Advanced Plus Security ZeePriest's Security Configuration 2021

[ZeePriest]

Here's my 2021 security config

 

[silversurfer]

My suggestion for this tool below, it's even useful to check for broken autoruns or drivers-leftover of software already uninstalled from your system.

Autoruns for Windows - Sysinternals

See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login.

docs.microsoft.com

 

[Kongo]

Nice config but do you really think Privacy Possum is still needed? It didn't receive updates for more than a year and Firefox built in tracking protection plus Ublock plus ClearURLS should defenitely be enough.

 

[ZeePriest]

Nice config but do you really think Privacy Possum is still needed? It didn't receive updates for more than a year and Firefox built in tracking protection plus Ublock plus ClearURLS should defenitely be enough.

You're definitely right about that. I had it for quite some time and I wanted to uninstall it but I didn't. Anyway, I'll remove it right away. Thanks for the advice.

 

[ZeePriest]

btw, is HTTPs everywhere needed at this point? or is it better off without it?

 

[Kongo]

btw, is HTTPs everywhere needed at this point? or is it better off without it?

Quite redundant nowadays. Just turn on HTTPs-only-mode in firefox privacy settings and remove HTTPS everywhere.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

btw, is HTTPs everywhere needed at this point? or is it better off without it?

It's redundant and only increase attack surface & fingerprint + reduces privacy.

Mainstream browser provides nativ options for that too.
Important sites like banking or shopping use HTTPS also since years.

And last but not least: There is a reason why Chrome remove HTTP / HTTPS from URL

 

[Annamarie]

It's redundant and only increase attack surface & fingerprint + reduces privacy.

Mainstream browser provides nativ options for that too.
Important sites like banking or shopping use HTTPS also since years.

And last but not least: There is a reason why Chrome remove HTTP / HTTPS from URL

what browsers do you recommend for shopping and banking? for windows 7, windows 10, and apple/os?

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

what browsers do you recommend for shopping and banking? for windows 7, windows 10, and apple/os?

Microsoft (Chromium) Edge for Windows 10.
Safari for macOS

 

[ZeePriest]

My subscription with Kaspersky ended so I installed bitdefender total security for a change.

 

[Kongo]

My subscription with Kaspersky ended so I installed bitdefender total security for a change.

How's the RAM usage within your first hours of usage?

 

[ZeePriest]

How's the RAM usage within your first hours of usage?

I think it's very low 269 MB of memory being used. It feels light but a bit heavy on the startup unlike Kaspersky which loads faster.

 

[ZeePriest]

For some reason "Eset Online Scanner" removed itself I don't know why... Does anyone know why this happened?

 

[Kongo]

For some reason "Eset Online Scanner" removed itself I don't know why... Does anyone know why this happened?

Are you sure that it deleted by itself? Once on my system Sophos detected it as malicious, no idea what the reason was tho.

 

[ZeePriest]

Are you sure that it deleted by itself? Once on my system Sophos detected it as malicious, no idea what the reason was tho.

yes! I didn't touch it! It just got deleted on it's own. Do you think that my antivirus has something to do with it?

 

[Kongo]

yes! I didn't touch it! It just got deleted on it's own. Do you think that my antivirus has something to do with it?

I doubt that it deletes itself if you didn't run it. Either u ran it and it deleted itself to install a new version, or your AV quarantined it. Maybe go check the quarantine and see if it's there.

 

[ZeePriest]

I doubt that it deletes itself if you didn't run it. Either u ran it and it deleted itself to install a new version, or your AV quarantined it. Maybe go check the quarantine and see if it's there.

Checked in quarantine but nothing is there. I think it might have deleted itself for the first reason you mentioned. Anyway, I added EEK as a second periodic scanner. Thanks for your time @SecureKongo

 

[ZeePriest]

added adwcleaner as a periodic scanner