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Title: Hardened mode Aggressive
Post by: Rednose on March 23, 2017, 03:01:22 AM

Hi guys :)

As you maybe know we don't favorite polls here, but I dare to post one.
I am curious if you are using / recommending " Hardened mode Aggressive " and / or why you do / don't :

Avast - General - Enable Hardened mode - Aggressive.

Quote

Aggressive: only chosen files with known high ratings are allowed. All other files are prevented from running.

Looking forward to your feedback.

Greetz, Red.

Title: Re: Hardened mode Aggressive
Post by: RejZoR on March 23, 2017, 08:09:57 AM

I personally don't use it because I shuffle new stuff too much through my system, but I did enable this on sister's computer and locked it with a password. Whitelist is so good she never has a problem with what she's doing with a computer while having basically 100% protection.

Title: Re: Hardened mode Aggressive
Post by: DavidR on March 23, 2017, 10:27:03 AM

I use it on my systems, my systems are generally very stable with not much changing programs going on. Though that could also be a reason for not using it, but there doesn't appear to be any major resource overhead in using it.

Title: Re: Hardened mode Aggressive
Post by: Simion on March 23, 2017, 04:37:11 PM

Yes. I keep my host systems locked down pretty tight, and do my playing in VM's.

Title: Re: Hardened mode Aggressive
Post by: Para-Noid on March 23, 2017, 07:12:12 PM

I don't because I prefer to make my own decisions.

Title: Re: Hardened mode Aggressive
Post by: bob3160 on March 25, 2017, 02:12:44 AM

Quote from: Para-Noid on March 23, 2017, 07:12:12 PM

I don't because I prefer to make my own decisions.

At my age, I'm better off letting Avast make the decision..... :)

Title: Re: Hardened mode Aggressive
Post by: mchain on March 25, 2017, 06:17:39 PM

Use Hardened Mode:  Yes
Use Hardened Mode:  Aggressive - No.

Don't run new stuff on my machine as doing so will increase risk.  Stability is key.