Powerpack Config

[powerpack]

Hey all Please take a look at my config as below:

On access: MSE & a-squared Anti-Malware
On Demand : SAS,Malwarebytes
Browser : Firefox with WOT,ABP
OS : Windows-7 Home Premium 32-bits

I run a-squared and MSE from last week and it run well without problem. I use a-squared as behavior blocker.

Any suggestion???
Thanks in advance.

[Dieselman]

Very heavy set up. If I were you I would just use MSE and use Threatfire on Level 4. Win 7 firewall is ok but Outpost would be a better choice. MSE and Outpost will suite you well. Also are you behind a router? Why did you get Windows 7 32 when 64 is so much more secure? Also use Sandboxie when doing some risky surfing. My suggestion to use is this :

MSE
Outpost
Sandboxie

You can still use SAS and MBAM for on demand scanners. You can try Comodo for a firewall also.

[powerpack]

Thanks Dieselman for your suggestion,

I had windows vista 32 bit before and upgraded to Windows 7, and has 3 Gigs RAM, and 64 bit windows-7 has minimum requirement of 4 Gigs.

I had comodo in past but it gives me lots of Pop-ups So I uninstall it. And yes I tried Threatfire on Windows 7, before a-squared but some reason it hang down my pc and it used 50% of the CPU. I tried to reinstall it but same thing.
I might try outpost though.

[valware]

That's strange... ThreatFire is a very light application and is definitely much lighter on resources than A-Squared is.

I believe you should dump A-Squared, it's really not needed since it can definitely conflict with MSE. Try Online Armor v4 (since it has Win7 support and you're only running 32-bit). It provides both HIPS and a firewall and is easy to use. And yeah, keep the on-demand scanners.

[powerpack]

Yes Valware, it's strange because I did use it with my Vista-32 bit system. But I do not know the reason.
And yes, I am thinking to add Online Armor or Outpost firewall.

Thanks

[Dieselman]

Where in the world did you get the assumption that Windows 7 64 bit has a 4 gig requirement? I have never heard of such an absurd statement.


http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window ... ments.aspx

[Dieselman]

Online Armor supports Win 7 32 bit only in BETA forum.

[powerpack]

Sorry, My mistake (regarding 4 Gigs for 64-bit), and yes, I am behind Linksys WRT54GS Router (by cisco).

[Kyle]

Actually, There are very few native 64 applications, Such as Crysis and video encoding etc..
It's also quite commonly recommended that unless you have 4gb+ of ram, It's probably not such a good idea.

I personally have a 64bit Installation of Linux with 2gb of ram and everything works fine, It's a little bit faster... Haven't noticed anything different in terms of incompatibility from 32 bit to 64 bit.

In the future though 64bit will become standard.. I wouldn't so much worry about getting a 64 or 32 bit with windows 7, Though I think next version of windows it will be a good idea to go 64 bit, At least thats what I'm gonna do.

As more applications become 64bit Native you'll see more benefits.

[Dieselman]

The main benefit of a 64 bit OS isnt taking advantage of ram its security. With patch gaurd built in you no longer have to worry about root kits or using a sandbox.