What is your internet security setup?

Interesting thread. My pc has mse and the laptops run avast. Always run software updates as soon as possible. The most recent change I've made is in regard to passwords for websites, until recently they have all been only 3 passwords shared between them all.

Now any account with card details has its own password managed with keepass and dropbox and I can open the database from my phone when i'm out and about. With all the recent hacks this gives me piece of mind. I've gone as far as to turn on two factor authentication on my google account which works very well.

Backups are to an external hdd which I take to my parents every few weeks to make an offsite copy (all with ntfs encryption)

Thank that's all :)
 
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Eset Smart Security v4.2.71.2 (real time).
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
Spybot - Search and Destroy (passive).
SpywareBlaster (passive).

Stoner81.
 
- Router with NAT and Firewall Enabled

My Machine
- ESET Smart Security
- Firefox with Ad Block Plus
- Windows and Reader Updates
- UAC

Server
- Sophos
- UAC
- Windows Firewall (can't remember if Sophos provides it's own Firewall, don't think it does)
- Does not surf the net

Other machines
- MSE
- Firefox with Ad Block plus
- Windows and Reader Updates
- UAC
 
Kaskerskpy Internet Security -> SBS&D + MWB
NAT, SW and HW FW
FF/Chrome with AdBlock and NoScript
Everything patched to latest
Common Sense

- Pea0n

Edit - I ran without an AV for about 12 years and had NO problems ever but then I got hit with a keylogger which resulted in my battle.net account and at the time my primary email account getting hacked with no hope of recovery (I don't torrent/ download illegal stuff). So for the sake of £20 and no detectable performance hit on my PC I got Kaspersky.

If any business system ran without AV/HIPS/FWs/IDS etc. and a good policy and patching practice then I would face palm but the fact of the matter is for most people who do nothing o ntheir PC but store the occasional photo/movie/music and game then as long as you're careful risk is minimal but IS always there.

Like anything it depends on loads of variables. Seeing as most people run a browser with AB/NS and are careful with opening unknown files then you're pretty safe if you don't torrent etc.
 
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I like my current setup
Standard Account - None Admin
Windows UAC on Default
Windows Firewall On
Malwarebytes Free
Kaspersky Internet Secruity
Nat Firewall.

Firefox Adblock Plus + no script
 
I've got MSE installed, but only because my computer-retarded girlfriend uses my PC for Facebook occasionally when she can't be bothered to boot her notebook (must get that sorted...). Otherwise I'd be happy with my hardware firewall/nats/noscript.
 
I use McAfee Internet Security Suite which we pay a yearly subscription (£40) for total protection. This includes: Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware/Adware, Firewall, All downloads are scanned, E-mail/IM protection and online payment security.

I've had this computer for just over 2 years now, and I know it might be hard to believe for some of you unlucky ones out there, ( ;) ) but I have never had a virus or successful hack.
 
I've got a nat router and a hardware linux smoothwall box, on the xp drive, mse, malwarebytes, spybot search and destroy, zonealarm and all updates etc. Oh and CCleaner to remove all the temp/junk files sitting about in the background
 
No A/V here although Windows Defender is running as it comes with Windows 7. Has anyone compared Windows Defender's footprint to MSE's?

Router
Win7 UAC
Win7 Firewall
Win7 standard user account
Windows Update - auto-install
Secunia PSI
KeePass
Sumatra PDF Reader

Firefox 5 with master password enabled
Adblock Plus
Adblock Plus Pop-up addon
Better Privacy
Flashblock
Form history control
Ghostery
Quickjava

Win7 backup & Wuala.

It's extremely easy to avoid infection!
 
Main PC:
Avast, Firefox with AdBlocker. Malwarebytes occasionally.
Laptop:
Avast

Router with NAT, Firewall and ports locked down.
 
The problem is that the whole "internet security" issue has become such a huge joke. MSE is a horrible CPU hog (search for a recent thread) yet people recommend it, security software vendors laugh off "basic" free protection like MSE yet continue to peddle their "basic" protection for around £30/year and EVERY security product will impact the system in some way. Heck even with Avast, the web module noticeably slows down browsing (just great it taking away all those improvements Google/Mozilla are making) and if you want to copy a lot of small files (your picture library as an example) to an external drive it massively impacts that too.

With all the them, you exist to make them money. Through one way or another.

I really hate to say it but there is something to the overly-controlling form of computing Apple is pushing with iOS.
 
Systems are running windows 7 x64

antivirus - MS security essentials (not a cpu hog here and I find it funny that it's kaspersky in that link - I switched from them because they were a system hog lol)
firewall - built in windows one
spyware - none usually
anything else - firefox uses adblock plus, router has hardware firewall, router has nat to a linux nas, fully up to date

edit: only thread I can find basically stops in september last year. I've also got a setting in my mse which limits cpu use and it's set to 50% max
 
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Use Comodo Internet Security free version and a VM for anything potentially dodgy.
Generally install Windows updates etc as required too.
Data is on two different machines too and I have an external drive which I keep in a fireproof data safe.
 
Fillado said:
The problem is that the whole "internet security" issue has become such a huge joke. MSE is a horrible CPU hog (search for a recent thread) yet people recommend it, security software vendors laugh off "basic" free protection like MSE yet continue to peddle their "basic" protection for around £30/year and EVERY security product will impact the system in some way. Heck even with Avast, the web module noticeably slows down browsing (just great it taking away all those improvements Google/Mozilla are making) and if you want to copy a lot of small files (your picture library as an example) to an external drive it massively impacts that too.

With all the them, you exist to make them money. Through one way or another.

I really hate to say it but there is something to the overly-controlling form of computing Apple is pushing with iOS.
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I don't find it a problem with slow downs so not sure what you mean. Possibly if the hardware isn't fast enough to cope then yeh I see where your coming from but still...
 
Anti-Virus - MSE

Anti-Malware/Adware/etc - Malwarebytes run every couple of months but never finds anything.

Firewall - Router & W7

Anything else (eg. browser protection like NoScript) - IE9 in protected mode with Fanboy and Easylist tracking protection.

Backup - WD Smartware running across all 3 PCs.
 
Standard Router + MSE. I really do think that peoples fear of viruses is way out of control, I've never had one, never been alerted about 1 trying to run. I'm far more interested in keeping a complete backup of my film collection than worrying that the internet is going to hurt me.
 
Win 7 Ultimate x64 UAC enabled

Microsoft Security Essentials
Windows Firewall; Router firewall disabled (Virgin SuperHub...)
Spybot - Search & Destroy - Immunize mode
Acronis backup for the system drive, Dropbox for Documents and game-saves
Firefox with NoScript, Adblock Plus, WOT and BetterPrivacy

I used to use PeerBlock as well.
 
Windows 7 Home Premium x64

Microsoft Security Essentials
Windows Firewall
Router Firewall
UAC
Google Chrome with Adblock
IE9 with tracking protection lists (Fanboy and Easylist)
Frequent scans with Malwarebytes Anti Malware
Windows and other programs kept updated
 
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