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#1 AnythingButMalware

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Posted 19 January 2018 - 11:07 PM

Operating System: Windows 10 (Professional)
Architecture: 64-bit (x64)
UAC: Always notify me
SmartScreen: Enabled

Threat Protection (real time & on-demand):

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Windows Defender (works in conjunction with Emsisoft)
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
Norton Power Eraser
NoVirusThanks OSArmor
SpywareBlaster

Browsers & extensions:

Mozilla Firefox: uBlock Origin, Cookie AutoDelete, Privacy Badger, Decentraleyes, Signed Pages, Fraudscore, HTTPS Everywhere
Google Chrome: uBlock Origin, HTTPS Everywhere

Privacy, Security, and Maintenance:

BleachBit (w/ winapp2.ini enabled)
Secunia PSI
Auslogics Disk Defrag
IBM Quad9 DNS

Backup & Data Recovery:

Flash Drives
Macrium Reflect

Other Software:

GIMP
FileZilla
SumatraPDF
PeaZip
Notepad++
VLC media player
qBittorrent (not for piracy, only for large files)

Here is a clean copy in case anyone would like to re-use the format that I used:

Operating System:
Architecture:
UAC:
SmartScreen:
Threat Protection (real time & on-demand):
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[*]Add that here...
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Browsers & extensions:
[list]
[*]Add that here...
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Privacy, Security, and Maintenance:
[list]
[*]Add that here...
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Backup & Data Recovery:
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[*]Add that here...
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Other Software:
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[*]Add that here...
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Have you tried turning it off and back on?

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#2 NickAu

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Posted 19 January 2018 - 11:40 PM

Operating System:Arch Linux

Architecture: 64 bit
UAC: Same as not running as root
SmartScreen: N/A
Threat Protection (real time & on-demand): None

Edited by NickAu, 19 January 2018 - 11:41 PM.

"When God shuts a Window, he opens a Linux." —Linus 8:7

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#3 AnythingButMalware

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Posted 19 January 2018 - 11:55 PM

Operating System:Arch Linux

Architecture: 64 bit
UAC: Same as not running as root
SmartScreen: N/A
Threat Protection (real time & on-demand): None

Nice! Arch and other distro's based on Arch (Manjaro / Antergos) have always seemed to be my favorite.

Have you tried turning it off and back on?

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#4 Grinler

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Posted 01 February 2018 - 06:51 PM

Operating System: Windows 7 x64
UAC: Always notify me
SmartScreen: Enabled

Security software: ESET NOD32 as main AV. Malwarebytes, Emsisoft, Zemana with all real-time protection disabled. Scan as needed.
Backup: Crashplan
Firewall: Behind household router & Windows Firewall Enabled
Network Monitoring: Glasswire

Future plans:

Upgrade to Windows 10
Setup a endpoint protection type setup so I can manage the AV for all the computers in my household.

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#5 buddy215

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Posted 01 February 2018 - 07:19 PM

Security by obscurity...

Ubuntu 16.04.3 Mate Desktop

GUFW Firewall manager and Router Firewall...TP-LINK

Occassional image backup on external hdd and backups to multi Email accounts, DVDs, Flash Drives

Firefox 58.0.1 64 bit with NoScript and Adblock Plus extensions

Winchester Featherweight 12 gauge pump, pump Air Rifle and slingshot

Edited by buddy215, 01 February 2018 - 07:27 PM.

“Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded and the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics...you are all stardust.”― Lawrence M. Krauss
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#6 Grinler

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Posted 01 February 2018 - 07:39 PM

I went for many years not even having antivirus installed. While I do not recommend it, if you are diligent, paranoid, and have backups its doable.

Personally, I think I was ultimately foolish, because the risks were not worth it.

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Posted 01 February 2018 - 08:16 PM

Operating System: Windows Vista Home
Architecture: 32-bit (x32)
UAC: Always notify me

Threat Protection (real time & on-demand):

AVAST Internet Security
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro

I have always believed that a computer cannot be overprotected. It is your behavior while on line that makes the difference.

No request for help throughout private messaging will be attended.

Unactive logs for mor more than four (4) days will be closed

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#8 Broni

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Posted 01 February 2018 - 09:45 PM

Windows 10 64 bit

UAC: disabled
Eset and MBAM.

Backup: Acronis

My help doesn't cost a penny, but if you'd like to consider a donation, click DONATE

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#9 DeimosChaos

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Posted 02 February 2018 - 12:17 AM

Being a cyber security engineer... this is probably going to sound bad.

Windows 10 64 bit:

UAC: Default (notify me when apps try and make changes)

Threat protection: Windows Defender

Browser: Chrome - WOT, ADGarud AdBlocker

Backup and data recovery: Google drive (I do have a file share setup locally... but my server has been offline for a while)

Copy pasta of what Nick said for LInux.

Once I started using W10 more regularly I stopped downloading antivirus. Defender is just as good for me, and as I am the only one that uses my PCs, I know where I go. If its potentially a shady site, I boot Linux and use that. I go to pretty regular sites on Windows and haven't had a virus in years.

OS - Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 & Windows 10
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#10 NickAu

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Posted 02 February 2018 - 12:43 AM

If its potentially a shady site,

I use Puppy Linux Live on a laptop with no HDD

"When God shuts a Window, he opens a Linux." —Linus 8:7

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#11 Sampei_Nihira

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Posted 02 February 2018 - 07:05 AM

Windows XP Home (My PC)
Windows Firewall
Trick POSReady 2009
Black Viper's List
No NET Installed
No Java
No Flash I.E.8
PsExec
Google DNS
MBAE Premium
OSArmor

Firefox ESR - Custom Setting About:Config

U.B.O.
NoScript
Canvas Defender
No Resource URI Leak

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Posted 02 February 2018 - 07:08 AM

W.10 Home 1709 (PC my Daughter)
S.U.A.
UAC Max
Windows Smart Screen
Google DNS
Black Viper's List
Windows Firewall
I.E.11 Off - WMP Off - Disable Flash in Edge - Onedrive Off
Validate Admin Code Signatures set to 1
Additional LSA Protection.
OSArmor
Windows Defender Security Center

    Controlled Folder Access.
    Exploit Protection.
    PUA Protection

Chrome x64

    --no-referrers

Chrome://Flags

    Extension Content Verification - Enforce Strict
    Enable AppContainer Lockdown - Enabled
    framebusting-needs-sameorigin-or-usergesture - Enabled
    Strict Site isolation - Enabled

U.B.O. + NoCoin Filter List + RW_DOMBLDomain Blocklist + RW_URLBLURL Blocklist + RW_IPBLIP Blocklist + Aaklist
ScriptSafe
HTTPS Everywhere
Click & Clean

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#13 Allan

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Posted 02 February 2018 - 07:22 AM

W10 Pro

Common Sense

Kaspersky AV

MBAM Pro

WinPatrol

Common Sense

SpywareBlaster

Windows Firewall + Router NAT

UAC disabled

Weekly drive / partition images with Acronis True Image

And oh yes - COMMON SENSE

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#14 hamluis

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Posted 02 February 2018 - 09:09 AM

XP, Win 7, Win 10 (triple-boot), with timely install of critical updates for the latter two.

Eset, SAS, Malwarebytes 2.2, Windows Firewall

Periodic backups, using Macrium Reflect

I trust my computing/browsing habits...thus far, I've had no reason not to.

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#15 Grinler

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Posted 02 February 2018 - 11:39 AM

I am just amazed I have not been infected yet. The amount of malware I have on machine from when I test it for guides and for researching a story is a bit scary. Should prob do something about that!

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