can install RX , just disable Secureboot (for the installation) then re-enable it once done. It is what i did on my second machine. However if you are worried about a system crash , don't do it
- Aug 2, 2015
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Whats not working in HMPA ?
I installed and am tinkering with it, it seems fine, what should I look for ?
Nice config, thank you for sharing @XhenEd How do you like WD?
How do you like WD?
- Mar 1, 2014
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Updating to the Anniversary Update doesn't result in an error. But if you reset the OS or make a clean installation, Erik said that it would result in errors. I did an OS reset.Whats not working in HMPA ?
I installed and am tinkering with it, it seems fine, what should I look for ?
I like it so far, but the system slows down when opening a folder full of executables due to its scanning of the files.Nice config, thank you for sharing @XhenEd
But actually, I don't rely on Windows Defender. It's just there for scanning purposes. And even then, I rely more on ZAL, than it.
- Aug 2, 2015
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- Mar 1, 2014
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Update!
Added: Bitdefender Internet Security 2016, Heimdal PRO, uBlock Origin (Chrome extension)
Removed: Windows Defender (not actually removed ), Windows Firewall Control, Adguard for Desktop
This is actually a second change. The first was that I changed to Emsisoft Internet Security 11 and HitmanPro.Alert. But, just recently, I decided to try Bitdefender Internet Security 2016 again due to its free 6-month subscription. HMP.A has a known incompatibility with Bitdefender, so I uninstalled it. Adguard also wouldn't be effective due to conflict of SSL certificate, so I uninstalled it too.
With my current setup, so far, so good.
Added: Bitdefender Internet Security 2016, Heimdal PRO, uBlock Origin (Chrome extension)
Removed: Windows Defender (not actually removed
), Windows Firewall Control, Adguard for DesktopThis is actually a second change. The first was that I changed to Emsisoft Internet Security 11 and HitmanPro.Alert. But, just recently, I decided to try Bitdefender Internet Security 2016 again due to its free 6-month subscription. HMP.A has a known incompatibility with Bitdefender, so I uninstalled it. Adguard also wouldn't be effective due to conflict of SSL certificate, so I uninstalled it too.
With my current setup, so far, so good.
- Mar 1, 2014
- 1,708
Update!
Removed: Bitdefender Internet Security 2016, Zemana Antilogger Premium, Heimdal PRO
Added: Windows Defender, Binisoft Windows Firewall Control, HitmanPro.Alert 3.5, VoodooShield Pro (Beta)
Actually, those that have been removed were removed a month or two ago. I was just lazy to update my security config here.
Before the update, I've used KIS 2017.
The biggest change right now is the inclusion of VS Pro (Beta). I'm testing it to see how it works.
The one that hasn't changed (for a long time now!) is AppGuard 4. AG has always been my favorite security software.
Removed: Bitdefender Internet Security 2016, Zemana Antilogger Premium, Heimdal PRO
Added: Windows Defender, Binisoft Windows Firewall Control, HitmanPro.Alert 3.5, VoodooShield Pro (Beta)
Actually, those that have been removed were removed a month or two ago. I was just lazy to update my security config here.
Before the update, I've used KIS 2017.
The biggest change right now is the inclusion of VS Pro (Beta). I'm testing it to see how it works.
The one that hasn't changed (for a long time now!) is AppGuard 4. AG has always been my favorite security software.
AG + VS is the best (stable) Lockdown build at the moment.
- Mar 1, 2014
- 1,708
Update!
Removed: Windows Defender (disabled), Zemana AntiMalware
Added: Zemana AntiLogger (on-demand), Pale Moon 27 64-bit (along w/ its add-ons), Vivaldi 64-bit (along w/ its extensions), O&O ShutUp10
I'm currently "AV-less", and therefore anyone who follows my config must proceed with caution, as I still would personally recommend having an AV for general use.
Disabling Windows Defender (through O&O ShutUp10) was initially just a test, that is, to test whether it was the cause of slowdown of my laptop. And rightly so, after disabling it and restarting the system, startup was way faster, launching programs was quicker, and navigating through folders with several executables had no slowdown. Because of this, I decided to let it be disabled.
My laptop is sufficiently protected by AppGuard Professional, VoodooShield Pro, and HitmanPro.Alert, together with scheduled on-demand scan of ZAL and HMP, so disabling Windows Defender is fine.
Removed: Windows Defender (disabled), Zemana AntiMalware
Added: Zemana AntiLogger (on-demand), Pale Moon 27 64-bit (along w/ its add-ons), Vivaldi 64-bit (along w/ its extensions), O&O ShutUp10
I'm currently "AV-less", and therefore anyone who follows my config must proceed with caution, as I still would personally recommend having an AV for general use.
Disabling Windows Defender (through O&O ShutUp10) was initially just a test, that is, to test whether it was the cause of slowdown of my laptop. And rightly so, after disabling it and restarting the system, startup was way faster, launching programs was quicker, and navigating through folders with several executables had no slowdown. Because of this, I decided to let it be disabled.
My laptop is sufficiently protected by AppGuard Professional, VoodooShield Pro, and HitmanPro.Alert, together with scheduled on-demand scan of ZAL and HMP, so disabling Windows Defender is fine.
- Jun 9, 2013
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Yes @XhenEd with that software and your expert knowledge i am sure you will be safe enough my friend.
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