 Is this enough security for peace of mind?, Security set-up - how protected am I? |
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 Jun 24 2009, 08:18 PM
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Antispyware: Malwarebytes (Free), AVG 8.5 (paid for), Lavasoft Ad-Aware Antivirus: AVG 8.5, Lavasoft Ad-Aware Firewall: Windows firewall enabled, Comodo Firewall (invisible ports - portscanning blocked) iFrame program/file launch disabled Anonymous internet and IRC - Ghostsurf 2005 (paid for) Setup: IP hidden, cookies, referer and referrer blocked, user agent blocked Firefox web browser (BetterPrivacy Add On) All current OS Updates, UAC On. Is this a good set-up? How easy do you think it would be to compromise my machine? Would be grateful if someone could give me a good idea of how good my security is, thanks. |
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Jun 24 2009, 11:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 3-January 08 From: California Member No.: 180,725 |
Well... I can recommend SpywareBlaster. It blocks a lot of malware silently... and best of all... it's free! You should open it to run an update every week or so to keep it updated.
You can download it here: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html \ This post has been edited by blackchaos93: Jun 24 2009, 11:34 PM -------------------- I hate my life :(
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Jun 24 2009, 11:48 PM
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 Bleepin' Cynic Group: BC Advisor Posts: 10,441 Joined: 11-November 06 Member No.: 94,959 |
If you've got Comodo firewall running turn off the Windows firewall otherwise they may fight with each other.
-------------------- The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it.
—George Bernard Shaw |
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Jul 2 2009, 01:26 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 22-June 09 Member No.: 344,584 |
QUOTE(Budapest @ Jun 25 2009, 05:48 AM)  If you've got Comodo firewall running turn off the Windows firewall otherwise they may fight with each other. They seem to not be conflicting, although its annoying when port forwarding because I have to configure them both. |
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Jul 2 2009, 02:38 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 19-February 09 From: Montenegro Member No.: 297,780 |
Hi,
my two grains of salt... You have well protrcted your pc,But if you want to be at peace,go to grc.com There you will find out how to protect all files on your pc with data execution protection-DEP I can explain to you here how to do that,but I think is well worth to go there. Since I did that,many times DEP protected my pc shuting off internet explorer,evading pestilence,and then restarting IE!!! I like it!A lot 
-------------------- If you give a fish to a hungry man,you have feed him for one day.If you teach a man how to fish,you have feed him for the whole life!
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