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Title: What is your layered defense?
Post by: polonus on August 15, 2005, 10:14:22 PM
Hello forum members,

What is your layered defense, I mean what do you use for:
1. communication connection protection?
2. on-access anti-malware protection (signature based)?
3. non-resident anti malware protection?
4. anti-execution protection?
5. registry protection?
6. ant-trojan protection?
7. in-browser protection?
8. manual back-up scanners?
9. on-line scanners
10. start up lists
11 traffic monitors
12. crap deleter

My list here:
1 ZoneAlarm
2 Avast,
3. Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware & SpyBlaster, Bazooka, Hoster
4 AVX Script Wall &  System Safety, Monitor, Easy Integrity Checker, FileAlyzer, ScripTrap
5  RegAlyzer,
6 a-squared scanner,
7 Adblock, No-Script, Dr. Web plug-in link scanner
8. ClamWin
9. Bitdefender 8.2, ZoneAlarm Anti-trojan, SpyAudit, Jotti.
10. Enditall, Asviewer, StartDreck, StartupList, Hiloa & HijackThis
11.  NTX, NeoMonitor & TDIMON.
12. System Security Suite, Toolbar Cop

This is my personal selection of security programs, and what is yours?

greets,

polonus
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: RejZoR on August 15, 2005, 10:17:31 PM
Just antivirus and Windows XP SP2 firewall.
Antivirus is avast of course,but in last few days i'm trying others again...
Kinda dissapointed with avast! in some areas lately :-\
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: YLAP on August 15, 2005, 10:22:59 PM
Antivirus is avast of course,but in last few days i'm trying others again...

I was doing the same half year ago, but after I've reinstalled all my system, I'm not "jumping" anymore. avast works best for me.  ;)
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: RejZoR on August 15, 2005, 10:41:13 PM
Yeah for me too apart from not adding samples that i submit and viewing lots of false positives here and there. I have seen better from Alwil guys :-\
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: polonus on August 15, 2005, 10:46:24 PM
Well folks,

One thing we can establish what every machine should have at least, and these should work as an interwoven shield:
1. Spamfilter, 2 Anti-Virus product, 3. Spyware Removal Software, 4. Personal Firewall Software, 5. Online History Cleaner, 6. PC Utility Software.

greets,

polonus
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: RejZoR on August 15, 2005, 10:52:17 PM
I think Firefox/Opera,antivirus and firewall ae enough. And using GMail as mail service (zero virus and zero spam+antiphising).
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: darth.mikey on August 16, 2005, 12:17:45 PM
Here's my security setup: Router + Kerio Personal Firewall 4.2.0(the paid version) , Avast , a2 free , Bazooka(never finds anything though) , Spybot S&D , Spywareblaster , Ad-Aware professional ,  MS Antispy , HijackThis  for cleaning crap(temp and history etc.) i use CCleaner  for on-line scanning i use Housecall  and that's about it.


Mikey
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: TAP on August 16, 2005, 12:43:52 PM
This is my current layered protection

1. Avast Home Edition - antimalware, web content filtering
2. Kerio Personal Firewall - firewall, proactive protection by its behavior blocking
3. Spybot S&D - dedicated antispyware/adware
4. Opera Browser - my true real-time antispyware/adware
5. Safe computing practices

Personally, I hate to load up my computer with many scanners or other tools that rather tautological and sometimes it's hard to maintain and waste of resources. I want something that plain and simple (but not all-in-one products).

As far as I can remember, I haven't been infected by any malware for a very long time.
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: XMAS on August 16, 2005, 08:34:46 PM
I don't think that my PC must be full of such programs, so I have Avast! Home, Windows firewall, Ad-aware and Spybot. And I am using Firefox for browsing the net  ;D
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: Nicolas on August 16, 2005, 08:44:44 PM
Already added this info to my profile today.

Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: .: Mac :. on August 16, 2005, 08:54:09 PM
Main Antivirus: Avast 4.6
Backup Scanner: Command Antivirus 4.93.0
Spyware Protection:
1)Ad-Aware Personal
2)Spybot S&D
3)MS Antispy (resident)
4)Spyware blaster

Online Scanner:
Housecall

Also I recommend the Command on demand online scanner (link is on rejzors site) it uses the Command AV Engine and signature base
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: polonus on August 17, 2005, 12:27:15 AM
Hi .:Mac:.

What is so special about this Command AV product, that you put such an emphasis on it?  Can you explain some more to us?

greets,

polonus
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: Yinyang4evry1 on August 17, 2005, 04:34:33 AM
my current security is list below 8)
tim 8)

hey TAP that picture of the toddler is adorable :'(
Title: Re: What is your layered defense?
Post by: watchthisspace on August 17, 2005, 07:16:10 AM
Just good old Avast, Zonealarm free, MSAS, adaware 6SE,  and Spybot S & D  ;D